Avis Budget Group and OPENLANE recently announced an agreement to begin offering Avis Budget Group vehicles for sale on the auction platform’s Canadian site.   Avis Budget first joined forces with OPENLANE in 2007, and since that time, the company has sold thousands of rental vehicles to dealers in the United States using the OPENLANE […] [Read More]

In addition to a variety of workshops and panels discussing specific topics relevant to the used-car market in Canada, the 2011 Auto Remarketing Canada conference, presented by CarProof, will feature a panel discussion overview of the Canadian economy designed to provide the broad picture of the current state of the industry.   [Read More]

Heading into Super Bowl XLV this past weekend, Chrysler said it kept its new ad with Eminem for the 2011 Chrysler 200 under wraps so that it would generate a stronger response. The commercial appears to have achieved exactly that, according to industry analysis, although one particular survey said the rap song-infused spot created some confusion […] [Read More]

Along with the announcement of the 2011 Time Dealer of the Year, this past weekend’s National Automobile Dealers Association Convention included a wide-ranging pledge by new chairman Stephen Wade. The multi-franchise dealer from St. George, Utah, told 18,000 total attendees he plans to work with manufacturers, regulators and Congress to ensure that the nation’s economic […] [Read More]

The American International Automobile Dealers Association held its 41st annual Meeting and Luncheon on Monday in San Francisco, where it welcomed its 2011 chairman and also named the David F. Mungenast Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. The new chairman is Jim Smail, who assumed the new post at the event. [Read More]

ADESA Seattle added another honor to its mantel Tuesday as ADESA revealed the site won the year-end 2010 General Motors Sponsored Auction Operational Award. Officials explained the results of this award are based on the quarterly results for all General Motors sponsored auctions throughout the United States. They said the General Motors Operational Award recognizes […] [Read More]

ADP Dealer Services recently shared developments on several fronts, including a partnership with Hertz Corp. for its Hertz Rent2Buy program, an update on its Cobalt acquisition and more. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; […] [Read More]

FordDirect recently rolled out a new service that it says gives Ford and Lincoln dealers a bevy of digital marketing tools to help them offer an improved online shopping experience, which can be quite crucial in today’s auto-shopping environment. One of the tools offered by the DealerConnection Premier Advanced Inventory Service — which dealers can […] [Read More]

Toyota Motor Sales USA recently revealed it has successfully developed new open-standards-based interface capabilities for its dealer communications system, Dealer Daily. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; […] [Read More]

In a move announced Monday by parent company ADESA, subsidiary PAR North America has purchased Seattle-based remarketing company Associate Fleet. Explaining a bit more about the company, officials noted that Associate Fleet sells fleet and repossessed units, mainly selling to customers in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii. Additionally, a great deal of recreational vehicles […] [Read More]