Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - 8:00pm

BATON ROUGE, La. -- AppOne has partnered with AmeriCredit to expand the special finance company's reach to independent dealers, executives announced this morning. Through the alliance, AmeriCredit has the ability to receive credit applications from more than 850 independent dealers from AppOne's growing... Read More

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - 8:00pm

HOUSTON -- My certified public accounting firm recently completed an informal survey of several buy-here, pay-here dealer clients nationwide to determine how the first six months of 2006 compare with the same period in 2005. We also recently introduced a News & Views section to our Web site, which offers such... Read More

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - 8:00pm

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- While credit unions have played a major role on the auto lending side for some time, it's only been fairly recently that the industry has been making a strong concerted push to stake out a national presence on the remarketing end, according to Evan Etheridge, national sales director for... Read More

Monday, September 4, 2006 - 8:00pm

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. -- DealerTrack will host its first annual Innovation Conference Nov. 7-8, at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, executives announced Thursday. The conference will be held over two days and co-sponsors include The Cobalt Group, Microsoft, Manheim, AutoTrader.com, BarNone, MarketView360 and Zag. The... Read More

Monday, September 4, 2006 - 8:00pm

FAIRFIELD, Calif. -- Copart will be phasing out the non-salvage side of VB2, but before that happens, executives will work with business partners to fulfill all business obligations and provide a smooth transition, a Copart spokeswoman announced late last week. The spokeswoman stressed the fact that nothing will... Read More

Monday, September 4, 2006 - 8:00pm

CARMEL, Ind. -- ADESA Inc. recently announced it has named Pat Walsh as chief operating officer of ADESA Impact's North American operations. Additionally, ADESA Impact said it has acquired three independent salvage auctions in Texas. Prior to the new position, Walsh served as COO of ADESA Impact's U.S.... Read More

Monday, September 4, 2006 - 8:00pm

CARY, N.C. -- Dealers and executives now have valuable and timely subprime financing market information on their desktops and laptops 24/7 with the launch this week of SubPrimeNews.com, which is the companion to SubPrime Auto Finance News. Additionally, publishers announced that SubPrime News Update, a companion... Read More

Monday, August 28, 2006 - 8:00pm

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The ramifications of last year's so-called bankruptcy overhaul can still be felt throughout the nation as many consumers who were considering a petition rushed to beat the deadline, driving down filings for the first half of 2006 to their lowest level in 20 years. According to the Administrative... Read More