Jennifer Costabile has spent most of her career on the new-car side of GM’s business cultivating dealer relationships, so now that she works on the used-vehicle side of things, she’s calling upon these connections and knows a key concern for dealers in today’s marketplace is finding enough vehicles to certify. GM’s new general director of […] [Read More]

General Motors revealed Monday that it will be parting ways with its Goodwrench service brand name and will instead have a Certified Service brand for each of its four core vehicle makes. They will go by the following names: Chevrolet Certified Service, Buick Certified Service, Cadillac Certified Service and GMC Certified Service. Explaining its decision, […] [Read More]

Dealers turned out in abundance for the CPO Forum that was held Monday and Tuesday at the San Diego Grand Hyatt. Three top dealers took to the stage on the first day to discuss inventory management and how their businesses have found such success in a recession. The dealers included Howard Hakes, of Hitchcock Automotive […] [Read More]

Although President Obama signed sweeping financial reform back in July, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is still working feverishly in Washington, D.C., to ensure that dealers can navigate through new regulations. NIADA general counsel Keith Whann is scheduled to gather with staff of the Federal Trade Commission on Nov. 17 to follow up on matters discussed during […] [Read More]

About two weeks after announcing it was launching a used-vehicle pricing index, TrueCar utilized this week’s CPO Forum as platform to reveal who will be the executive vice president and general manager of the initiative. Picked to serve in this role for ClearBook is industry veteran Jim O’Brien. Officials said O’Brien will work directly with […] [Read More]

Dealer Specialties revealed earlier this week that dealer customers can utilize the company’s Inventory Manager tool as an app on their iPhones. Dealer customers can find the Inventory Manager iPhone app — which is the debut mobile application from Dealer Specialties — at the iTunes App Store. The company is not charging any additional monthly […] [Read More]

GE Capital Fleet Services totaled up the cost savings the company created for its customers during the third quarter. Utilizing five main strategies, officials said total customer savings came in at $63.3 million. Through the first nine months of 2010, GE Capital Fleet Services contends it has helped its clients save $225 million. Officials discovered […] [Read More]

CODA Holdings, a developer of Lithium-ion advanced battery systems and all-electric vehicles, recently announced the resignation by mutual consent of Kevin Czinger as chief executive officer. At the same time, the company designated its interim CEO to be Steven “Mac” Heller. CODA also appointed Mark Jamieson as chief operating officer. The company emphasized the realignment […] [Read More]

In addition to a weekly look at price changes on the wholesale market, Ricky Beggs and his Black Book colleagues also revealed Monday that monthly and year-over-year depreciation comparisons appeared near normal. Beggs indicated that when looking at current 3-year old models, 15 of the 24 vehicle segment types tracked by Black Book had depreciation […] [Read More]

NADA Used Car Guide said Monday that dealers can now utilize the NADA AppraisalPRO tool on most of the latest smartphone products. The company has optimized the used-vehicle appraisal tool for products like the iPhone, iPad, Android and Palm Pre/Pixie. This is part of its efforts to give dealers more mobile accessibility to its products, officials said. […] [Read More]