DALLAS — Santander Consumer USA revealed this week it has adopted the National Auto Auction Association's Silver National Certification Standard for finance company vehicles sold at auctions nationwide. Santander recapped that this wholesale certification program introduced by NAAA in January sets a universal, streamlined set of standards that all wholesale stakeholders can use when making […] [Read More]

NEW YORK — In reporting its preliminary first-quarter results, Ally Financial announced that its auto originations from continuing operations soared 75 percent for the first quarter to $14.3 billion, compared to $8.2 billion in the previous year. First-quarter consumer originations included $9.6 billion in new originations, $2.5 billion in used originations and $2.2 billion in new […] [Read More]

HOUSTON — The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers announced this week that an Experian credit expert will be on hand at its annual event to break out the BHPH marketplace, number of dealers and largest stats for BHPH financing. Melinda Zabritski, director of automotive credit at Experian, will present this data on Wednesday, May 18. […] [Read More]

DAA Northwest, Kansas City Independent Auto Auction and El Paso Independent Auto Auction recently teamed up for a special NASCAR-themed promotion to benefit the charitable efforts of famed race-car driver Greg Biffle. DAA Northwest had been hosting “NASCAR Days” alone for several years, but this year, the auction worked with KCI and EPI for the […] [Read More]

Potential legislation that could significantly change how Illinois repossession agents operate continues to make its way through the state’s General Assembly. According to information on the state government’s website, Illinois Senate bill No. 1306, known as the Collateral Recovery Act, is already on the docket within the House’s Judiciary Civil Law Committee for more possible […] [Read More]

All Technology Recovery, a full-service repossession facilitation and management company, recently reached a partnership with Regional Acceptance. Regional Acceptance is utilizing the national network of collateral recovery professionals to provide repossession facilitation. All Technology Recovery intends to provide 24/7 support on LPR2.0 scans for Regional Acceptance. Through All Technology Recovery’s network, officials emphasized that lenders can […] [Read More]

After rocketing past the 20-percent mark for much of the winter, the leasing market made a “reversion back to normal levels” during March and the first few weeks of April, according to J.D. Power and Associates senior director Thomas King, who shared some insight on Friday with Auto Remarketing about the leasing trends spotted through […] [Read More]

Thanks largely to the negative impact of surging gas prices on pickup truck volume, overall auction volume during the first quarter was 8.6 percent softer than the year-ago period, according to the latest Auction Industry Report from the National Auto Auction Association. This drop follows a 2-percent year-over-year upswing during the final quarter of 2010. […] [Read More]

As franchise dealers brace for dwindling supplies, Edmunds.com’s April new-vehicle sales forecast reflected the softening figures stemming from the Japanese disasters. The site thinks April new-unit sales, including fleet sales, are expected to be approximately 1,171,000 units, a 19.3-percent increase from April of last year, but a 6.0-percent dip from March. Analysts believe retail sales […] [Read More]

Mazda North American Operations announced last week it has gone in-house to find a senior vice president for the U.S. operations group, a newly created entity within MNAO focused on the U.S. market. Robert Davis, MNAO’s former senior vice president of research and development, customer service operations and quality, was chosen for the newly created position designed to […] [Read More]