Tire selling information at the fingertips of service advisers, right in the service lane: That’s the aim of a new partnership announced on Tuesday. Dealer Tire and Xtime are teaming up to integrate the digital selling solution and inventory information of Dealer Tire with Xtime’s tablet-based service lane solution, called Check-in 7.  The result is […] [Read More]

Two names familiar to used-car managers are staying aligned, as IHS Automotive announced Tuesday the company has renewed its long-standing relationship with NADA Used Car Guide. IHS Automotive, which acquired R. L. Polk & Co. last year, leverages Polk’s comprehensive set of vehicle details including make, model and series data for vehicles registered throughout the […] [Read More]

Skip-tracing and forwarding company A. Smith Enterprises recently selected Vendor Transparency Solutions as an online compliance monitoring platform. Because of the importance of detailed compliance, A. Smith Enterprises chose VTS since the firm offers a platform to serve present and future needs of the industry. A. Smith Enterprises pointed out that VTS works for the […] [Read More]

The American Recovery Association has two free webinars scheduled for this week for member agencies and their employees, covering a wide array of repossession issues. The two sessions are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday and again at 3 p.m. EST on Thursday. One segment is titled, “The Importance of Employee Professionalism,” which will […] [Read More]

Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, franchised dealers in North Carolina will donate a portion of their sales from new cars or service to Drive For Troops, a program sponsored by the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation. Officials said all proceeds from the program will be donated to charities that support North Carolina’s military, […] [Read More]

The National Automobile Dealers Association released its second annual NADA Dealership Workforce Study back in November, but the organization dug back into the report this week, releasing a few more key findings — including an interesting tidbit on pay scales. According to the report — which was produced in partnership with DeltaTrends — car dealership […] [Read More]

ADESA has launched a custom vehicle remarketing website for franchised dealers within the Prestige group. Through the site — prestigedealerdirect.com — Prestige dealers can view and buy cars in an online closed auction prior to the cars heading to open sales. “We are pleased to expand our partnership and grow Prestige’s business both online and […] [Read More]

Consumers are turning toward the Big 3 this spring. Domestic automakers dominated the list of top 10 most-researched used vehicles at NADAguides.com last month. According to the latest issue of Guidelines from NADA Used Car Guide, the top 10 most-researched used models in April are as follows: Ford F-150 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Dodge Ram 1500 […] [Read More]

A recent study from DealerRater and Dataium confirmed that positive online reviews that provide employee-specific information drive website traffic and leads to dealers. The study showed that DealerRater users were 90 percent more likely to visit a dealer website and 5.3 times more likely to convert to a lead when that dealer had a positive […] [Read More]

If you’re looking for states that are ideal for putting together a lease deal, your best bet is likely the Northeast or Upper Midwest.   According to an infographic from Equifax that breaks down the lease ranges state by state on a U.S. map, leasing commanded at least a 20-percent share of full-year 2013 originations […] [Read More]