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Lease Prices Fall for Chevrolet, Ford, Nissan
Wantalease.com reports sharp drops and steep increases in average new-vehicle lease payments for March, including aggressive pricing for the Chevrolet Traverse and Ford Fusion.
Wantalease.com reports sharp drops and steep increases in average new-vehicle lease payments for March, including aggressive pricing for the Chevrolet Traverse and Ford Fusion.
Claritas and STAT Analytics have partnered to launch Closemore, a new app and cloud service designed to work with dealership systems to deliver “leading edge” customer information in real time.
A one-on-one with Bloomberg’s Hannah Elliott did little to lend credibility to Henrik Fisker’s plan to produce a $40,000 all-electric SUV by 2021, when it will face direct competition from Tesla’s Model Y and at least four established highline factories.
Pressure on Hyundai and Kia ramped up Monday with the launch of a multistate probe into fires involving the South Korean manufacturers’ Theta II engines and reports suggesting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal will ask for a new investigation at the federal level.
PassTime and Solutions by Text have partnered to deliver SBT’s SMS text-powered software suite to PassTime dealers.
F&I managers bear a heavy workload and countless responsibilities. It’s fair to complain when sales mishandles a deal. But UDS’s John Tabar learned the hard way that teaching is more effective. Watch this Tip of the Week to learn how to prepare and deliver the F&I training your showroom needs.
Darwin Automotive’s digital retail, F&I, and service menus will be available to Ford dealerships nationwide as part of a new partnership.
In a move industry watchers may regard as a sign of the times, dealership mainstay Cree has agreed to sell its lighting division in order to fully devote the company to semiconductor manufacturing.
A new partnership with private equity firm ParkerGale Capital will put new capital and resources toward DealerBuilt’s dealer technology solutions development.
Experian’s Q4 auto finance report lists America’s top 10 lease vehicles by market share, including one domestic SUV that captured nearly 4% of all new leases at the end of 2018.
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Famed car fraud attorney Bruce Shaw says the courts show no mercy to dealers who resell counterfeit units and shares hard-won advice for spotting sophisticated fakes and avoiding costly lawsuits.
KeyBank Dealer Retail Services and Westlake Financial Services have joined Dealertrack’s growing network of Accelerated Title users.
Six-year company veteran Bret Milne has been named COO of PermaPlate/Siskin Enterprises after serving as the F&I product provider’s vice president of operations since 2016.
Carleton has released a new tax, title, and dealer fee API integrated with Automotive Titling Corp.’s title and registration product.
