Copart has announced the expansion of its location in San Antonio. Earlier this year, Copart purchased locations in Temple and Wilmer, bringing the total number of Texas locations to 14. “We are excited to expand our location in a community we are already a part of,” said Jay Adair, chief executive officer of Copart. “This […] [Read More]

Jaguar Land Rover North America has begun mailing notifications to owners of certain 2009-11 Jaguar XF and 2007-11 Land Rover Range Rover vehicles that their vehicles are affected by the ongoing Takata airbag recall. For the first phase of this recall, which includes about half of the 108,000 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles affected, vehicle […] [Read More]

Jumpstart Automotive Group made an interesting discovery when analyzing brand interest among desktop and mobile visitors to its range of sites during a one-year period. When comparing shoppers’ interest in the first half of 2016 versus all of 2015, Jumpstart noticed that truck segments decreased in shopping consideration while car segments increased. This seems to fly in […] [Read More]

July was the second-best month of all time for certified pre-owned car sales, Autodata Corp. said Thursday. The industry sold 234,243 CPO vehicles last month, which beat year-ago figures by 5.6 percent, the firm reported. The only month stronger was March, when 243,957 certified vehicles were sold.  Five brands (BMW, Lexus, MINI, Nissan and Subaru) reached […] [Read More]

Geared toward operators who are looking to close 2016 strong, the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers released details of its upcoming BHPH Conference set for the first days of November. The conference, whose theme is “Best Practices to Succeed Now,” is designed for both new and experienced operators. The event marks the 13th annual fall […] [Read More]

The Congressional summer recess might just be rampimg up in earnest this week, but 38 Senate members and another 65 House lawmakers delivered a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray to push through the agency’s plan to limit arbitration. To recap, the CFPB made a proposal back in May that would prohibit mandatory […] [Read More]

Eleven of the 18 vehicle segments tracked by RVI Group saw increases in residual value in June on a year-over-year basis, according to the latest Market Insight report. Sequentially, that number was 12. Among higher-volume segments, larger-size vehicles saw the biggest year-over-year increases, led by full-size pickups (up 8.7 percent) and minivans (up 7 percent). […] [Read More]

You book a plane ticket online. Maybe the night before the flight or at a kiosk once you arrive at the airport, you check in and get a boarding pass. The boarding pass includes things like your name, flight number, gate number, boarding time and so forth. The boarding pass serves as a re-confirmation of […] [Read More]

AutoCanada, which is based in Edmonton, announced an executive shift this spring as the company found itself in a sales slump amid ongoing recessionary conditions in western Canada. Joining the country’s only publicly traded dealer group as chief executive officer was Steven Landry, whose background includes 27 years with Chrysler Group, where he held various […] [Read More]

Facebook and other social media platforms are certainly key to dealers in reaching shoppers. But the one that’s perhaps most useful may come as a surprise. Swapalease.com polled approximately 2,500 car shoppers in June and found that YouTube was most popular, with 43 percent using it in car research.  Facebook was second at 33 percent, […] [Read More]