Nominations are now open for the 2021 Auto Finance Innovators Award: Top 100, aimed at recognizing auto finance professionals that have made significant technological contributions to their company and the industry. The awards, sponsored by Lightico and Auto Fin Journal, come on the heels of significant innovation in the auto finance industry during the last […] [Read More]

Bain & Co. pointed out that companies have typically prioritized the speed at which they implement digital transformations across their organizations to combat digital disruption. However, Bain experts said these promising digital transformation initiatives often lose momentum and fail to produce the broad impact needed to compete in today’s world. Through Bain’s annual survey of […] [Read More]

For Toyota and Lexus dealerships in southern California with overwhelmed service drives and recon shops, help literally is on the way. On Friday, Universal Technical Institute announced the first local cohort of students have begun their accelerated 12-week training to complete eight Toyota and five Lexus class credentials preparing them to join one of the […] [Read More]

SoCal Penske Dealer Group closed July with some excitement by opening a trio of luxury showrooms on Friday. The company began retailing at Jaguar Puente Hills, Land Rover Puente Hills and Penske Volvo Cars in the Puente Hills Auto Center. These new dealerships serve the greater Los Angeles Area, including the Inland Empire, San Gabriel […] [Read More]

Acquisitions aren’t just happening among dealerships. Auctions and other automotive service providers are in the mix, too, with the latest move involving the rarest of vehicles. On Thursday, Barrett-Jackson Holdings, the parent company of Barrett-Jackson Auction Co., announced the acquisition of the Phoenix-based Collector Car Network, including ClassicCars.com, AutoHunter, The ClassicCars.com Journal and the Future […] [Read More]

Enterprise Holdings is making quite a financial commitment to addressing social and racial equity gaps facing youth and families in communities across the globe. Through the Enterprise Holdings Foundation, the company that operates the Enterprise, National and Alamo rental car brands is awarding its inaugural local Enterprise Holdings ROAD Forward grants to nearly 700 nonprofit […] [Read More]

Since the early stages of my career, I have strongly disliked being called or thought of as a “female leader.” Those two words used together reminded me that the word “leader” was still thought of as implicitly male. Instead, I prefer to be thought of as a “great leader,” or just a “leader.” As a […] [Read More]

Like its fellow publicly traded contemporaries, the used-vehicle department at Group 1 Automotive posted superb performance metrics during the second quarter. When looking at just its U.S. data on a year-over-year comparison, Group 1 reported a whopping 63.2% jump in used-vehicle retail sales revenue and a 113.2% spike in used-vehicle retail gross profit in Q2. […] [Read More]

This week, Hudson Cook reinforced its stable of legal experts with the hiring of new partner Megan Nicholls along with new associates Laura Bacon and Robert Tilley. “We are thrilled to welcome Meg, Laura and Rob to the Hudson Cook team, supplementing our core consumer financial services compliance, privacy and litigation practice areas,” Hudson Cook […] [Read More]

Earlier this year, compliance expert Randy Henrick dissected the complex new law in Illinois that’s creating challenges for dealerships, finance companies and service providers. Now some members of the U.S. Senate want to use a similar path to create nationwide policy with lawmakers examining the issue during a hearing on Thursday. American Financial Services Association […] [Read More]