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Automotive Intelligence Award Honoree: Patrick Manzi of NADA
Friday, Mar. 6, 2026, 07:55 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Patrick Manzi, who is the chief economist at the National Automobile Dealers Association. Manzi , who got his first subscription to Car and Driver in his early teens, talks ... Listen Here
Automotive Intelligence Award Honoree: Jessica Caldwell of Edmunds
Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2026, 09:18 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners begin with Jessica Caldwell, who is head of insights at Edmunds. Caldwell talks with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby about her journey going from working at automakers on the product ... Listen Here
NCM & WOCAN Spotlight Emerging Dealership Leader
Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2026, 07:35 PM
Ashley Cavazos, who is president of the Women of Color Automotive Network and a consultant, instructor and 20 group moderator at NCM Associates, joins the show, along with Colby Sturdivant, new-car manager at Freedom Honda Sumter in South Carolina. WOCAN ... Listen Here

Fitch: Easier Underwriting Hitting Auto Asset Quality Metrics

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Wednesday, Mar. 5, 2014, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings recently reported that normalizing underwriting terms for U.S. auto loans and leases contributed to a modest deterioration in asset quality metrics during the fourth quarter. Still, firm analysts believe finance companies remain focused on emerging risks tied to ... [Read More]

Questions Arise about Industry’s New Normal

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Wednesday, Mar. 5, 2014, 04:17 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
From captive finance companies to one-lot buy-here, pay-here dealers, the entire industry is seeing a shift to a ‘new normal,’ which includes smaller down payments, longer terms and negative equity being rolled into a larger financed amount. While metal is ... [Read More]

Subprime Buyers Finding More Financing for New Models

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Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2014, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Finance companies still aren’t shying away from giving contracts to subprime consumers based on the fourth-quarter information from Experian Automotive. According to its latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report, Experian highlighted today that financing became easier to obtain ... [Read More]

Frazer Integrates with Preferred Warranties’ eContract

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Monday, Mar. 3, 2014, 04:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Officials highlighted that independent dealers using Frazer management software and offering Preferred Warranties extended service contracts for pre-owned vehicles can now import data from their DMS directly into Preferred’s eContract portal. Preferred’s proprietary eContract program can allow dealers to instantly ... [Read More]

Moody’s Analytics, Equifax Team for Free Webinar

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Monday, Mar. 3, 2014, 04:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Moody’s Analytics and Equifax are uniting to host a free webinar aimed at answering a pair of questions. Loan originations in automotive are leading the credit rebound, but which lenders are at the forefront and which consumers are they targeting? ... [Read More]

Dealertrack Completes Acquisition of Dealer.com

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Monday, Mar. 3, 2014, 04:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealertrack Technologies today announced the completion of its acquisition of Dealer.com, a provider of comprehensive digital marketing solutions and services for the automotive retail industry. Rick Gibbs, former chief executive officer of Dealer.com and one of its co-founders, will lead ... [Read More]

Latest House Bill Aims at Curbing CFPB’s Authority

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Monday, Mar. 3, 2014, 04:52 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
During the same week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “strongly urged” companies to make credit scores more readily available, a bill passed through the U.S. House aimed at limiting the authority of the bureau, which the measure’s author called, “a ... [Read More]

CFPB Wants Credit Scores More Readily Available

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:17 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets it way, potential buyers who have a credit card account will already know their credit score before they walk on the lot or enter the F&I office looking to complete vehicle financing. On ... [Read More]

TransUnion: Subprime Delinquencies Rise in Q4, but Overall Levels Expected to Dip

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As delinquencies associated with subprime loans continue to rise but not at a pace that concerns TransUnion, analysts determined that overall auto loan debt per borrower increased for the 11th straight quarter. During the closing quarter of 2013, that overall ... [Read More]

Equifax: Resurgence of Subprime Finance Continues; Some November Auto Loan Averages Best in 7 Years

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:14 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Along with the continued resurgence of subprime financing, Equifax highlighted that the amount of auto loans booked by both commercial banks and finance companies in November — the most recent data the company has available — came in higher than ... [Read More]

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