GWC Warranty, the used vehicle service contract and related finance and insurance products provider for dealers, recently announced an expansion of its product set. Highlighting the changes to GWC’s product set are upgraded terms for exclusionary coverage levels. GWC is now offering exclusionary coverage on vehicles with starting mileage as high as 150,000 miles. Additionally, GWC […] [Read More]

Robert Dufalo has a new title with defi SOLUTIONS as the company recently elevated the tech industry veteran to be its new chief technology officer. Dufalo previously was director of quality for the browser-based loan origination system. In addition to Dufalo’s promotion, defi SOLUTIONS also enacted other strategic changes in its technology and products teams […] [Read More]

A vast majority of consumers said they would not buy another vehicle from a dealership after their data had been compromised, according to a recent survey given to both dealers and buyers. The second annual dealership survey by Total Dealer Compliance also showed that fewer than a third of dealers employ a network engineer with […] [Read More]

Copart, is expanding one of its locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The company announced Thursday that it would be expanding its location in North Fort Worth, to better facilitate the location’s weekly online auctions. This location is one of four in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. "We are very proud our team's continuous hard work that accommodates […] [Read More]

To think of online retailing in the car dealer world as simply a lead-generation tool for the store may be a bit short-sighted, says Max Steckler, vice president of products at CDK Global. After all, when customers utilize an online retail platform, they expect that they are starting the actual transaction process and that they won’t have to start all […] [Read More]

The distance between Dallas — where mobile marketplace startup 5miles is based — and the headquarters of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association in Arlington, Texas is about 20 miles, give or take. But the path that 5miles took to the auto industry was serendipity. The startup soft-launched the local marketplace app in August 2014 […] [Read More]

Strategic Vision put it this way: The signs are clear. America is back After almost a decade of lopsided defeats, American manufacturers have prevailed over imports for the second time in four years, according to the latest results of Strategic Vision’s Total Quality Impact (TQI) measure. Those results released on Thursday indicated that vehicles from […] [Read More]

American University’s Kogod School of Business released the 2016 Kogod Made in America Auto Index that is geared to provide consumers with what researchers called a more accurate picture of the production process for the most popular vehicles on the road today. According to the index developed by Kogod professor Frank DuBois, an expert in […] [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association has named Auction Direct USA chief executive officer Todd Hoagey its inaugural NIADA CPO Dealer of the Year. Hoagey was presented the award Wednesday during the National Leadership Awards Banquet at the association’s convention. NIADA said the award spotlights, “the quality of dealership operations, the vehicle certification process, the […] [Read More]

Volkswagen now has an extra week to finalize the “concrete” proposal to federal regulators regarding how to fix or buy back vehicles included in the diesel emissions controversy. According to a court document that stated “given the highly technical nature of the proposed settlements in these complex proceedings,” U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer obliged the […] [Read More]