LOS ANGELES — The Southern California Honda Dealers Association was inundated again — not only in the amount of nominations but also the quality of community-benefitting work done by individuals in the running for its Honda Helpful Awards. Now in its fourth year, the association received more than 700 nominations for its Honda Helpful Awards in which each […] [Read More]

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Experian Automotive recently entered into a working relationship with a lender based in northern California. The deal's intention is to provide enhanced credit prescreen services for dealers' marketing materials. Experian's solution, iScreen, now will be utilized by Western Sierra Acceptance Corp. to boost the lender's range of services. The companies believe the partnership […] [Read More]

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne announced today that it has completed integration with independent subprime lender Nationwide Acceptance Corp. Dealers in all of the markets served by Nationwide can now process credit applications electronically to Nationwide through the RouteOne platform. Basically, Nationwide Acceptance Corp. comprises a group of companies specializing in the underwriting and point-of-sale purchase […] [Read More]

PORTLAND, Ore. — Compli, a compliance management software provider, is orchestrating a Webinar about a business element the company believes dealers might be overlooking. The upcoming event will focus on wage-hour compliance. Compli has scheduled the Webinar for Jan. 27 beginning at noon EST. Executives offered a trio of reasons why dealership general managers and human […] [Read More]

NEW YORK — High unemployment rates throughout 2010 will continue to apply pressure on gross losses on auto loan transactions, according to DBRS. Basically, DBRS drew a connection between unemployment and credit performance, saying this relationship has continued during the "economic recession." "Unemployment rates for December 2009 remained steady at 10 percent and are expected to […] [Read More]

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — R.L. Polk & Co, released its 14th Annual Automotive Loyalty Awards Tuesday night, and receiving the program's two biggest honors were Toyota and Honda. Toyota ended General Motors' nine-year run at the top, as it earned the highest scored in Overall Loyalty to Manufacturer. The automaker also took home awards in the Mid/Full-Size […] [Read More]

NEW YORK — About.com recently named its Best New Cars of 2010, the fourth installment of the list that honors the top new and redesigned cars. Audi and Ford both had two of their models make the list — which was chosen by About.com's Aaron Gold — while Buick, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Volkswagen each […] [Read More]

CINCINNATI — Swapalease.com, a leading online lease transfer site, on Wednesday discussed not only how much activity increased last year but also the specific vehicles consumers sought most. Site officials indicated three times as many consumers used Swapalease.com to get out of a vehicle lease in 2009 as compared to the previous year. They went on […] [Read More]

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — In 2009,  its first full calendar year of business, automotive video review site OnCars.com generated Web traffic of approximately 33.24 million video views, more than 16 million of which came during the fourth quarter, according to Google Analytics Event Tracking. The company hit traffic of just under 2.1 million views during the […] [Read More]

HERNDON, Va. — No matter the football teams matching up in Super Bowl XLIV, Volkwagen will have a spot in the lineup during one of the most-watched television events of the year. VW plans to use the opportunity to roll out an extensive marketing campaign.  This will mark the first time in nine years the automaker […] [Read More]