Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Edmunds on why appeal of used EVs could surge as gas prices keep rising & affordability remains challenging
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PODCAST: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
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Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
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Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
Industry Elite: Chuck Tapp of America’s Group
Next up on our series with the inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honorees is America’s Group CEO Chuck Tapp. In this episode, we revisit Tapp’s fireside chat with Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits at Used Car Week 2025. They ... Listen Here
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 01:04 PM
Industry Elite: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
Kicking off our podcasts with the inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honorees is a conversation with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions. Huang talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about her journey from business consultant ... Listen Here
Thursday, Mar. 19, 2026, 04:49 PM
VINtek to Provide ELT Help for Ga. & Fla. Lenders
Monday, Jun. 18, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PHILADELPHIA — With respective lawmaking bodies in Florida and Georgia passing electronic lien and title legislation recently, VINtek is helping lenders in these Southern states prepare for the changes. In addition to announcing that it will aid lenders as they ... [Read More]
FTC Takes Action Against Georgia Franchised Dealer
Monday, Jun. 18, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the National Automobile Dealers Association issued two new bulletins geared to help store staff respond to consumer questions on safety and fuel economy, it also shared news of the Federal Trade Commission's announcement of an enforcement ... [Read More]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Honda Finance Adds to List of LEED-Certified Facilities
Monday, Jun. 18, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The new Central Atlantic regional office of American Honda Finance Corp. has been tapped with LEED Gold certification, making it Honda Finance's second LEED-certified facility and the 12th facility built and operated by Honda in North America ... [Read More]
AutoTrader Group Forms IPO Plans
Monday, Jun. 18, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
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NABD Reveal Details for Upcoming BHPH Boot Camp
Friday, Jun. 15, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — Positioned as a way for franchised or new independent dealers to learn about the market, the National Alliance of Buy-Here Pay-Here Dealers plans to hold a BHPH boot camp in Monroe, N.C., a suburb of Charlotte, on Aug. ... [Read More]
AutoTrader.com Chooses Preferred Direct Lender for Site
Friday, Jun. 15, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ATLANTA and DALLAS — It was announced Thursday that AutoTrader.com has chosen a preferred direct lender for the site, one that the company contends will provide shoppers interested in a direct lending option with "a seamless way to access financing." ... [Read More]
SMA Alliance and USAutoplex Set to Launch New Buyer Financing for Dealer Clients
Friday, Jun. 15, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Strategic Marketing Alliance, through its wholly owned subsidiary USAutoplex, is currently developing a platform to provide subprime auto financing to USAutoplex vehicle buyers. Officials indicated SMA Alliance will soon launch Autoplex Credit through USAutoplex's exclusive agreement with ... [Read More]
CFPB Turns Attention to Exploitation of Older Consumers
Friday, Jun. 15, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thinking about how these individuals might be taken advantage of at places such as dealerships, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revealed its newest investigative topic this week: America's elderly. CFPB officials announced a public inquiry to learn ... [Read More]
Edmunds.com Highlights Top 10 Models Purchased by Subprime Buyers
Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — With the industry recovery fueled in part by loosening credit for subprime buyers, Edmunds.com want to find out which vehicles are being purchased most often by consumers with less than perfect credit. Three models from one ... [Read More]
J.D. Power: Despite Some Softening, 72-Month New-Model Financing Up Year-Over-Year
Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — J.D. Power and Associates discovered the level of new-vehicle contracts lasting 72 months or longer softened a bit last month, but the penetration still landed higher than May of last year. According to J.D. Power's May ... [Read More]
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