
Dealer Lender Preferences Revealed
When lenders provide consistent, fast service, their overall satisfaction scores with dealers greatly improve, according to JD Power research.
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When lenders provide consistent, fast service, their overall satisfaction scores with dealers greatly improve, according to JD Power research.
Read More →Eleven Manheim auctions took home 15 national and regional awards at this month’s Conference of Automotive Remarketing. Big winners were Manheim Seattle, Manheim Dallas and Manheim Statesville.
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The more than 1,000 credit unions on CU Direct’s lending platforms maintained their No. 2 spot on Experian’s auto finance leaderboard in January. And with plateauing demand for new vehicles expected to drive up pre-owned sales, the market appears ripe for credit unions to reap further market share gains.
Read More →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.
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Tom Webb will retire on June 30 as Cox Automotive's chief economist, ending a more than four-decade career.
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GAP rates are on the rise. Insiders say dealers should welcome the increases, adding that the performance of this core F&I product points to a severe slowdown in the next 24 months.
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.
Read More →This Series B funding builds on the $5 million in venture capital ACV Auctions secured in 2016, the $1 million the firm secured in 2015 by winning the 43North startup competition, and the $1 million from angel investment the company also secured in 2015.
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