Examining the Bricks-to-Clicks Push
Tech vendors believe the industry needs to respond to customer dissatisfaction with the F&I process, but not everyone believes moving the process online is the answer.
October 4, 2016
Tech vendors believe the industry needs to respond to customer dissatisfaction with the F&I process, but not everyone believes moving the process online is the answer.
October 4, 2016
The man who has led the NADA’s regulatory advocacy efforts since 2006 believes the tide may be turning in the CFPB’s attack on dealer participation.
August 28, 2015
Connecting F&I to the digital world was the talk at the annual dealer and lender conventions last month, and opinions varied on what the F&I office of the future will look like.
March 13, 2012
Is it time for change? All three keynoters at the magazine’s annual conference said the industry has no choice, and each offered his views on how it can happen.
November 1, 2010
Its competitors might be on the move, but so is RouteOne. F&I and Showroom goes one-on-one with the company’s chief executive to find out where it’s headed.
May 1, 2010
Dealers at the industry's annual get-together said the Internet will set the terms for the market's recovery.
April 1, 2010
With lenders in a better mood these days, could we see a return to normalcy? Well, not so fast. Consumers still need some TLC.
April 1, 2010
Despite signs of retail financing beginning to loosen up, dealer financing remains a major concern. It’s one of the reasons why the NADA is stepping up efforts to restart the market.
January 1, 2010
You know, the more things change, the more they stay the same. As much as I wish I could claim to be the first to apply that phrase to the F&I office, I can’t. The credit must go to Julie Horns, an F&I pro I talked to for my technology story.
May 1, 2009
I’m really going to need a therapist after this turnaround. Like everyone, I’m looking for that silver lining in every new market report or economic news, but nothing good seems to stick these days.
April 1, 2009
I asked the question several times while walking the show floor at the National Automobile Dealers Association’s convention in New Orleans. But it was obvious no one was ready to put their finger on when this economic crisis will turn the corner.
March 1, 2009
So it’s official. We’re in a recession and have been since December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
January 1, 2009
I was asked at the magazine’s September F&I Conference and Expo when I thought this mess we’re in would turn around. My response was, “Ask me again this time next year.”
November 1, 2008
Reality checks are always difficult to swallow. You want to hear the truth, but at the same time you really don’t. That’s what I wrestled with when one of my readers reminded me that F&I is really a reactionary department.
August 1, 2008
Is it me or is just about everyone looking for that one kink in the armor of our business? Yes, blame the subprime-mortgage market all you want, but the reality is that it’s going to be guilt by association from here on out. What’s important now is that we don’t prove those “Chicken Littles” right.
October 1, 2007