Many in the industry use Black Book’s “Beggs on the Used Car Market” weekly videos as a way to stay on top of auction price movement and trends in the lanes. This week, Black Book editorial director and senior vice president Ricky Beggs took a different approach for the series. He sat down with this […] [Read More]

AutoNation had its strongest December for total retail new-vehicle sales in 12 years and posted its best annual sum in six years, the retailer said Monday. It retailed 29,596 new cars last month, which was up 6-percent year-over-year and the best December since 2001. Meanwhile, full-year new-vehicle retail sales were up 11 percent at 296,419 […] [Read More]

In response to severe weather conditions in the Midwest and East Coast, Manheim said Monday it is waiving online fees for vehicles purchases through Simulcast and facilitation fees for vehicles purchased through OVE.com to assist dealers. Manheim indicated the fee waivers are effective from Monday through Jan. 31 and apply on all open and closed […] [Read More]

Among others making significant progress in the certified pre-owned arena during 2013, some automakers are reporting record years for CPO. Hyundai, for one, had its best year ever for certified sales, moving 75,941 units. This was an 8.2-percent improvement over 2012 sales. The program closed the year with 6,029 CPO sales in December, down 6.2 […] [Read More]

Dealers can edit the content of their websites anytime and track competitors with the upcoming launch of a new dealer website platform announced Monday.  Haystak Digital Marketing said its all-new platform will integrate with the company’s entire suite of digital marketing products and services, and the company plans to debut the platform at the upcoming National Automobile Dealer […] [Read More]

KAR Auction Service made an acquisition late last week that the company contends will continue to boost the wide array of dealer services it offers. Now in KAR’s fold of subsidiaries is Miami-based High Tech Locksmiths (HTL), one of the largest providers of transponder, remote, high-security and vehicle smart keys in North America. Chief executive […] [Read More]

Industry-wide lease penetration has never been as strong as it was last month, according to Edmunds.com senior analyst Jessica Caldwell, who said rates for European brands were approaching 50 percent in December. This helped luxury brands like Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Jaguar notch best-ever annual new-vehicle sales. But the tentacles of this leasing surge stretch far […] [Read More]

Ending the year on the upswing, December capped  an overall great year for the pre-owned market and pushed the full-year sales total above 40 million units. Specifically, used-car sales closed 2013 at just under 42 million units, according to CNW Research. The company reported late last week that for the whole year, franchised dealers took […] [Read More]

Dealers can edit the content of their websites anytime and track competitors, with the upcoming launch of a new dealer website platform announced Monday.  Developed with the latest technological innovations, Haystak Digital Marketing said its all-new platform will integrate with the company’s entire suite of digital marketing products and services. Haystak plans to debut the platform at the […] [Read More]

ADP Dealer Services Inc. announced late last week it has reached an integration agreement with CenPOS Inc., as part of an effort to simplify and improve dealership billing and payment processes. CenPOS will be providing ADP Dealer Management System clients with an end-to-end payments solution called ADP ePayments. “CenPOS will provide ADP dealers with a […] [Read More]