DealerTrack announced today it has acquired interactive marketing solutions company ClickMotive LP. DealerTrack officials contend the newest deal will add to the expand the capabilities the company acquired with its recent purchase of eCarlist. [Read More]

A new sale training course focused on selling used and pre-owned vehicles was announced today by Joe Verde Sales & Management Training Inc. Subscribers to Joe Verde’s Training Network, a virtual sales training network for the auto industry, now have access to "Selling Used, Pre-Owned & Certified Vehicles in Today’s Market," the company’s newest online […] [Read More]

Wholesale price declines are slowing down, according to this week’s edition of the "Beggs on the Used Car Market" video report. The managing editor of Black Book started his report by noting that even though this time of year usually brings higher depreciation levels than the rest of the year, “as we look at the […] [Read More]

During the upcoming National Remarketing Conference — scheduled for Nov. 14–16 — attendees will be privy to the 2012 Women in Remarketing awards presentation, sponsored by Ally Auto Remarketing. The awards will be presented on the second day of the conference, Nov. 15, at  2 p.m., and then all 13 honorees will share their thoughts […] [Read More]

California buy-here, pay-here dealers will have more compliance procedures to maintain when Jan. 1 arrives, since two of the three bills aimed at changing how the industry operates were signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. But the measure Brown vetoed — a policy that would have created a hard interest-rate cap — is leaving the head […] [Read More]

As of this week, Auction Edge Inc. is adding an additional check-in module to its open management platform. The company announced on Monday that Auction Edge, which provides a national remarketing platform of more than 130 independent auto auctions in the U.S. and Canada, will now support vehicle check-in through AWG Remarketing’s mobile tool. Check-in […] [Read More]

American Honda confirmed late last week that it has expanded a May power steering hose recall, and details about another recall by General Motors have emerged. Starting with the news from Honda, OEM officials stated the U.S. recall now includes approximately 572,000 Honda Accord models units equipped with V6 engines from model years 2003 through […] [Read More]

RouteOne announced Monday that it has been endorsed as the credit application management system of choice by the National Independent Automotive Dealer Association. As an endorsed NIADA National Member Benefit Partner, RouteOne highlighted that it has assisted NIADA’s 20,000 independent dealership members with streamlining their F&I process through the utilization of RouteOne’s credit application network. [Read More]

Mazda North American Operations has named a new vice president of marketing, to head all marketing communications for the company’s U.S. operations. Appointed to the post, and bringing more than 20 years of industry-focused marketing communications experience, is Russell Wager. Wager will oversee U.S. marketing communications including print and electronic advertising, social media, the MazdaUSA.com […] [Read More]

Manheim began National Customer Service Week this morning by announcing the hire for its newly created position of senior vice president of customer service. Appointed to the role is Ashish Bisaria, who is called on to act as the “voice of the customer” and head up company initiatives designed to “deliver world-class customer experiences.” [Read More]