Sonic Automotive has added a top executive from the Children’s Health System of Texas to its board of directors. The retailer announced Tuesday that Keri Kaiser, the chief marketing officer and chief experience officer at Children’s Health, is joining its board. Kaiser’s background includes more than 25 years of experience, including executive posts across various […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing is collaborating with Podium to host a free webinar focused on one of the most important ways dealerships connect with their customers nowadays: digitally. Podium marketing specialist Hayley Sonntag plans to share a quartet of takeaways for dealerships of all sizes during the session titled, “4 Ways Dealerships Can Attract and Service Customers, […] [Read More]

Seems like a summer of sequels for dealership acquisitions. While blockbusters aren’t driving folks to theaters these days, movie star Mark Wahlberg continues to add to the coffers of a different line in his business portfolio. Less than a month after it was announced the actor/producer and his business partner, Jay Feldman, had purchased two […] [Read More]

Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. now has had two consecutive months of record-high sales of certified pre-owned vehicles. Its dealers moved 1,366 CPO vehicles during July, said CPO and remarketing manager Charles Plewes via email, kicking off a strong start to the second half of the year. “July was another great month for Hyundai’s H-Promise CPO […] [Read More]

One of the largest trainers of automotive service technicians reinforced its senior leadership on Tuesday. Universal Technical Institute announced two additions to its leadership team in support of the company’s work to accelerate its growth initiatives, while continuing to deliver strong student outcomes and service to industry customers.  Bart Fesperman has joined the company in […] [Read More]

Dealership personnel is likely doing a lot of driving nowadays. Picking up and returning vehicles from appointments in the service drive. Or delivering vehicles to potential buyers for test drives and possible purchase. All of these activities stem from the coronavirus pandemic and stores trying to cater to customers wary of going to the dealership. […] [Read More]

Mike Albert entered the vehicle-subscription business on Tuesday. The company with roots in the fleet and rental spaces for more than 60 years announced that it now offers a monthly subscription vehicle service to customers living within a 75-mile radius of its flagship location in Evendale, Ohio, which is northeast of Cincinnati. Mike Albert explained […] [Read More]

Results of a July survey orchestrated by LendingTree found the depth consumers are putting off vehicle repairs because of tightened household budgets stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, including some figures of individuals who could be buy-here, pay-here dealership customers. The findings reiterated why GWC Warranty offers dealerships tools to help market and promote the potential […] [Read More]

How about this for a change in our coronavirus-impacted world? Experts noticed some consistency in the latest auto-finance trends. According to July auto-finance data Edmunds compiled and shared with SubPrime Auto Finance News, metrics such as term and the amount financed for both used- and new-vehicle financing held steady on a sequential basis. And as […] [Read More]

Lower new-car inventory levels may have some consumers turning to the used-car market. That bears out in a couple of analyses released in recent weeks. According to Dealer Inspire internal data shared by parent company Cars.com, the used-car search share climbed 4.5 percentage points from March 23 to June 23, while new-car search share was […] [Read More]