
Dealerships Are Paying the Price for Extended Car Loans
Growing negative-equity scenarios mean such lengthy terms should be addressed in a forward-looking way to make them work for the dealer and the consumer down the road.
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Growing negative-equity scenarios mean such lengthy terms should be addressed in a forward-looking way to make them work for the dealer and the consumer down the road.
Read More →The international dealer group’s U.S. F&I operations grew its F&I per-copy average $80 from a year ago to a record $1,538. Training and execution were the drivers, officials said.
Read More →The average price of a used vehicle for model years 2009–2013 remained unchanged in April, according to data from Black Book.
Read More →Sonic executives said that until the group perfects its vehicle-pricing tool, the One Sonic-One Experience initiative will not expand beyond the five stores currently employing the program's hybrid sales and F&I process.
Read More →Advanced Lending & Portfolio Services, a division of Westlake Financial Services, has acquired a $12.4 million bulk portfolio from Blackhawk Financial.
Read More →Wolters Kluwer’s new update allows its AppOne platform to accommodate multiple payment frequencies, helping to further streamline the loan origination process for buy-here, pay-here dealers.
Read More →The lease approval rate jumped 31% from March to April, the highest since November 2014, Swapalease.com reports.
Read More →Portfolio has moved from its headquarters in Irvine to an office in nearby Lake Forest that will accommodate future growth.
Read More →In the first quarter of 2015, the percentage of automotive loans that fell within the subprime and deep subprime risk categories made up 19.7% of the market — the lowest share since 2012, according to Experian Automotive.
Read More →Despite the average retail transaction price rising more than 3%, the NADA’s chief economist believes that future auto sales will continue to be backed by strong economic tailwinds.
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A Q&A with Warren Buffett and Larry Van Tuyl headlined the 2015 NADA/J.D. Power Automotive Forum, where the two executives discussed the direction of the nation’s fourth-largest dealer group post-acquisition.
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