Stock are on the rise following the second quarter-point reduction to the federal funds rate in less than two months. No further cuts are planned for this year or next, guaranteeing further pressure from the White House.
September 19, 2019
Toyota Motor Credit will offer loans, leases, and F&I products to Mazda’s U.S. dealers and customers, replacing the JPMorgan Chase-backed Mazda Capital Services as the factory’s captive finance company.
August 29, 2019
LendingTree analysts have discovered a correlation between commute times and auto loan balances, finding that car buyers borrow $269 for every additional minute between home and work.
August 2, 2019
The nation’s six largest publicly traded dealer groups all increased F&I profit per vehicle retailed in the second quarter, led by AutoNation’s $1,926 per copy and Lithia Motors’ segment-leading 11% improvement.
August 1, 2019
Facing new global realities and pressure on multiple fronts, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade in an attempt to prolong the economic expansion.
August 1, 2019
A survey of Automotive News’ top 150 U.S. auto retailers finds per-copy averages grew 4.6% to $1,482 in 2018, fueling a 7.5% increase in total F&I revenue.
May 13, 2019
Despite escalating new-car prices and plateauing sales, NADA analysts report little change to American dealers’ per-copy average, penetration rates, and F&I income as a percentage of gross profit in 2018.
April 16, 2019
Wells Fargo President and CEO Tim Sloan will retire effective June 30, ending an era marked by a series of scandals that rocked the company’s auto, home, and consumer banking divisions.
March 29, 2019
Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Resort will be the site of a Barrett Jackson auction of vehicles personally owned by late actor Burt Reynolds.
September 20, 2018
Cox Automotive’s Jonathan Smoke weighed the automotive impact of the impending landfall of Hurricane Florence compared with losses suffered in Texas and Florida last year.
September 12, 2018
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced that new-car dealerships in the Bronx and Westchester have agreed to end ‘fraudulent, deceptive, and illegal’ sales of a ‘bogus’ anti-theft product and offer restitution to at least 1,100 car buyers.
September 6, 2018
Toyota’s captive finance company announced it will raise its dealer markup caps following the early termination of consent orders issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice.
May 17, 2018
Wells Fargo has consented to pay federal regulators $1 billion to settle charges pertaining to sales of automotive collateral protection insurance and mortgage interest rate-lock extensions.
April 20, 2018
Wells Fargo’s first-quarter earnings call was staged amid a string of regulatory concerns, declining auto originations, and the sale of a Puerto Rican subsidiary. But the company’s chief executive said the bank’s auto finance business will grow again.
April 17, 2018
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a lawsuit against Victory Mitsubishi of Larchmont and Victory Suzuki of the Bronx, charging the stores with selling an ‘unwanted and bogus’ anti-theft product.
December 21, 2017