In addition to achieving a best-ever daily selling rate last month, the certified pre-owned business had its strongest February on record and beat year-ago sales by more than 14 percent, according to Autodata Corp. Announcing industry-wide CPO numbers on Wednesday, Autodata said there were 179,042 certified sales in February, a 14.1-percent year-over-year hike and a […] [Read More]

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent General Motors a 27-page special order demanding more specifics regarding the recall of more than 1.3 million units because of ignition problems. According to the order, GM has until April 3 to give NHTSA answers and clarifications to more than 100 questions regarding how the automaker handled the […] [Read More]

Auction Broadcasting Co. president Jason Hockett announced this week that ABC is welcoming its eighth auction location, thanks to a partnership it reached with OKI Auto Auction in Cincinnati. The auction, founded in 2001 and located on 11 acres, will be renamed ABC Cincinnati.  It also built a brand new facility in 2011 and recently […] [Read More]

Auction prices are on the way up as tax returns flow in. NADA Used Car Guide is predicting prices to grow by 1 percent (or $175) versus the two-week average. And every segment NADA UCG tracks is expected to see price hikes, except for theone outlier: luxury cars, which are expected to see a slight […] [Read More]

This week, Spireon and Sprint formed a relationship aimed at providing Spireon’s FleetLocate-branded mobile resource management (MRM) solutions to fleet operators utilizing the Sprint network. Sprireon highlighted FleetLocate solutions can enable companies to maximize productivity, improve operational efficiencies and improve the bottom line through more effective management of assets, trailers and service fleets. This collaboration […] [Read More]

From Music City to the Pacific Northwest, from the East Coast to the Deep South, from the nation’s capital to the Lone Star State and the Motor City. And now to Las Vegas. The inaugural class of the Auction Academy, a two-year continuing education program developed by TPC Management Co. for auction industry professionals, has […] [Read More]

Microsoft Windows XP is a PC based OS (operating system) which first appeared in October of 2001 as the highly anticipated upgrade from the MS-DOS based Windows 98. The newly redesigned look and feel of Windows XP was centered on ease of use, making the navigation of common areas like the start menu and control […] [Read More]

Spireon highlighted that its automotive solutions group reached $102 million in revenue for 2013 and now is actively deployed in 1.5 million vehicles within the automotive finance industry, including a wide array of buy-here, pay-here dealers. Spireon also announced that it has deployed more than 800,000 units of its Talon GPS tracking device since its […] [Read More]

FEX DMS recently launched major enhancements to its electronic payment service to help buy-here pay-here dealers who use the FEX EPS solution. FEX DMS chief technology officer Jeff McCurry highlighted the new enhancements are designed to revolutionize the way FEX DMS dealers can accept and post payments. “There are several valuable enhancements with this new […] [Read More]

Predicting that the number of mobile subscribers using apps will rise to 4.4 billion in the next three years, one company has launched a new product to help auto dealers capitalize on the boom while building loyalty in the service lane. ELEAD1ONE this week announced the launch of ELEAD LoyaltyLink, a consumer-facing mobile app the […] [Read More]