Given the changing landscape in the wholesale industry with the use of multiple online sales platforms, the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance is hoping to level the playing field among consignors and remarketers through a whitepaper that outlines a set of standards for this growing element of the business. [Read More]

With her dream car sitting at a dealership in Michigan, an Alaska resident called for a vehicle inspection by Alliance Inspection Management, which ended up becoming the company’s 60-millionth report. The milestone inspection for AiM was ordered by Kathy Lewis of Anchorage, for a 2010 Chrysler 300 located at Sterling Heights Dodge in Michigan, more than […] [Read More]

After a year of multiple acquisitions, Primeritus Financial Services rebranded several of its business service segments. Explaining the methodology behind the decisions, Primeritus Financial Services chief executive officer Chuck Tapp said: “Since the acquisitions of USA Recovery and Renovo over the past year, Primeritus has worked with customers and clients to better align their services […] [Read More]

In an effort to meet increased demand, KCI Kansas City has started an expansion process that will bring 10 additional acres of pavement to the auction’s campus and double the size of the current lot. What’s more, it will allow for the auction to accommodate 1,300 more consigned vehicles and include an on-site test track. [Read More]

For buy-here, pay-here dealers trying to secure used-car supply in the wholesale market, it certainly has been a challenging few years. But based on analyses coming from several different vantage points, it appears times are getting better. That was one central theme Auto Remarketing came across in recent months during our look at the slice […] [Read More]

Dealership reviews on social media networks may be “playing the most important role in the dealership selection process,” according to the results of the Spring 2013 Automotive Social Media and Reputation Trend Study. The report from Digital Air Strike showed that there is a 43 percent probability that a consumer will search for a local […] [Read More]

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau prepares its annual report to Congress, the agency wanted specifics of what compliance matters other federal regulators are involved with regarding non-bank entities, which can include franchised and independent dealerships. The Federal Trade Commission, which has jurisdiction over dealers, shared what it had with the CFPB last week. But […] [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association highlighted two companies that now are National Member Benefit Partners of the association. The two newest partners are Security Key Systems and ALLDATA Security Key Systems, which has provided key control systems to dealerships for more than a dozen years, offers NIADA members two key security products: KeyBank and […] [Read More]

In the past couple of years, from the Tsunami in Asia to the recent Hurricane Sandy in the U.S., companies in the automotive space have been rising to the occasion to offer services to those affected by the storms. Now, the GM Foundation is pledging $500,000 to help victims of the recent tornadoes in five […] [Read More]

Paul Rogers, long-time automotive industry trainer, died May 13. He endured years of complex medical conditions, but in his last weeks, suffered from a rare vascular disease. He was 57.   Paul’s automotive career spanned more than 30 years, where he rose from salesperson to general manager with the Larry Miller Group. He subsequently worked […] [Read More]