TransUnion projects slight dip in auto originations after robust 2025 volume
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, 11:22 AM
ARA, AIR, Wheeler, among others seeking to stop ‘serious threat’ to repossessions by local municipalities
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, 02:59 PM
Experts at Cox Automotive, Conference Board decipher latest credit & job information
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, 10:54 AM
Cox Automotive on guiding the modern car buyer
One of the keynote presentations from Used Car Week 2025 featured Micah Tindor and Elizabeth Stegall of Cox Automotive for a session titled, “Guiding the Modern Buyer with Trust, Tech & Smarter Trade-Ins.” Valuable study findings and dealership recommendations now ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, 05:17 PM
Kevin Roberts of CarGurus on 2026 Used-Car Market
Kevin Roberts, who is director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus, is back on the show to talk about the hot start to 2026 for the retail used-car market. Roberts and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss ... Listen Here
Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, 07:18 PM
Cox Automotive on the vanishing divide between wholesale & retail
Used Car Week 2025 extended the ongoing conversation about how the wholesale and retail portions of the used-car market aren’t quite as distinct as they used to be. Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat about the subject ... Listen Here
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, 09:43 AM
Car-Mart Continues Dealership Network Expansion
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — America's Car-Mart recently expanded its network of dealerships for the second time in the past two months, raising its total to 99. The newest store to come on board is in Farmington, Mo. Back in June, Car-Mart rolled ... [Read More]
AFSA Makes Statistical State Map Available Online
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Positive feedback pushed the American Financial Services Association to make an interactive map of state-specific information on foreclosures, employment, legislation and more available at its website. AFSA indicated this resource not only contains these crucial statistics, regulations and ... [Read More]
AmeriCredit Announces First Securitization Pricing After Revealing GM Deal
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — AmeriCredit announced late last week that it has priced its first securitization deal after after saying it will soon become a subsidiary of General Motors. AmeriCredit priced a $200 million offering of subprime automobile receivables-backed securities. The ... [Read More]
S&P/Experian Index Shows Auto Loan Defaults Rising
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — While monthly default rates declined for first mortgage and bank card loans, the same could not be said for second mortgages and auto loans. Standard & Poor's and Experian discovered that auto loan default rates increased to 1.9 ... [Read More]
Dealers Can Now Use Smartphones to Tap into RouteOne’s Platform
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Dealers can now utilize the RouteOne platform through their iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android mobile devices, which can allow dealers to be more flexible and efficient during the sales process. The company revealed today that https://www.routeone.net/ is ... [Read More]
Capital One Auto Loan Originations Soar 31% Over 1Q
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
McLEAN, Va. — For the second quarter, Capital One recently announced that auto loan originations climbed 31.4 percent over the previous quarter to hit $1.8 billion. In the first quarter, Capital One posted about $1.3 billion in auto originations. In the ... [Read More]
Credit Union Offers Special Loan Zone Sale This Weekend
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LATHRUP VILLAGE, Calif. — With the aim of offering auto shoppers across the credit spectrum the financing that best suits them, Michigan First Credit Union will be holding its annual Loan Zone car sale on Friday and Saturday. Included in the ... [Read More]
Nicholas Financial Reports Record 1Q Revenue, Earnings
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Nicholas Financial recently announced that for its first quarter, net earnings climbed 65 percent to $3.426 million, compared with $2.081 million for the same period last year. The first-quarter figure excludes the change in fair value of interest rate ... [Read More]
Fed: Average Auto Loan APR Heads Toward Lowest Annual Point
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearing the lowest point so far in 2010, the Federal Reserve indicated the average interest rate on new-car loans at auto finance companies slipped again in June. Federal officials pinpointed the average at 4.02 percent. Back in January, ... [Read More]
AmeriCredit Originates Close to $1 Billion in 4Q
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — Not long after announcing that General Motors is acquiring AmeriCredit in an all-cash transaction valued at about $3.5 billion, the subprime auto lender announced its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year financial results. The company more than doubled its ... [Read More]
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