Cox Automotive presented Ford’s Linda Silverstein with its 12th annual Barbara Cox Automotive Woman of the Year Award during a breakfast at the NADA Convention on Saturday. The remarketing and rental operations general manager was recognized for her business leadership, community advocacy and commitment to advancing the automotive industry. “Linda is exactly the type of […] [Read More]

Formed through thousands of conversations with the nation’s leading dealership principals and finance companies, EFG Companies finalized four predictions and recommendations for 2017. President and chief executive officer John Pappanastos summarized the results on Tuesday, saying these insights reflect an air of cautiousness for the F&I market. But Pappanastos added there are many options for […] [Read More]

Dominion Dealer Solutions announced on Saturday it launched an automotive equity plug-in tool that allows dealers to use any automotive customer relationship management system (CRM) in conjunction with its automotive equity mining solution, DealActivator. "We recognize that automotive dealers want the flexibility to use DealActivator’s best-in-class equity mining software without having to change CRM providers,” […] [Read More]

Success in certified pre-owned can help dealers generate additional new-car sales, retain service customers and manage excess off-lease inventory, JM&A Group’s Brian Walwyn says in an interview here at the NADA Convention & Expo. And that, he said, more than makes up for the additional monetary investment dealers have to make in certifying the cars. […] [Read More]

Global automotive professional services and technology company motormindz recently announced that former AutoNation officer and senior vice president Scot Eisenfelder will join its team as senior partner, professional services. The company highlighted Eisenfelder has driven innovation across multiple auto sectors. He was senior vice president of strategy at AutoNation, responsible for major change initiatives in ecommerce, […] [Read More]

Advocates for more regulation by federal agencies over the auto finance industry and other financial services providers might describe the latest executive order by President Trump as “one step forward and two steps back.” The White House released the latest order involving regulations on Monday, saying that whenever an executive department or agency publicly proposes […] [Read More]

The Appraisal Lane, a used-car trade network and communications platform,  announced recently that it has added the Grappone Automotive Group and Lee Auto Malls, to its growing dealer community who use the real-time platform to submit used cars for appraisal from their smartphones and receive cash offers from a live network of used-car experts. The additions […] [Read More]

Experian recently announced it has appointed John DeMarco as senior vice president of automotive sales. “Our automotive sales division has a long history of providing exceptional client service while delivering the analytics-based products and services they need to be successful,” said Experian Automotive president John Gray. “John’s demonstrated leadership and proven track record of client-based […] [Read More]

Carfax and DealerSocket have expanded their partnership, and now more than 4,000 Carfax dealer websites powered by the automotive technology platform now are upgraded with Carfax Snapshot. Carfax Snapshot puts key vehicle history information directly on the search results and vehicle details pages. With information such as reported accidents, number of owners, service records and open […] [Read More]

Spireon recently introduced its latest connected car solution — Kahu — a smart add-on designed to provide dealers streamlined inventory and lot management that also offers car buyers modern location tracking and stolen vehicle recovery service. Kahu is the first connected car solution specifically designed for dealerships, according to the company. “New car dealer margins […] [Read More]