GrooveCar added three new features to its vehicle-buying platform for credit unions; enhancements the company says are designed to continue to support the platform’s mission of boosting credit union engagement and lead generation. The highly responsive design has made the additional new features easy to use for the multi-device user. These new features include: —Market […] [Read More]

Outsell recently launched Inventory Mover, an inventory recommendation engine that uses a real-time customer lifecycle-based approach to help dealers expedite sales. The new artificial intelligence-driven solution identifies consumers in a dealer's DMS and CRM, pinpoints in-market consumers and predicts what VINs might appeal to specific shoppers. "Inventory Mover significantly enhances a dealer's ability to move their inventory quicker," Outsell president Bryan […] [Read More]

Through a new partnership with automotiveMastermind, Volkswagen dealerships can now use both the company’s behavioral analytics and marketing automation in efforts to increase store sales and customer retention rates. "Volkswagen has long established itself as producing high-quality, exciting cars and this is the perfect opportunity to integrate predictive analytics into their sales process," automotiveMastermind vice […] [Read More]

Stemming from an effort to unionize workers, Santander Consumer USA on Friday afternoon vehemently refuted claims contained in a report distributed by the AFL-CIO, National Employment Law Project and Committee for Better Banks about how the finance company’s collections department operates. In a message to SubPrime Auto Finance News, SCUSA said, “the complaints cited in […] [Read More]

Donlen recently announced that the company has brought on a new vice president of client relations to lead its team of national account executives. Chosen for the position is Roger Setzke, who has more than 12 years of previous experience at Donlen and over 25 years of extensive sales leadership experience. “Donlen continues to invest in high-performing […] [Read More]

Lease penetration is down for the first time since 2012, and the decline in leases written is twice as high as the drop in overall new-car sales, according to latest Lease Market Report from Edmunds. That said, leasing remains close to record highs, and the swell of off-lease volumes hitting the used-car market should continue […] [Read More]

Autotrader’s newly released Hottest Cars for Summer 2017 list names the current 10 most-searched new, used and certified pre-owned cars on its site. The company looked at search volume from January to the end of May and found that American consumers currently favor domestics. Autotrader editors found that nine of its 10 most-searched models are […] [Read More]

Dealers Auto Auction of Oklahoma City (DAA/OKC) recently announced that its past general manager has returned to the auction to resume his former role. For Bruce Beam, son-in-law of the auction's owner, Gary Smith, it’s a return to the family business as well. Before leaving DAA/OKC in 2012 to work for Express Credit Auto, Beam […] [Read More]

Manheim’s presence in one of the BRIC nations became more robust this month with a long-term commitment in Brazil. Cox Automotive announced that Manheim acquired Pacto São Paulo along with developing commercial partnerships with six other auction companies to invest in the local marketplace. Manheim highlighted that Pacto São Paulo is located approximately 250 kilometers, […] [Read More]

House and Senate lawmakers wasted little time in using Congressional Review Act (CRA) authority to start an effort to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule prohibiting the use of class action waivers in arbitration clauses. The CRA permits Congress to overturn an agency rule within 60 legislative days after an agency has submitted […] [Read More]