Ken Shilson, president and founder of the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers is giving operators a free preview of some of the data, information and recommendations that will be highlighted during the organization’s National BHPH Conference that’s set for May in Las Vegas. In this special webinar presentation, NABD will discuss five specific points […] [Read More]

Strategic Dealer Services (SDS) understands that since large amounts of buy-here, pay-here dealers’ capital are tied up in the sold vehicles out on the street, operators are continuously searching for new programs and products designed to help them manage the consistent money-in, money-out of day-to-day business. SDS explained that it saw the need in the BHPH […] [Read More]

If you ever get the chance to visit the offices of Auto Remarketing parent company S&A Cherokee, you may hear variations of the word “franchise” from time to time. One reason is obvious: “franchised” dealerships are a big part of our reader base and news coverage. Another: we’ve got quite a few football fans around here, so […] [Read More]

For the “Best CPO Dealers in the United States” edition of Auto Remarketing this winter, we asked top-selling Mercedes-Benz certified pre-owned dealers how the quality of CPO allows for flexibility of expanding financing terms to help buyers stay within their budget parameters. Here’s what they had to say. “Simply put, CPO vehicles command greater value than […] [Read More]

While currently holding the top market share position in retail auto financing, Ally Financial said late on Monday that it will appoint a new independent director to its board of directors in a strongly worded announcement where the chairman described how executives “are frustrated with the market perception reflected in the price of Ally’s stock.” […] [Read More]

More often than not, when a consumer first sets out to start the car-shopping process, he or she has an open mind.  New. Used. All kinds of different makes and models. It’s all fair game at the beginning; you’ve got a chance to influence that shopper.  But you had better do it before he or […] [Read More]

On Monday, NCM Associates launched the latest software solution to be added the organization’s business intelligence division; a tool dubbed NCM LiveAudit. The company said the NCM LiveAudit payables monitoring solution, developed by Intelligent Dealer, is a cloud‐based application that can work seamlessly with dealership management systems to provide a whole new way to control […] [Read More]

A week after the start-up announced its chief executive officer, online vehicle-shopping website GoGoCar named its chief technology officer and board member on Monday. Bringing more than three decades of expertise in planning, developing and launching software companies both big and small to GoGoCar is Antony Satyadas, who the company hopes to help bring the […] [Read More]

Take a guess. Which vehicle had the largest share of the new-vehicle lease market in the fourth quarter? The answer: the Honda Civic, which comprised 3.2 percent of all new-car leases, according to an infographic shared by Experian Automotive. Next up was also a Honda: the Accord with a 2.6-percent share. Two Toyotas followed (Camry […] [Read More]

Naked Lime Marketing has officially launched in Canada, the U.S.-based auto dealer marketing company announced on Monday. Naked Lime will provide Canadian auto retailers with its Aptus Websites plus digital advertising, SEO, social media, and reputation management services. "Beginning last year, we started preparing for this launch by gathering insight from dealerships in Canada and working […] [Read More]