This evening, another round of the College Football Playoff rankings will be released, with teams (OK, arguments aside) ordered based on how they stack up against the rest. Much like college football on the sports landscape, certified pre-owned is crazy popular in automotive. But how would they stack up in a top 10 ranking?  Edmunds.com tackled […] [Read More]

Toronto’s AutoShare will take on a new name Monday: Enterprise CarShare. AutoShare became part of the Enterprise CarShare network in 2014, and the aforementioned change is one of the final steps in the integration process after Enterprise acquired the company last March. After Monday, the AutoShare website will also automatically reroute veiwers to www.enterprisecarshare.ca. "This […] [Read More]

Amid quickly approaching holidays and the close of another year, the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance has a reminder for those looking for something new in 2016: Membership enrollment in IARA begins Jan. 1. IARA is encouraging existing and prospective members to visit its website to take advantage of the January membership enrollment. Current members simply […] [Read More]

In November, New York- and Dallas-based Vroom — part of the growing direct-to-consumer online used-car space — announced it would start providing its services to dealers, as well. Through an app built specifically for them, dealers can sell their vehicles to Vroom, with the same appraisal process as the consumer-facing side of Vroom’s services. Dealers […] [Read More]

The Larry H. Miller Group of Companies — a group that includes the Larry H. Miller Dealerships, among many other business entities — announced the release of “Behind the Drive: 99 Stories from the Life of an American Entrepreneur” on Friday, a collection of stories passed down about Larry H. Miller and written by his son, […] [Read More]

Volkswagen Group of America elevated one of its executives at VW Credit on Monday to be president and chief executive officer of the captive finance company. Taking on the role effective Jan. 1 is Horst Meima, who most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of VCI. Meima brings with him more […] [Read More]

The next session in Dealertrack Technologies’ series of free webinars delves into how dealers can learn best practices for embracing digital retailing to keep their dealership from derailing in the face of an evolving approach to sales. Dealertrack digital retailing expert Ali Mendiola said today’s consumers demand a seamless and transparent online to in-store experience. […] [Read More]

Consumers hit the Web for Cyber Monday to start the week off with some shopping, and one North Carolina dealership took the vehicle deals it offered for the event beyond its website and onto Facebook. Bryan Honda, one of the state’s oldest dealerships, announced last week it would be selling vehicles in real-time directly within […] [Read More]

Auto dealers: Here are nine new cars you might want to begin focusing on in your sales department. The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada has released nine “Best New” category winners for 2016, including double wins for both Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.  The nine vehicles are now in the running for the overall Canadian Car of the Year […] [Read More]

The J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study gave two specific areas where auto finance providers need to focus their efforts on servicing processes. Stemming from the study that examines the overall customer experience with financing either an automotive loan or lease, J.D. Power analysts determined that finance companies should be anticipating the changing […] [Read More]