With a new online program set to launch next month called the Factory Pre-Owned Collection, General Motors through its dealers will sell low-mileage GM lease, daily rental and company-owned vehicles, GM chairman and chief executive office Mary Barra announced today.  “We know that many of our customers who are shopping for a used car want to complete […] [Read More]

Hudson Cook LLP — provider of legal compliance services for the financial services industry — announced this week it has added a new partner. The firm has promoted Allen Denson to partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Allen has been an associate with the firm since January 2014. In particular, the new partner represents financial […] [Read More]

The Columbus Fair Auto Auction has named a new director of dealer sales to start the new year. As of Jan. 4, CFAA’s new director of dealer sales is Brent Branson, who will report to Tim French, the company’s vice president of sales. “Brent brings a disciplined dimension to our team,” said Greg Levi, CFAA’s chief […] [Read More]

Many people enjoy the convenience of having a car at their disposal. But the traditional ownership model may not be doing it for many consumers, who, in a recent study by IBM, are showing interest in other forms of ownership and car-usage methods. In its study, titled A new relationship – people and cars, the […] [Read More]

Not every dealership group can count the Utah Jazz as a sister company. But like Karl Malone taking flight off a John Stockton bounce pass, the Larry H. Miller Dealerships organization is assisted by the cross-marketing opportunities of being under the same corporate umbrella as an NBA franchise. LHM Dealerships is, of course, part of […] [Read More]

The California Air Resources Board, commonly known as CARB, rejected Volkswagen Group of America’s submitted recall plan for its 2.0-liter diesel vehicles on Tuesday, citing insufficient details in its plan as the reasoning behind its rejection. Here’s CARB’s exact verbiage: The proposed plans contain gaps and lack sufficient detail. The descriptions of proposed repairs lack […] [Read More]

IHS reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2015 financial results on Tuesday, highlighting revenue of $589 million for Q4, as well as giving more information on its recent purchase of Canada’s CarProof. IHS, the parent company of Carfax, announced right after Christmas it had purchased CarProof Corp. for $650 million CND. CarProof is a vehicle […] [Read More]

You can expect certified pre-owned sales to reach the 3 million mark next year, which would push the string of record years for this growing market to seven — just as off-lease volumes really begin to ramp up. According to data in a Cox Automotive presentation Sunday in Detroit, later shared with Auto Remarketing, CPO […] [Read More]

It was announced in early December that three new automotive domain extensions were about to hit the market. That day has come, and Cars Registry announced .Car, .Cars and .Auto are now available to the general public. The early access period for the domains kicked off Tuesday morning, and it will run through Jan. 20. This […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing is launching a new project this year to honor the “Best Auto Auctions to Work For,” and it’s one in which you can get directly involved. In fact, we need your help to make it work. First, the details: Best Auto Auctions to Work For What is it? A workplace study for the […] [Read More]