CDK Global announced Friday that it is enhancing its Third-Party Access (3PA) Program with expanded participation from Cox Automotive’s variety of solutions. According to CDK, the aim of the agreement is to allow dealers the ability to more easily access their vital data and to ensure reliable and secure management of that data. "At CDK, we […] [Read More]

It’s been nearly a decade since the industry witnessed this small of an amount of bankruptcy filings. But observers noticed economic conditions and other factors that could reverse the trend. The American Bankruptcy Institute highlighted that total bankruptcy filings totaled 819,240 nationwide for the year, representing a 10-percent decrease from the 910,397 total filings during […] [Read More]

GWC Warranty has once again been named a Bronze Level National Corporate Partner of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. NIADA’s National Corporate Partner program provides its members with an extensive, highly vetted roster of partners they can rely on for vital everyday services. As a Bronze Level National Corporate Partner, GWC Warranty is recognized […] [Read More]

Autoscribe Corp. general counsel and chief compliance officer Laurie Nelson recently was named to the Jacksonville Business Journal’s inaugural class of ultimate attorneys. With more than 250 nominees, this new award recognizes and celebrates the 25 best legal professionals in the Jacksonville, Fla. area. Members of small, medium, and large-sized firms in addition to corporate […] [Read More]

The Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council announced Friday that it has issued a 450-day incarceration sentence to a dealer for two counts of curbsiding. According to OMVIC, the dealer, Mehran Amini, was acting as a dealer without registration, contrary to the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, and will serve the longest sentence of its kind ever […] [Read More]

Insurance Auto Auctions announced Thursday the opening of its IAA Dundalk facility in Maryland. One of five IAA locations in Maryland, the Baltimore-area facility adds to the company’s 170-plus locations in North America. "The IAA Dundalk facility will enhance the company's presence in the greater Baltimore area by providing buyers and sellers with greater convenience and access […] [Read More]

When you’re driving down the road, how many of the cars in motion around you are being physically driven by fellow humans? More often than not, all of them. Thinking of an answer to this question, today, may seem quite silly. By the time our millennial readers are old and gray, however, it won’t be. It’s well known […] [Read More]

Auction sales of cars aged eight years or less hit a five-year high, and late-model auction sales climbed 12 percent. That’s according to the latest issue of Guidelines from NADA Used Car Guide released Friday. The report said there were 4.17 million auction sales of cars 8 years old or newer in 2015, which beat […] [Read More]

The wholesale market closed the year out on a slow note with market activity down and auction prices falling. According to the latest Guidelines report from NADA Used Car Guide, prices of used vehicles up to 8 years old fell by almost 2 percent in December. This decline was much larger than the 0.5-percent decline […] [Read More]

With more than 235 model options in the new-vehicle marketplace, customers shopping in that arena are a bit spoiled for choice. Understanding what customers are drawn to, and, perhaps more importantly, turned off by, can be what sets a good car apart from a great car. That’s where the annual J.D. Power Avoider Study comes […] [Read More]