A year that began slowly in the dealership buy/sell market ended with a flurry of activity. Six M&A transactions involving 15 dealerships in five states were announced in the final two weeks of 2025, part of a busy fourth quarter that George Karolis, president of dealership advisory firm The Presidio Group said is an indicator […] [Read More]

The next-to-last business day of 2025 was a monumental one for CHAMP Titles. The provider of digital solutions to motor vehicle agencies announced that it has raised $55 million in new financing, surpassing all previous rounds and marking the company’s largest raise to date. The round was led by W. R. Berkley Corp., Point72 Ventures, […] [Read More]

Before 2025 closed, Informed.IQ announced a $63 million growth equity investment from Invictus Growth Partners to help fuel its technology designed to reduce fraud in auto lending and other parts of financial services. Informed.IQ said the investment from Invictus arrived at an important time. According to Equifax, consumer non-mortgage write-offs surged 145% in 2024 compared […] [Read More]

Work Truck Solutions is amping up its online marketplace. The company’s Comvoy.com truck and van marketplace has partnered with Harbinger, a manufacturer of medium-duty electric and hybrid vehicles to display and merchandise its EV inventory on the site, beginning with electric step vans and cab chassis vehicles. Comvoy senior business development manager Candy McCollum said […] [Read More]

The first auto-finance number to know less than a week into 2026 might be $1,000. That’s because of the record number of consumers who took delivery of used and new cars during the fourth quarter with monthly payments of $1,000 or more. Edmunds reported on Monday that a record number of used-vehicle buyers in Q4 […] [Read More]

The latest auto-finance data from Edmunds might make the newest tool from FlexPath DXP even more valuable for dealers. FlexPath DXP CEO Tarry Shebesta explained the launch of Personalized Shop-by-Payment (Personalized SBP) answers the two questions car shoppers have at the beginning of their process. What can I afford per month and how much cash […] [Read More]

TrueCar’s stockholders voted late last month to approve the previously announced acquisition of the company by Fair Holdings, an entity led by TrueCar founder and former CEO Scott Painter. The deal is expected to close this month. Once that happens, TrueCar stockholders would receive $2.55 in cash per share. TrueCar will become a privately owned […] [Read More]

America’s Group capped a year of growth by taking the Expressway to the Empire State. A few days before Christmas, the auction group announced it had expanded into New York state with the acquisition of Expressway Auto Auction in Dansville, N.Y. The auction was founded in 1967 and was a multi-generational family-owned business. It has […] [Read More]

Cars Commerce will have a new CEO in mid-January. The company announced Thursday that Alex Vetter will step down from the role and from the board on Jan. 15, and that the new CEO will be Tobias Hartmann, who will also join the board. Vetter will serve as an advisor to the company from Jan. […] [Read More]

Explosive allegations and language surfaced on Tuesday via the unsealing of a Justice Department indictment charging Daniel Chu, the founder and former CEO of Tricolor Holdings with orchestrating a years-long financial crimes enterprise that defrauded multiple banks and other private credit providers. Officials said Chu and David Goodgame, Tricolor’s former COO, were also charged with […] [Read More]