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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

CNW: Subprime Approvals Continue Growth, Bolstering Overall Sales Totals

Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — As time passes, more and more consumers with lower credit ratings are finding they can get approval to purchase vehicles, which is helping to bolster the overall sales totals, CNW Research recently revealed. In fact, Art Spinella, president ... [Read More]

RouteOne Offers Dealers Free Risk-Based Pricing Notice

Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne recently announced that it is now offering dealers a complimentary Risk-Based Pricing Notice tool to assist in compliance with the Risk-Based Pricing Rule issued jointly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and ... [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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Experian Sees Loan Access Thawing for Non-prime, Subprime Buyers

Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Automotive lending activity might be gaining some momentum — especially in the non-prime and subprime spaces — based on the latest data available from Experian Automotive. For both new- and used-vehicle contracts, Experian found loans to non-prime and subprime customers increased by healthy margins ... [Read More]

Fed: New-Car Loan Interest Rate Climb Continues

Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The string of jumps in the average interest rate on new-car loans at auto finance companies continued for the fourth month in October, according to the Federal Reserve. Officials discovered the October average jumped to 4.52 percent, the highest ... [Read More]

Edmunds.com Says Fewer Credit-Challenged Consumers Financed New Vehicles in November

Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — When it comes to new-vehicle sales, subprime borrowers made up a smaller percentage of these sales in November than the rest of the year, according to Edmunds.com. The percentage of new cars financed at a subprime rate, ... [Read More]

The Price Tag to Communities Where There Are Curbstoners Can Be Thousands

Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — StopCurbstoning.com recently analyzed the financial impact of curbstoning, using a California case as an example. The California DMV recently concluded an investigation into this type of illegal vehicle selling which led to a felony arrest on 12 counts ... [Read More]

J.D. Byrider Announces Franchise of the Year and President’s Award Honorees

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARMEL, Ind. — J.D. Byrider recognized its Franchise of the Year winners as well as its 14 President's Award recipients during the company's annual convention last month in Orlando, Fla. Broken down into three categories, the company chose its Franchise of ... [Read More]

Midwestern Marine, RV Lender Goes with AppOne Platform

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BATON ROUGE, La. — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services recently revealed a Midwestern lender who caters to marine and RV dealers has chosen to use its AppOne platform. Now utilizing the solution is Source One Financial Services, a marine and RV loan ... [Read More]

ABI: November Bankruptcy Filings Drop by Double Digits

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The number of U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings finally made some significant downward movement in November, according to data collected and posted by the American Bankruptcy Institute. On a month-over-month comparison, November filings actually dropped by 13.3 percent to ... [Read More]

Report: Toronto-Dominion Bank Front-runner to Acquire Chrysler Financial

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Toronto-Dominion Bank could reach an agreement as early as this week to buy Chrysler Financial, Bloomberg reported this morning. Chrysler Financial could sell for $6 billion to $7 billion, according to Bloomberg sources. Apparently other companies are ... [Read More]
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