Income development and organizational efficiency provider Select Dealer Service has chosen automotive industry online interactive learning and training development service Product Prep to be the exclusive online training service for its dealer partners. Select Dealer Service provides auto dealers with customized strategic growth and development plans to increase dealerships’ profitability opportunities, and Product Prep said […] [Read More]

TrueCar has launched a dedicated vehicle purchase program that provides exclusive military incentives and benefits to those who have served U.S. armed forces and their families. Called “TrueCar Military,” the program provides those benefits on top of TrueCar’s existing benefits. TrueCar says that up to $2,000 in automaker military incentives on select brands and models […] [Read More]

In an effort to gain more timely information about how consumers are being impacted by COVID-19, TransUnion compiled a global report examining financial hardship and found that in the U.S., 87% of consumers who participated in a survey said they have a plan to navigate their challenges. Charlie Wise, head of global research and consulting […] [Read More]

Black Book has integrated its values into new products from Dealer Car Search, a company that builds websites and provides dealer management solutions. Now, directly through the Dealer Car Search platform, dealers can use Black Book Values and VIN decoding through Black Book’s enhanced vehicle matching to value vehicles for lead management, internet advertising and inventory […] [Read More]

Based on daily consumer survey information now made available by Experian, Americans appear to be in a better position to maintain their auto-finance payments over other financial commitments like credit cards or a housing obligation through a mortgage or rent. According to Experian, 43% of Americans have a vehicle payment they’re scheduled to make monthly. […] [Read More]

NextGear Capital Scott Maybee joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss how the company is helping dealers during COVID-19, a resource hub and more. The company had announced in late April that it would continuie to defer curtailment and extension payments for eligible floorplan advances. The company is taking that action through May 31 for all […] [Read More]

Madison Gross, who is director of customer insights at CarGurus, describes a recent purchase of a puzzle. The sales associate texted her photos of the puzzles that were in stock. Gross paid for the puzzle over the phone, and the sales associate left the puzzle in a bag for her outside the store. Many of us […] [Read More]

Car sales have seen a big slowdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is especially true for the Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle. From February to March, that model has experienced a drop of almost 25 percentage points for its inventory selling within 30 days of being listed. That is according to iSeeCars’ […] [Read More]

Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is back on the mic for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, where he chats with John Lilly, president of Integrated Auction Solutions. Bill talks with John about the company's recent investment from Summerset Group, how IAS is helping its customers weather the pandemic's storm and more. Plus, […] [Read More]

Audi Atlanta, Audi Marietta and Volvo Cars of Marietta — working with local food service companies — have launched a community meal drive with a goal to help eradicate hunger for senior citizens and keep them safe from the novel Coronavirus. The food relief efforts will also help feed frontline workers at several local hospitals […] [Read More]