They’re spread throughout the country, from Newport Beach, Calif., to Sterling Heights, Mich., and countless towns and cities in between. They sell import brands, domestic brands, luxury rides, family vehicles, trucks and cars. But they’re all part of Auto Remarketing’s Top 100 Used Car Dealers, presented by Black Book. Throughout this series, which begins with […] [Read More]

April saw strength both in the lanes and on the lots, as used-vehicle sales rose by 4 percent, and the last of the tax-season buying spree provided a boost in the lanes, as well. Manheim chief economist Tom Webb contends recent retail market strength is serving to keep auction prices elevated. And early indications are […] [Read More]

A joint effort of dealerships and employees has led to a big honor for one Midwest auction. Honored as the largest corporate donor ever to a program aimed at helping abused children is independent auto auction KCI Kansas City. The auction was honored at the Jackson County CASA Light of Hope breakfast on April 9 […] [Read More]

To celebrate nearly two decades of partnership between the auction and dealers, Auto Auction of New England will host the Buck Dynasty event on June 5.     Featuring plenty of fleet/lease and consignment vehicles, Buck Dynasty will also include AANE’s annual Specialty Car Sale featuring classic, antique and unique vehicles. "We are looking forward to […] [Read More]

American Auto Auction Group announced today that it has been purchased by Huron Capital Partners, a Detroit-based private equity investor that aims to grow lower middle-market companies in partnership with management through customized buy-and-build strategies.  Serving as the new chief executive officer of AAAG will be Cam Hitchcock, who most recently served as executive chairman […] [Read More]

Late last week, NADA Used Car Guide was anticipating that auction prices would continue to correct from tax-season highs. According to NADA Used Car Guide AuctionNet data, wholesale prices were expected to fall by 0.3 percent, or $50, last week. There are only two segments that were expected to see prices increase during the week: […] [Read More]

April’s retail supply trends followed March closely, as the demand for sportier cars continues to spike as summer nears. That’s according to April’s installment of vehicle scarcity data that is provided monthly to Auto Remarketing from AutoTrader.com. Much like in March, sporty cars continued to show scarcity across the nation during April. The CPO BMW […] [Read More]

Exeter Finance Corp. announced this week that EFCAR — a special purpose Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Exeter — priced $500 million in aggregate principal amount Series 2014-2 automobile receivable backed notes. The company indicated the notes will be issued in four separate tranches. The class A notes were rated […] [Read More]

As part of its ongoing investigation into allegations of racial and gender discrimination and employee retaliation at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the U.S. House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee this week heard testimony from witnesses who were subpoenaed to appear before the panel. The hearing arrived nearly a month after subcommittee members voted […] [Read More]

As a part of the company’s presence at the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers National Conference this week, dealer management software solutions provider Finance Express introduced FEX SM. Executives described the solution as an exciting shop management platform that now can afford the dealer three levels of integration, based on dealer service department requirements. […] [Read More]