General manager and self-described ‘Toyota guy’ Nick Waddell led Peterson Toyota of Sarasota (Fla.)’s foray into digital retail and says the dealership, its staff, and its customers are all benefiting.
February 7, 2019
Software experts Jason Barrie and Marie Knight share advice for dealers and F&I professionals seeking new ways to drive production and enhance customer service in a department whose future is difficult to predict.
November 8, 2018
AUL Corp.’s Bryan Nieves offers advice for dealers who are in the market for a new agent, including what to look for in an F&I training program.
November 8, 2018
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
In the first of a series of F&I Think Tank webinars, attorney Eric Johnson offered a wake-up call to dealers and F&I professionals who thought the industry won a decisive victory over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when the federal agency’s auto finance guidance was rescinded in May.
June 26, 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
Steve Ewing loves the car business, and he is willing to try any new program, tool or process that will help Atlanta’s Wade Ford keep pace with the changing demands of car buyers.
March 16, 2018
Troy Good and Jeff Snowden didn’t invent paintless dent repair, but they helped take it national, and their efforts have paid off for dealers in hail-prone states from North Dakota to Florida.
March 12, 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
Industry Summit’s executive panel convened to discuss and debate the effects of Hurricane Harvey, the status of the used-car and subprime markets, the GM mandate, and the digitization of the F&I process.
December 4, 2017
F&I and Showroom traces the history of paintless dent repair with Troy Good, president and CEO of Nobilis Group Inc., home of the Dent Zone brand.
September 18, 2017