Thanks to the integration between EasyCare’s CoVideo service and Carfax, as the part of the companies’ partnership, dealers can now take advantage of an even stronger method of showcasing their used inventory online. EasyCare — which, along with Carfax, is a partner in both CarMark and the Pre-Owned Automobile Dealers Alliance — explained that Carfax-subscribing dealers who […] [Read More]

Exactly one month after the first earthquake and subsequent tsunami rocked Japan, today marks an important day at several manufacturing plants for Toyota and Nissan. It’s when several sites are expected to come back into service in at least partial capacity. According to the latest update from Toyota Motor Corp., the company is going forward […] [Read More]

Vincentric unveiled its sixth annual Best Fleet Value in America Awards for units from the 2011 model year. The automakers claiming the most honors often duel it out for top monthly sales performances. Award orchestrators gave 10 awards to Toyota, while they gave nine to General Motors. Ford claimed five accolades, and Volvo, Audi, Volkswagen, […] [Read More]

The cancellation of a popular CBS sitcom paved the way for the National Automobile Dealers Association to push an important safety message. NADA officials explained that for the first time pedestrians walking past the CBS Jumbotron “Super Screen” in Times Square will see child passenger safety messages from the association. The association recounted that a […] [Read More]

Kijiji Autos — which is the automotive side of Kijiji, an eBay company out of Canada that serves as a local classifieds site — has a new leader heading up the site. Auto Remarketing Canada learned that Scott Neil recently became the head of Kijiji Autos. Neil had most recently served as director of online […] [Read More]

With Auto Remarketing Canada 2011 — Canada’s Used Car Conference mere days away, event organizers shared an updated attendee list for the nation’s premier industry event, which begins Tuesday in Toronto. The updated attendee list can be viewed at http://arcanada.autoremarketing.com/sites/arcanada.autoremarketing.com/files/images/ARC_preshow_4-8-11.pdf. Complete conference details, including the final agenda, can be found at the conference website at […] [Read More]

Rolling out a new program to spotlight residual value strength, Edmunds.com shared the winners of its inaugural Best Retained Value Awards on Thursday. Winning in the non-luxury category is Honda and earning the No. 1 spot among luxury brands was Lexus. The awards are given to brands and individual brands with the strongest projected residual values […] [Read More]

If you’re a used-car manager scouring the lanes or online channels looking for off-rental units and are having trouble finding any for a reasonable price, evidently you’re not alone. Manheim’s Tom Webb shared during his quarterly conference call that coincided with the latest update on the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index that despite a March […] [Read More]

Apparently, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus might not just be the title of the famous book by John Gray about the relationships between men and women. The phrase could actually be apt to describe gender differences when it comes to car-buying behavior. In fact, TrueCar.com analyzed more than 8 million vehicle purchases […] [Read More]

In what may help stimulate additional sales at its stores, Chrysler rolled out a new co-branded auto credit card program this week that rewards consumers for making purchases at the automaker’s dealerships as well as for assorted everyday and travel purchases. Chrysler teamed with MasterCard and First National Bank of Omaha to debut the Chrysler […] [Read More]