Among the activities on tap for Barrett-Jackson’s 40th anniversary — which is slated for Jan. 17-23 in Scottsdale, Ariz. — are a collector-car auction at WestWorld, the second annual Scottsdale road rally and a cruise-in, just to name a few. There will be 40 hours of live coverage of the week’s events on the SPEED television channel. [Read More]

An affiliated company of the Texas Credit Union League recently finalized an agreement with Repo Remarketing to be the preferred provider of repossession and remarketing services. Repo Remarketing is leveraging its Houston office to cater to Credit Union Resources. Linda Winkfein, vice president of lending resources and business development for Credit Union Resources, discussed why […] [Read More]

Joining the lineup at the National Remarketing Conference, which will be held Nov. 10-12 in San Diego, are remarketing and repossession experts Megan Haley, director of remarketing strategies at Fiserv, and Neal Boardman, asset remarketing manager and vice president at BB&T/Regional Acceptance. Haley and Boardman will join Howard Segal, vice president and remarketing manager at […] [Read More]

ADESA Analytical Services confirmed what dealers probably are seeing in the auction lanes — predominantly seasonal price softening in September and a gradual descent from all-time highs seen in April. According to ADESA’s monthly analysis of wholesale used-vehicle prices, September’s mark averaged $9,830 — down 1.7 percent from August and up 1 percent versus prior […] [Read More]

TrueCar.com discovered that the majority of 13 luxury brands are gaining sales traction so far this year while at the same time decreasing their incentive spending as compared with 2009. Which nameplate is leading this charge in an overall weak economy? TrueCar.com says it’s Cadillac. Site analysts calculated Cadillac has had a surge in 2010 sales […] [Read More]

Westlake Financial Services unveiled its list of third-quarter top auctions this morning, and taking the No. 1 spot on the list of the five facilities was Manheim Nevada. This marks the second time in a row it has claimed the top spot from Westlake Remarketing. Manheim Nevada was followed by Rawls Auto Auction in second and […] [Read More]

General Motors announced late last week that it’s recalling 322,409 Chevrolet Impalas from the 2009 and 2010 model years because of a possible defect associated with the seat belt. The automaker is searching for what it thinks is a small number of vehicles. The reason is the front seat belt webbing may not have been […] [Read More]

Carfax hopes a new process launched late last week can provide subscribing dealers the chance to submit a vehicle inquiry and in most cases get a resolution in just a few hours. The company explained any Carfax-subscribing dealer can initiate the research process from their account at carfaxonline.com. After logging in, dealers can click the […] [Read More]

ADESA and NADA University are teaming up for a free educational seminar this week that will tackle market trends and new mobile technology while offering some creative used-car business tactics. The second Industry Insight seminar (the first was in September at ADESA Dallas) is slated for 1 p.m. (PST) Thursday at ADESA Golden Gate. [Read More]

After a tremendous boost for the site and its advertisers spurred largely by the company advertising in last year’s game, Cars.com said today that it will once again have a marketing presence in the Super Bowl. The company plans to debut two 30-second commercials during Super Bowl XLV, which is scheduled for Feb. 6 in […] [Read More]