On Wednesday, Edmunds.com announced the winners of its Five Star Dealer Awards, which spanned across 51 metropolitan markets in the United States. The awards program is in its third year, and the awards recognize dealers who earned the the highest marks for customer satisfaction in Edmunds.com's Dealer Ratings and Reviews. "We at Edmunds.com believe in putting […] [Read More]

FCA US LLC — formerly known as Chrysler Group LLC — announced this week it has promoted a new vice president of dealer network development. Taking on the position is Alistair Gardner, who will take on the new role in addition to his current position as president and chief executive officer of the Chrysler Brand. […] [Read More]

Donlen announced the debut of a new remarketing channel called Donlen Dealer Direct on Tuesday that aims to connect the company with a national array of “fleet-focused dealers” looking to buy vehicles. There are more than 100 salespeople with Donlen Dealer Direct promoting the company’s cars directly to these dealers, Donlen said in its announcement. […] [Read More]

The fact that the date of his upcoming retirement, April 1, coincides with the prank-happy holiday is purely a coincidence. “To start with, that’s not an April’s Fool’s joke,” Ricky Beggs told Auto Remarketing by phone on Tuesday afternoon in his first interview since his retirement was announced.  Yes, the senior vice president and editorial director at […] [Read More]

Black Book announced Tuesday that senior vice president and editorial director Ricky Beggs will retire on April 1 after a 34-year career. “It has been an honor to work alongside Ricky who truly has become an industry legend,” said Black Book president Tom Cross. “His legacy of leadership and his dedication to excellence have left […] [Read More]

XLerate Group — which rebranded itself from American Auto Auction Group during last fall’s Used Car Week — brought on a new chief financial officer on Monday. Joining XLerate after holding posts at organizations such as Auction Broadcasting Co. is Tom Schuler, who now is CFO for the dealer-centric auctions with physical and satellite sale […] [Read More]

Against comparable weeks of 2014, overall auction volume was up 10.7 percent in January, according to the latest Economic Dashboard compiled by NAAA economist Ira Silver. And when drilling down into the group of vehicles up to eight years old — whose volumes were up 8 percent year-over-year on a like-age basis, according to NADA […] [Read More]

Tax season is continuing to drive price retention in the lanes as refunds start streaming in. According to Black Book editorial director Ricky Beggs, the season “continues to bring positive numbers and helped drive the largest number of necessary (price) adjustments in a weekly period in over a year.” During the latest “Beggs on the […] [Read More]

To put it in ballpark terms, nine out of every 10 car buyers shop online. Essentially, three-fourths of the car-shopping process takes place online, and three-fourths of the buying decision is made online. What’s more, the Internet is more powerful than any other factor influencing a car buyer’s decision. Why, then, does the average dealer […] [Read More]

SubPrime Auto Finance News reached out to Manheim chief economist Tom Webb because he went on Twitter Monday morning and said, “Tax stats not looking good.” You probably don’t need Webb’s economic knowledge to recognize that a tax refund cash flow reading that went from a year-over-year increase of 117.7 percent down to just 2.5 […] [Read More]