GWC Warranty, which serves as a marketer, administrator and underwriter of vehicle service contracts, announced recently that it has been named a Motor Trend Recommended Best Buy for Independent Dealers. The company said it is the only vehicle service contract provider to have earned this distinction. In order to receive this honor, GWC was required […] [Read More]

Analysts from three of the industry’s vehicle-driven websites — AutoTrader.com, KBB.com and Edmunds.com — stayed busy before, during and after Super Bowl XLVIII to compile data showing which automakers generated the most consumer and online traffic buzz through commercials throughout the broadcast. All three sites noticed a significant lift Maserati experienced with its campaign. At […] [Read More]

With a good bit of the country hampered by severe weather, the used-car market last month wasn’t quite as solid as it was a year ago, as sales dipped 0.72 percent, according to CNW Research. That said, franchised dealers bucked the trend, boosting their used-car sales by more than 2 percent. Overall, used-car sales fell […] [Read More]

Why did you decide to enter the car business? Why did you go into that first dealership looking for a job? Joe Verde Sales & Management Training Inc. tackled questions such as these and found the majority of car salespeople chose the position because of the income potential. According to an online survey of auto […] [Read More]

Dealer interest in the Auto Remarketing Canada conference, presented by CarProof, continues to build as the conference draws closer, according to conference organizers. “It has been gratifying to see just how many dealers have been drawn back to the event to join us for another year,” said Bill Zadeits, conference chair. “We’re also seeing new […] [Read More]

Fitch Ratings projected that increased supplies of off-lease vehicles coupled with rising inventories and new-vehicle production could hurt the wholesale market and auto ABS performance metrics over the long term. Citing data from Ward's Automotive, Fitch indicated that days' supply (the number of days the used-vehicle inventory would require to be completely liquidated) at the […] [Read More]

Amid stepped up federal regulatory enforcement against alleged discriminatory and deceptive lending practices, Zurich North America prepared a package of initiatives to assist dealers in managing their entire credit origination processes. Zurich highlighted these initiatives are designed to assist dealerships in limiting their risk associated with potential allegations involving noncompliance with fair lending laws. "Zurich […] [Read More]

As the finance company closed the year with a 16.2-percent jump in active dealers, Credit Acceptance Corp. watched its unit and dollar volumes rise by double figures during the fourth quarter as well, to leave the operation with a healthy gain in consolidated net income for 2013. Credit Acceptance reported unit and dollar volumes increased […] [Read More]

Cars.com projected that new-vehicle incentives dipped noticeably in January compared to sequential and year-over-year levels, but chief analyst Jesse Toprak doesn’t suspect that trend will continue, to the benefit of the used-vehicle industry. Toprak estimated that the average incentives given by automakers to turn new vehicles came in at $2,383 during January, down $151 or […] [Read More]

Cars.com discovered the Ford F-150 is the most popular new vehicle purchased in both Seattle and Denver, home to the football teams that played in Super Bowl XLVIII. While pro football fans in the city of Seattle are rejoicing because of the Seahawks’ victory against the Denver Broncos during Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday night, […] [Read More]