Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026, 10:27 AM
With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches averages credit scores tick lower again
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PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
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
Nicholas Financial Reports Upward Movement in Earnings, Revenue
Tuesday, May. 11, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A look into Nicholas Financial's most recent quarterly performance report showed strong gains in net earnings and revenue, as well as plans to continue the company's expansion. For the most recent fiscal quarter, the company's net earnings, excluding change ... [Read More]
iMETRIK Forms New Business Unit to Manage Growth
Tuesday, May. 11, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
MONTREAL, Quebec — iMETRIK Solutions, a provider of embedded wireless solutions for the buy-here, pay-here dealer industry, recently announced it created a new business unit to handle client growth. Because of steady company advancement during the past five years, executives have rolled ... [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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Comerica: Auto Affordability Hits Nine-Quarter Low
Tuesday, May. 11, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — Increased interest rates were the primary factor in pushing first-quarter auto affordability down to a more than two-year low, according to Comerica Bank, which released its most recent Auto Affordability Index today. Specifically, it required 23.4 weeks of median ... [Read More]
Chase Lends Hand to Haiti Relief Efforts
Tuesday, May. 11, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
GARDEN CITY, N.J. — Chase Auto Finance has pitched in for the Haiti relief efforts, providing a 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE for the "100 Trucks for Haiti" campaign that will be used to help dole out food, water and medicine ... [Read More]
DealerTrack’s 1Q Performance Enhances Financial Outlook for 2010
Thursday, May. 6, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack Holdings enjoyed revenue gains in the first quarter of 2010, helping the company to maintain its financial guidance forecast for the year. Executives noted that their revenue for the quarter was $56.8 million as compared with $55.7 ... [Read More]
ABI: April Bankruptcy Total Slightly Lower Than Previous Month
Thursday, May. 6, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Consumer bankruptcies slowed somewhat in April as compared to the previous month. But the American Bankruptcy Institute found the April total still was 15 percent higher than the amount filed during the same month in 2009. ABI shared ... [Read More]
Capital One Auto Finance Bolsters Originations by 32 Percent
Thursday, May. 6, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
McLEAN, Va. — Capital One Auto Finance recently reported that quarter-over-quarter auto originations are up 32 percent, but the management team said these remain down modestly from the first quarter of 2009. Originations for the first quarter came in at $1,343,463, ... [Read More]
Credit Union Acceptance Joins AppOne’s Marine, RV Platforms
Thursday, May. 6, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BATON ROUGE, La. — Credit Union Acceptance Co., a service organization that represents 130 credit unions, will now offer Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' AppOne platform to its network of marine, powersports and RV dealerships. This announcement is designed to build on ... [Read More]
Auto Loan Volume Gains Aid Credit Acceptance’s 1Q Results
Tuesday, May. 4, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — A double-digit gain in consumer auto loan unit volume help to push Credit Acceptance Corp. to quarter-over-quarter advances in both net income and revenue. Company executives shared their 2010 first-quarter financial report late last week and mentioned that loan ... [Read More]
GMAC More Than Doubles Year-Over-Year U.S. Originations
Tuesday, May. 4, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Along with announcing that the parent company has been rebranded to Ally Financial and providing an update on business with Chrysler dealers, GMAC Financial Services reported this week that North American originations came in at $6.7 billion for ... [Read More]
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