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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

Experian: 3Q Subprime Auto Loans Climb Year-Over-Year

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Experian Automotive analysis showed auto lenders are increasing loans to credit-challenged customers. According to its quarterly automotive credit analysis unveiled today, Experian discovered 21.87 percent of all new-vehicle loans during the third quarter went to customers in ... [Read More]

AFSA Reveals Lender CEO Panelists for Annual Conference

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAS VEGAS — Before the National Automobile Dealers Association kicks off its convention this year, the American Financial Services Association will be holding its 16th Vehicle Finance Conference and Exposition, with a bevy of industry experts set to present. And for one ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

The ART of AI: A Dealership Guide to Deploying AI With Confidence

AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market

Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals

Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents

As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)

Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance

Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos

Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI

The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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DriveTime Launches Indirect Lending Division for Dealers

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PHOENIX — DriveTime Automotive Group, which helps people with less than perfect credit get a vehicle, revealed to SubPrime Auto Finance News this week the launch of an indirect lending division doing business as GO Financial. In the subprime, buy-here, pay-here ... [Read More]

Comerica: Auto Affordability Drops Yet Again

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — Auto affordability remained on the downward slope during the third quarter, and playing a major role in this softening was sluggish income growth, according to Comerica Bank. While income stagnancy is a "drag" on the typical post-recession bounce-back in ... [Read More]

SubPrime Auto Finance News Seeks Help Updating Lender Directory

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — The past few years have been tough across the board for lenders and dealers, particularly those working in the non-prime, special finance and buy-here, pay-here space. To help bring lenders and dealers together to get credit-challenged customers financed, ... [Read More]

Automotive Compliance Consultants Gives Dealers Ability to Check 3 Credit Reports from One Site

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.  — Striving to make it easier for dealers to more efficiently and quickly close deals, Automotive Compliance Consultants revealed Monday that it will now enable dealers to access three major credit bureaus, as well as all credit-related documents from one ... [Read More]

J.D. Byrider Honors Top Locations

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARMEL, Ind. — J.D. Byrider recently unveiled its Franchise of the Year winners and President's Awards, honoring a slew of stores throughout the country. The company announced the winners at its November convention in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. In the Franchise ... [Read More]

Car-Mart’s 2Q Sales, Revenue and Income All Rise

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — With an active customer base now above 52,000 accounts and double-digit climbs in sales and revenue, America's Car-Mart saw its second-quarter net income per diluted share soar 37.5 percent higher year-over-year. The company recently reported its second-quarter ... [Read More]

TransUnion: Delinquencies Decrease Year-Over-Year for Eighth Consecutive Quarter

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — TransUnion discovered the national auto delinquency rate — frequency of borrowers 60 or more days past due — decreased on a year-over-year basis for the eighth consecutive quarter. Analysts revealed Monday that the third-quarter rate dropped to 0.47 ... [Read More]

Prestige Pairs with SAS to Revamp Internal Customer Scorecard

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — To revamp its internal credit scorecard program, Prestige Financial Services recently announced that it has chosen business analytics software and services company SAS for the job Noting the reasoning behind the revamp, Steven Warnick, Prestige’s vice president ... [Read More]
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