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Volvo Car Financial Services Selects Dealertrack as Exclusive Credit Application Processing Platform for Volvo U.S. Dealerships
Latest Captive Joins a List of Top Lenders on the Industry’s Leading Credit Application Network Lake Success, N.Y. ─ Dealertrack Technologies (Nasdaq: TRAK) and Volvo Car Financial Services today announced that Volvo Car Financial Services has be
Dec 12, 2012
LoJack Corporation Enters Agreement with Galpin Ford, World’s Largest Ford Dealership
LoJack to Install Its Recovery System on Dealership’s Fleet Of Vehicles; Galpin To Reap Rewards of Protecting its Fleet and Offering Best-in-Class Vehicle Theft Protection to Customers NORTH HILLS, CA —LoJack Corporation (NASDAQ: LOJN) today anno
Dec 11, 2012
10 Tips to Reduce Costs and Earn More in 2013
Most dealerships will spend somewhere north of $1.5MM this year on the supplies and services needed to support their businesses depending upon the size of their business. Those expenses are spread across 130-plus expense categories and will often inc
Dec 10, 2012
The Family Business Contradiction of Choices
I was recently struggling through a seminar on the subject of building high performance business teams. This is a subject in which I have keen interest because everyone who is seeking succession is also endeavoring to build a high performance organiz
Dec 10, 2012
Ally Financial and Hudiburg Auto Group Honor Oklahoma Military Families This Holiday
In cooperation with Operation Homefront, bicycles will be distributed to the children of local military families OKLAHOMA CITY — To honor those serving in the U.S. armed forces this holiday season, Ally Financial has teamed up with Hudiburg Auto Gr
Dec 10, 2012
Elektron Joins Vehicle Service Groupsm (VSG) Family of Brands
Madison, Ind. – Vehicle Service Group (VSG) has acquired the assets of Elektron Bremen GmbH, a global manufacturer of resistance welders, plasma cutters and battery service equipment based in Bremen, Germany, since 1942. Elektron joins Chief Automo
Dec 10, 2012
Cars will Break and We will Fix Them…Only Not as Often!
If your service department makes the majority of its revenue fixing broken cars, then get ready for massive layoffs and a huge downsizing. If your business plan is heavily dependent on warranty revenue and customer-pay repair work, then for your serv
Dec 10, 2012
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BMW Recalls 29,000 Vehicles
BMW is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 X5 xDrive 35d SAV diesel vehicles manufactured September 1, 2008, through November 15, 2012, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website. NHTSA’s website said th
Dec 10, 2012
U.S. DOT Proposes Broader Use of Event Data Recorders to Help Improve Vehicle Safety
Requirement aims to capture valuable safety-related information in seconds before and during a motor vehicle crash WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently proposed a
Dec 10, 2012