The American International Automobile Dealers Association is offering a free Webinar for both members and non-members about the value of vehicle history reports. AIADA is hosting the event with Carfax’s Jay Luna on Nov. 18 beginning at noon (EST). Luna, the process improvement manager at Carfax, is scheduled to give a presentation titled “Vehicle History […] [Read More]

Supporting the strong October sales performance previously revealed by Autodata, analysts from AutoTrader.com indicated Wednesday that the average asking prices for certified pre-owned vehicles showed significant improvement. As opposed to September, when prices dipped for 15 out of 20 most-searched CPO vehicles on a year-over-year comparison, the site determined prices increased for 14 of the […] [Read More]

The National Remarketing Conference kicks off this afternoon with a plethora of strong panels and presenters. Concurrent workshops start at noon (PST), with attendees having the choice between hearing Tom Kontos, of ADESA, offer a 2011 Pre-Owned Market Preview; Eric Lyman, of ALG, offer a 2010 Residuals Report; two executives from Experian Automotive discuss used-vehicle […] [Read More]

One of the key presentations at the CPO Forum earlier this week was with Arianne Walker, of J.D. Power and Associates, who discussed her company’s 2010 Used Vehicle Market. She told the many dealers and other industry executives in attendance that the new-vehicle and used-vehicle markets are closely tied together. As the new-vehicle market has […] [Read More]

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]