On Tuesday, Manheim tapped a replacement as the group vice president of Total Resource Auctions to replace Jamie Porter, the former president who retired last year. Stepping into the role effective immediately is company veteran Bill Tiedemann. In connection with the announcement, Manheim cited its 2011 Used Car Market Report, highlighting the supply of vehicles […] [Read More]

Black Book vice president and managing editor Ricky Beggs found supporting evidence about the wholesale market sentiment he discovered during last week’s National Auto Auction Association/CAR event. The industry veteran detailed in his weekly “Beggs on the Used Car Market” video report that Black Book’s market summary and the results from editors’ analysis back up […] [Read More]

AutoTrader.com and Contact At Once partnered Tuesday to deliver chat functionality to dealers who list their vehicles for sale on the site.  The dealer live chat feature is a part of AutoTrader.com’s Connections Bundle, which is intended to provide dealers with multiple avenues to build and foster relationships with shoppers online. That Connections Bundle also […] [Read More]

Land Rover North America appointed a new brand vice president this week. Reporting to Gary Temple, president of Jaguar Land Rover North America, will be Kim McCullough, who has been charged with marketing communications and product planning for Land Rover in the United States. Before joining Jaguar Land Rover North America, executives noted McCullough was […] [Read More]

AutoNation revealed Monday that it has gained a new member to its board of directors, pushing its total number of board member to 10. Called to serve as an independent director was Alison Rosenthal. [Read More]

Scion used a third-party website developer to roll out a series of applications and other online tools to help owners connect and maintain their vehicles. This week, Cie Studios launched a new website in addition to an iPhone app that are geared to provide Scion owners with “a new place to meet, express their enthusiasm […] [Read More]

U.S. lease penetration rates jumped almost 6 percentage points last year and reached their highest level since 2007, according to R.L. Polk & Co. The company went on to report that there were year-over-year leasing gains in all eight regions of the country during 2010. Specifically, the lease penetration rate came in at 18.9 percent in 2010, […] [Read More]

Dealership managers who want more analysis about 2008 model-year vehicles can obtain it this week. J.D. Power and Associates plans to unveil the 2011 Vehicle Dependability Study on Thursday. Firm analysts explained this study measures problems reported by more than 50,000 original owners of 2008 model-year cars and light trucks. They said the study covers […] [Read More]

When it comes to responding to Web inquires, the auto brand whose dealers perform the best is Lexus, followed respectively by Honda and Toyota, according to the Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index Internet Lead Effectiveness Benchmarking Study released Monday. Pied Piper Management Co.’s rankings — which included all major U.S. brands — were compiled through […] [Read More]

LeasePlan USA honored eight different auctions with Consignor Recognition Awards during the recent National Auto Auction Association/CAR event. Receiving the accolade as the Top Sales Achievement Award winner was Manheim Georgia. LeasePlan explained the Top Sales Achievement Award is given to the auction with exceptional performance in gross sales retention of LeasePlan vehicles. Five auctions […] [Read More]