
Dealership Profits Decline
While new and used retail sales stagnated, dealerships have been particularly supported by fixed operations and finance-and-insurance profits, according to a new report.
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While new and used retail sales stagnated, dealerships have been particularly supported by fixed operations and finance-and-insurance profits, according to a new report.
Read More →A new study found that 41% of Austin, Texas, residents used their own vehicles when Uber and Lyft left town last year, and 9% bought a vehicle because the ride-hailing services weren’t available.
Read More →The GrooveCar Family of Brands includes CU Xpress Lease, an auto lease program for credit unions with a portfolio exceeding $5 billion and more than 100,000 vehicles, and GrooveCar Direct, an online auto buying platform exclusively for credit union members. The acquisition also includes CU Xpress Lease CA, CUAutoCoupon, and GrooveCar Inc.
Read More →Available on the AFCDealer website and AFC On the Go mobile app, the new offering provides dealers with instant access to current and historical account information, as well as detailed insights into vehicles floored with the finance source.
Read More →The new protection is being offered as an added enhancement to the captives’ tire-and-wheel program and will be offered as a standalone product later this year. The product is being administered by Safe-Guard Products International.
Read More →Lithia Motors announced the acquisition of the Downtown Los Angeles Auto Group, a move executives say could add $1 billion in revenue and $0.55 in earnings per share.
Read More →Motivated by the success of his Kia dealership in New Jersey's Egg Harbor Township, Roy Greenblatt has acquired a second location in the state, the former Toms River Kia. The store has been renamed Matt Blatt Kia of Toms River.
Read More →Chevrolet-Buick-GMC and Cadillac Protection is now onboarding and training GM’s U.S. dealers on MaximTrak’s Digital F&I Retailing Suite, which consists of interactive F&I menus, electronic contracting tools, dashboard reporting solutions, and a service drive menu.
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Four of the industry’s top F&I trainers will be swimming the aisles during F&I Think Tank’s Shark Tank, a stump the pro-like session that will allow attendees to get answers to their most troublesome customer objections, deal situations and departmental issues.
Read More →Wells Fargo has once again found itself under regulatory scrutiny following an internal review and external inquiry that may have uncovered funds owed to car buyers who purchased GAP and paid their loans off early.
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In a letter dated July 28, 21 state attorneys general called on U.S. Senate leaders to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new arbitration rule and oppose the current attempt to overturn the rule under the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
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