With the annual gathering of franchised dealers dead ahead, Ally is ramping up its lease training on the heels of more than 7,700 dealer employees going through the program a year ago. The company highlighted attendees of Ally’s lease training sessions can learn about the complete value proposition of leasing and how it can meet […] [Read More]

Along with sharing Ricky Beggs’ latest wholesale market analysis, Black Book announced Tuesday that industry veteran Jeff Bunch joined the company as director of automotive licensing. In this role, Black Book explained Bunch will be responsible for leading its efforts to increase revenue growth from the licensing of Black Book data to dealers and companies […] [Read More]

American Auto Auction Group chief executive officer Steve Simon revealed who the company’s new chairman of the board of directors will be. And the name is a familiar one to remarketing professionals — Bill McIver. “We are very excited to announce the appointment of Bill McIver as AAAG’s chairman of the board,” Simon declared. “During […] [Read More]

On Tuesday, Kelley Blue Book formed relationship with Auction Genius, a Web-based software provider for dealers buying vehicles at auction.  Officials indicated the Kelley Blue Book Auction Value is now integrated into the Auction Genius product to help dealers make the best purchase possible.     With a combined screen view, dealers who use the Auction Genius […] [Read More]

Carfax revealed Tuesday that it has been tapped by Subaru of America to be the official vehicle history report provider under the automaker’s certified pre-owned program, which has required dealers to run a Carfax report on every CPO vehicle since 2005. Every certified Subaru comes with a Carfax report. The automaker is one of 32 […] [Read More]

With today’s “savvy” and research-minded car-shopper, offering transparency has become increasingly important for dealerships, and bearing this in mind, a pair of AutoTrader.com executives aim to show dealers how they can connect to these shoppers through such transparency. [Read More]

Polk revealed Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Pivnet — an interactive services agency — in an effort to provide enhanced marketing analysis for Central Atlantic Toyota dealers. Now, Polk insight will be integrated into a number of Pivnet’s solutions to potentially help dealers increase sales and service, officials announced. [Read More]

Given the heated debate swirling throughout the industry regarding third-party vendor access to a dealership’s customer information, CAR-Research XRM recently put out an open letter to dealers in an attempt to reassure them that it “has not, and will not, share, sell or trade your private customer data, short of a government subpoena, or with […] [Read More]

FORT WORTH, Texas — Along with detailing its latest asset-backed securitization, General Motors revealed which provider will handle its new commercial lending services business. Officials tapped DataScan Technologies as their systems provider for the commercial lending services business GM Financial is set to launch in April. The company said this division will offer floor plan […] [Read More]

IRVINE, Calif. — Consumer Portfolio Services recently revealed a new website and the launch of a new smartphone app for dealers. The website includes a slew of new features, including an online Fund Report and what the company calls the “Sandbox” feature. The company contends this feature allows dealers to key in “what if” structure […] [Read More]