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CFPB Fines SNAAC for Violating 2015 Consent Order

Security National Automotive Acceptance Co. agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle the bureau's charges that it failed to pay $2.275 million in consumer redress for illegal debt-collection tactics under the regulator's October 2015 order. But the company did so without admitting to the CFPB's finding, company officials said.

KBB: April Sales Expected to Fall 3%

Strong sales of the redesigned Impreza have helped put Subaru in position for a record April despite tepid numbers industrywide. Photo courtesy Subaru of America Inc.

A ‘weaker-than-expected’ March and an abbreviated April prompts Kelley Blue Book to reduce its 2017 new-vehicle sales forecast. It calls for sales in the range of 16.8 million to 17.3 million units, which would represent the first down year for the industry since 2009.

Kontos: Tale of Two Markets Resumes in March

While wholesale prices were below year-ago levels for cars, they were up for trucks. The revelation prompts KAR Auction Services' chief economist to revisit a study he began during the industry's first experience with $4 gas back in 2008, when the price gap between trucks and cars closed dramatically.

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