This time, Allied Solutions’ newest initiative is connected to the beginning of the potential journey toward vehicle delivery. This week, the service provider to credit unions and other firms involved with financial services launched a strategic collaboration with Scienaptic AI, a leading artificial intelligence-powered credit underwriting platform provider. According to a news release from Allied […] [Read More]

EasyCare, an APCO Holdings brand, introduced a new vehicle service contract (VSC) for dealerships this week in an effort to help store personnel cater to potential buyers who only want a simple presentation of F&I products. APCO highlighted its new VSC can make it easier for dealers to present in the F&I office by integrating […] [Read More]

Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — we have a 1-on-1 conversation featuring Market Scan’s Rusty West with Bill Zadeits of Cherokee Media Group. The theme of their dialogue was “Leveraging […] [Read More]

Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — a trio of industry leaders compare and contrast the direct and indirect auto financing models. The panel features Lou Loquasto of FIS, Scott McMahon […] [Read More]

Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — we take another look at the potential for electric vehicles through the prism of the investment community. Allen Bryant of Knightsgate Ventures and Bill […] [Read More]

Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — we feature two leaders who know automotive and investing. Scot Wingo of Spiffy and Brian Panoff of Shell Ventures share a back-and-forth exchange recapping […] [Read More]

KAR Global’s sale of its U.S. ADESA auction business to Carvana is likely to close within a week, KAR leaders said in an earnings call Wednesday, and with that will be a paradigm shift for the wholesale car business. The company, the longtime parent of the nation’s second-largest auction chain, will not have a physical […] [Read More]

In this month’s edition of BHPH Report, Bill Elizondo of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association mentioned the growing trend of catalytic converter theft as part of this feature story about reconditioning. So just how prevalent is catalytic converter theft? According to a news release distributed this week by CARFAX, the National Insurance Crime Bureau, […] [Read More]

Experts from Agora Data, Comerica Bank, Cox Automotive and Edmunds gave a variety of insights about two of the top current economic trends that can impact auto financing — inflation and interest rates. As expected by these companies, the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday, marking the largest […] [Read More]

Ignite Consulting Partners offers a compliance tip each week for dealerships. This week’s installment delves into a business segment buy-here, pay-here operators often face — repossessions — recapping a $98 million settlement as being possible when regulations aren’t followed exactly. The compliance firm compiled what it called a minimum 8-point checklist to reinforce the importance […] [Read More]