Ally Financial’s SmartAuction recently presented Flint Auto Auction with its Mid-Stream Auto Auction of the Year Award. Executives highlighted that Flint Auto Auction was the No. 1 seller of SmartAuction vehicles among all the auctions that work with the online site. Vice president Steve Kapusta emphasized Flint AA is a valued member of SmartAuction’s network […] [Read More]

Based on feedback from owners, shoppers, car enthusiasts and experts, a new website is launching a comparison tool for used vehicles dating back to 2000. Total Car Score highlighted Tuesday that it provides a ranking for every car, truck, van and crossover within the model years from 2000 to 2014. Officials explained the “total car […] [Read More]

After revealing it enjoyed double-digit growth this past fiscal year, CarMax announced this week that  its associate volunteer association The CarMax Foundation granted more than $2.4 million to nonprofits in the fiscal year that ended on Feb. 29. This marks the largest annual donation since its inception in 2003. “Our largest grant total before this […] [Read More]

The National Automobile Dealers Association revealed this week it has promoted one of its own to executive director of legislative affairs. Tapped for the position is current chief legislative counsel Michael Harrington.  In his new role, Harrington is responsible for managing NADA’s legislative staff and implementing the association’s legislative agenda, officials explained. [Read More]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Automobile Dealers Association revealed this week it has promoted one of its own to executive director of legislative affairs. Tapped for the position is current chief legislative counsel Michael Harrington. In his new role, Harrington is responsible for managing NADA’s legislative staff and implementing the association’s legislative agenda, officials explained. […] [Read More]

Skip Pros — a subsidiary of Renovo Services — picked up two honors during the recent JP Morgan Chase & Co. vendor roundtable meeting. Skip Pros was awarded the Best Skip Company Award for its third-quarter performance as well as the Most Improved Skip Company for 2011.  “JP Morgan Chase has been a dedicated partner […] [Read More]

If recovery industry executives want to sharpen their skip-tracing skills, Alex Price often is one of the first experts called. As a result, Price has taken nearly 30 years of industry experience and created the Skip-Tracers National Certification Program. “What I basically did was take tried-and-true, old-school skip-tracing techniques and melded them with today’s technology […] [Read More]