The Queen City is already home to two of the nation’s largest auto retailers in Sonic Automotive and Hendrick Automotive Group, each of which is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. And soon Charlotte will have standalone used-car stores from two of the country's publicly traded dealer groups. AutoNation announced in its quarterly earnings report Thursday that […] [Read More]

Obviously, vehicles cannot be transported to and from auctions and dealerships without someone to load them and drive the hauler to the intended destinations. United Road is boosting its efforts to ensure that key person is readily available to meet vehicle transportation demands. This week, United Road president and chief executive officer Mark Anderson announced […] [Read More]

IAA reinforced its European resources on Friday via an acquisition. According to a news release, IAA — the presenting sponsor of Auto Remarketing’s 40 Under 40 honorees who will be recognized during Used Car Week — announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the stock of SYNETIQ, a leading integrated salvage and vehicle dismantling […] [Read More]

Investment funds continue to flow into all parts of the automotive industry, with a second development arriving in recent days having a connection to auto financing and retailing. This week, the CapStreet Group — a 31-year-old firm that invests in software, tech-enabled business services and industrial business services companies in the lower-middle market — announced […] [Read More]

This week, National Auto Care (NAC) senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions Courtney Hoffman announced the company’s 10th acquisition in the past 18 months. Now part of the company’s F&I agency portfolio is a firm positioned to help NAC gain more market share not only with auto dealers but RV and powersports retailers, too, […] [Read More]

In another big move by the rental car giant this month, Hertz named a chief information officer on Thursday. Hired as executive vice president and CIO is Tim Langley-Hawthorne, whose most recent post was as CIO of Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. Langley-Hawthorne was with Western Union prior to Hitachi, serving in several […] [Read More]

If the auto default rate ticks up only at the pace analysts have seen during the past couple of months, it could take a year — maybe longer — for the metric to return to what it was at the end of 2019. [Read More]

Beekman Group, a private equity firm based in New York focused on building companies in the healthcare, consumer and the business services sectors, now has a presence in the buy-here, pay-here industry. This week, Beekman announced that the firm has completed an investment in AutoManager to support growth and a recapitalization of the company. California-based […] [Read More]

Today, the typical vehicle buying process means that customers may spend hours building a relationship with a salesperson, only to be handed over to a business manager once they’ve finally worked out a deal. Plus, we know the wait time to get in front of a business manager can tank your customer’s experience. CARFAX Canada […] [Read More]

Vroom launched a new television commercial on Tuesday that features New York Knicks All-Star Julius Randle, but the online auto retailer also made a move this week that may be of interest to fans of the Houston Rockets, as well. First the new ad. The spot featuring Randle began airing Tuesday during local NBA games, […] [Read More]