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NewsDecember 29, 2015

IHS Acquires Canadian Provider of Vehicle History Reports

IHS Inc., the company that purchased CARFAX in 2013, has purchased CARPROOF Corp. for approximately $460 million. The Canadian company is a provider of vehicle history reports, vehicle appraisals and valuations.

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NewsDecember 22, 2015

Edmunds Puts 2015 SAAR at 17.5 Million

Edmunds said this week the industry is on pace to break the previous December sales record set in 2004. It predicts the industry will retail 1.7 million units in December, a 29.7% increase from November and a 12.3% increase from a year ago.

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NewsDecember 22, 2015

Provision in New Tax Bill May Benefit Dealers

A provision in the act will grant dealers an additional $8,000 in first year-depreciation for certain business vehicles purchased in 2015. However, to use the provision in 2015, dealers must purchase qualifying vehicles before Dec. 31, 2015. The additional $8,000 continues into 2016 and 2017 but will be gradually phased out starting in 2018, according to the NADA.

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NewsDecember 16, 2015

(UPDATED) Vroom to Acquire Texas Direct Auto

The online startup looking to reinvent how cars are bought and sold has agreed to purchase the pioneer of selling vehicles online. According to officials, the two brands will co-exist and continue to operate online separately.

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NewsDecember 15, 2015

New-Vehicle Registrations Return to Prerecession Levels

Based on new-vehicle registration data collected by Experian Automotive, industry sales have returned to prerecession levels. Crossover utility vehicles and the state of California have led the way, accounting for 23.9% and 11.8% of all new-vehicle registrations, respectively.

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NewsDecember 14, 2015

KAR Auction Services Hires Vice President of Total Rewards and Human Resources

KAR Auction Services has hired Toby Hahn as vice president of total rewards and promoted Brad Jokovich to vice president of human resources.

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NewsDecember 10, 2015

Dealer Group to Build State-of-the-Art Showrooms on New York City's Auto Row

BNF Automotive Group has signed a 25-year lease for 265,000 square feet of space in the heart of New York City's Auto Row to build showrooms and service facilities for Jaguar Land Rover Manhattan, Infiniti of Manhattan and Nissan of Manhattan.

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NewsDecember 9, 2015

KAR CFO Named CFO of the Year Award

KAR Auction Services' Eric Loughmiller was named the Indianapolis Business Journal’s 2015 CFO of the Year award in the public companies category, the firm announced this week

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NewsDecember 8, 2015

Industry Posts 18.19 Million SAAR in November, Autodata Reports

The industry sold 1.32 million units in November, a 1.3% increase from a year ago. Year to date, 15.8 million cars and trucks have been sold, according to Autodata Corp.

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NewsDecember 8, 2015

DriveItNow Integrates With GoMoto’s Customer Experience Platform

DriveItNow will integrate its online prequalified monthly payment technology into GoMoto’s mobile kiosk technology. Dealers using the GoMoto platform will be able to deliver personalized monthly finance and lease payment offers to in-store shoppers.

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