Dealer.com has created a new tool for dealers aiming to simplify the advertising process. Wouldn’t it be easier to organize your marketing plan if each element could be found in the same place? Dealer.com’s new Unified Advertising Dashboard is designed to do that very thing, providing dealers with a "holistic view of competitive market data, […] [Read More]

Showing a surge in activity to begin 2013, the latest RDN Monthly Analytics Update indicated January recovery volumes surged 14 percentage points higher than the December level. Furthermore, the January reading came in 8 percentage points higher than year-earlier levels. Adding to that upward movement, RDN indicated January recovery orders soared 24 percentage points higher […] [Read More]

Late next month, DAA Northwest will broaden its reach into Western Washington state and open up a new auction located in Auburn, Wash. It will be known as DAA Seattle. This was the news from DAA Northwest president Bob McConkey on Thursday, as he shared this with customers during opening announcements at the Spokane, Wash., […] [Read More]

Satellite radio launched a mere  decade ago. Now, there are 50 million satellite enabled vehicles on the road today, according to SiriusXM’s chief financial officer David Frear. The CFO explained that the "next phase" for the company’s future will be capitalizing on "when those (new) cars start to turn over into the used market." Earlier […] [Read More]

CNW Research is predicting the used-vehicle industry to produce its best March sales total since 2002. The firm indicated the industry is likely to sell 2.95 million units this month, sparked by nearly a 15-percent gain year-over-year by franchised dealers. Independent dealers should fare nicely this month, too, according to CNW. Independents are projected to […] [Read More]

Leasing has been on an upward trek the past few years, and it appears that uptick only continued in March. During the first few days of this month, lease penetration was sitting north of 27 percent, which represents more than a 5-percent year-over-year gain, according to CNW Research. Data from CNW and ADESA Analytical Services […] [Read More]

Want to know a good indicator if auction volume is going to keep growing off of 2012 — a  year where the industry posted its first uptick since 2006? Used-car managers ought to watch new-vehicle sales activity on the other side of their franchised showrooms. Or if managers run an independent lot, they should keep […] [Read More]

To augment what it already pushed out through its monthly Guidelines report, analysts from NADA Used Guide also posted videos sharing the latest price-movement developments. First, senior analyst Larry Dixon said consumers “brushed aside the ample rhetoric” regarding the impending federal budget sequester and purchased more new models in February than they did during the […] [Read More]

One of the trends that we’ve noticed over the last couple of years is the debate over gross and turn. Since the recession, there has been an isolated movement to treat all cars as commodities and be willing to take less gross on every unit. Ever run into a Carmax buyer at an auction? You’ll […] [Read More]

Late last week, Toyota Motor Sales USA said it will conduct a safety recall involving approximately 209,000 FJ Cruiser vehicles. The automaker explained the seatbelt retractors for the driver and front passenger seat belts are mounted in the rear doors (access doors) of the vehicle.  Due to insufficient strength of the rear door panel, cracks […] [Read More]