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eLEAD Digital Executives Share How To Use Digital Media To Tie Reputation, Inventory and Email Together with Traditional Marketing
As the industry has changed over the last several years, what are some advanced methods of becoming more efficient and improving the return on campaigns by combining real-time marketing with traditional media? How have some dealers and managers used
Sep 15, 2011
Hertz Extends Exchange Offer to Acquire Dollar Thrifty
PARK RIDGE, N.J. — Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (“Hertz”) today this week it has extended the expiration date of its exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) (“Dollar Thri
Sep 15, 2011
MB Financial Bank and Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Expand Relationship
MINNEAPOLIS – Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced that MB Financial Bank is expanding its use of the Wolters Kluwer Financial Services AppOne® platform as it makes its Indirect Finance Program available to the personal watercraft and p
Sep 15, 2011
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Do You Oppose the New Fuel Economy Rules?
According to a story from The Wall Street Journal, some auto dealers are getting together to oppose the new fuel economy rules that are being administered by the Obama administration. The story said the dealers, about 400 of them, are planning a tr
Sep 15, 2011
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GE Capital Fleet Services, Carfax Expand Access to Vehicle Data Available to Wholesale Market
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — GE Capital Fleet Services has expanded its longtime relationship with Carfax to provide the wholesale market with greater access to vehicle data. Now, buyers at auction have access to more valuable information about the hi
Sep 15, 2011
Customer Interest in Ford’s Pioneering Radar-Based Warning Technologies Soars
DEARBORN, Mich.– Ford customers, more than ever, are buying vehicles with advanced driver-assistance systems. Ford’s radar-based technologies that help alert drivers of potentially dangerous situations are being purchased at rates sometimes appro
Sep 15, 2011
GMAC-SAIC Celebrates Seventh Anniversary with 55 Percent Year-Over-Year Growth
SHANGHAI — GMAC-SAIC Automotive Finance Co., Ltd. (GMAC-SAIC), a joint venture between Ally Financial Inc., Shanghai Automotive Group Finance Co., Ltd. and Shanghai General Motors Co. Ltd. (SGM), announced today that after seven years of doing
Sep 15, 2011
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What’s Your Favorite Chevy?
DETROIT: Nearly 125,000 Chevrolet fans have spoken, naming the 1969 Camaro the “Best Chevy of All Time.” As part of Chevrolet’s Centennial celebration, fans were asked to vote for their favorite vehicle from Chevrolet’s 100-y
Sep 15, 2011
CPS Completes $237 Million Portfolio Acquisition
IRVINE, Calif. — Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (“CPS”) announced that today it purchased a $237 million portfolio of performing automobile receivables from Fireside Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kemper Corporation (form
Sep 15, 2011