The nine-store, Los Angeles-based Sage Automotive Group will pay $3.6 million to settle charges of deceptive and unfair sales and financing tactics, including yo-yo financing and payment packing.
Read More →Infiniti dealers now have the opportunity to partner with automotiveMastermind, which offers predictive analytics to drive sales and customer retention.
Read More →Describing dealership data breaches as an ‘imminent threat,’ Helion Automotive Technologies’ Eric Nachbahr has issued proactive security recommendations for auto dealers.
Read More →A new analysis of consumer behavior data suggests that decluttering dealership websites increases profit, data collection and click-throughs.
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Tom Webb will retire on June 30 as Cox Automotive's chief economist, ending a more than four-decade career.
Read More →The California new-vehicle market leveled off in 2016, with new light vehicle registrations increasing by less than 2% during the final three quarters of last year, according to the California New Cars Dealers Association (CNCDA).
Read More →Car lease credit applicants registered a 72.2% approval rate in February, a 33.3% increase from January’s 50% approval rate but flat with a year ago, according to Swapalease.com.
Read More →Small pickups led the way, but cars also showed retention strength during a month in which the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2011-2015 depreciated by 0.8%.
Read More →AAGI unveiled a corporate rebrand and the AutoGuard Plus exclusionary vehicle service contract at a recent event.
Read More →The F&I product provider’s full suite of F&I protections will now be available through Darwin’s prescriptive-based F&I selling software. The F&I tech firm will also provide erating and econtracting capabilities of Wise F&I’s products.
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