Auto Data Direct decided on Tuesday to donate a portion of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) reporting fees for vehicles damaged by Hurricane Sandy. ADD is sending funds to the Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) relief effort. The company reiterated federal law requires insurance companies and auto salvage entities to report total loss […] [Read More]

Fleet services provider ARI recently celebrated the grand opening of its newest state-of-the-art call center in Houston. The facility located at 13805 West Road already employs nearly 50 local residents and has the capacity to employ 185 individuals. This facility is the sixth ARI call center in North America, and officials said it will help […] [Read More]

After revealing earlier this week that Kia Motor Co. and Scion have both partnered with Cars.com to promote their certified pre‐owned vehicles, the site revealed the results of a study that shows CPO vehicles continue to gain interest among car shoppers. The study results — taken from a survey of nearly 900 online car shoppers […] [Read More]

Even after Hurricane Sandy hit, damages from which are expected to push used-vehicle prices up, wholesale prices experienced a steep decline in October, according to NADA Used Car Guide’s Guidelines report. But the wholesale volume fallout from the storm is expected to spur a price hike in the near future. October’s report shared that at […] [Read More]

HOUSTON — Since the intimate training event the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers conducted last summer went so well, the organization is ready to do it again to begin 2013. NABD said it will host its second-ever BHPH boot camp in Monroe, N.C., on Jan. 12–13. The boot camp is set up to provide […] [Read More]

FORT WORTH, Texas — Technology provider AutoStar Solutions recently announced its dealer management software system, Fusion Ignite, will be made available at no upfront cost to independent dealers in qualifying states. As part of this promotion, the company said buy-here, pay-here dealers will receive a two-user license for the software and will only be required […] [Read More]

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — Finance Express announced this week that its dealers using the FEX BHPH Platform are managing in excess of $1 billion of active receivables. Finance Express attributed this growth to an increase in its buy-here, pay-here dealer base as well as growth in dealers' BHPH portfolios.  "We are extremely proud of […] [Read More]

FORT WORTH, Texas — General Motors Financial on Tuesday revealed alliances with both OPENLANE and DataScan Field Services to support a new online remarketing program for off-lease vehicles. The GM Financial DealerSource program is designed to be used by GM dealers when leased vehicles financed by GM Financial begin to come off of a lease. […] [Read More]

Verification is more important than skip-tracing. Yes I said it, and I know that many of you may be shocked to discover that I could actually hold anything in higher regard than my much-esteemed art of skip-tracing. But let’s take a broader view of the landscape — many, many miles of landscape. An average nationwide […] [Read More]

For the first time in the 64-year history of the award, a vehicle not powered by an internal combustion engine has been selected as the Motor Trend Car of the Year. This year’s winner is the 2013 Tesla Model S. Publication officials said the decision came after a diverse group of 25 contenders (45 with […] [Read More]