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Showroom•by Staff•October 16, 2017

CloudOne Inks iHeartMedia Advertising Deal

CloudOne and iHeartMedia have agreed to a new advertising deal that will connect CloudOne’s lead-generation platform with iHeart’s network of radio stations.

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Showroom•by Staff•October 16, 2017

Autotrader Lists All-Time Top 10 Vehicles

Autotrader has listed the 10 most-searched vehicles in the site’s 20-year history, which includes more than 2 billion car shoppers and 350 million vehicle listings.

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F&I•by Staff•October 12, 2017

Alpha Warranty Named to MountainWest Capital’s Utah 100

This was the first time the F&I product company entered the contest, ranking No. 51 out of 100 companies that made the business networking group’s annual list.

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Auto Finance•by Staff•October 12, 2017

Manheim Index Reaches Record High for Fifth Consecutive Month

The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index reached a record high in September for the fifth consecutive month, while the SAAR rose to its highest September reading in three decades. The main driver was replacement demand caused by hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

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Showroom•by Staff•October 12, 2017

JD Power CEO Finbarr O’Neill Announces Retirement

Finbarr O’Neill will retire as J.D. Power’s president and CEO in March 2018, after a decade of leading the company’s successful forays into the B2C and ‘big data’ segments.

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Showroom•by Staff•October 12, 2017

NIADA Selects Wheel’s Auto as Exclusive CPO Supplier

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association has named Wheel’s Automotive Dealer Supplies as its exclusive supplier of point-of-sale materials for the association’s certified pre-owned vehicles program.

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F&I•by Staff•October 11, 2017

Fastlane Chooses Market Scan as Data Partner

Fastlane offers dealers an Amazon-like checkout process for consumers who want to buy their car online. It has chosen Market Scan to provide its ecommerce platform with real-time payment and rebate information from every car manufacturer, bank and credit union in the country.

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Showroom•by Staff•October 11, 2017

Some Holiday: Dealer Traffic Down on Columbus Day

New data from Cox Automotive reveals that dealership visits and dealer website visits fell by 5% and 3%, respectively, during the holiday weekend compared with the six prior weekends.

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Auto Finance•by Staff•October 11, 2017

CU Direct Partners With Inventory Command Center

ICC’s Command Center software enables CU Direct to more easily manage the 2.5 million vehicles in dealer partner inventory on the AutoSMART platform and shopping site.

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F&I•by Gregory Arroyo•October 11, 2017

Ally Takes Control of GAP Refunds

The finance source’s new policy took effect days before new allegations surfaced that Wells Fargo failed to deliver GAP refunds to borrowers. It states that Ally — not dealers — will directly refund the unearned portion of GAP waivers and insurance to borrowers within 45 days of the paid-in-full date.

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