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US Equity Advantage Launches Live, Real-Time Dashboard for Partners to Track Commission Payments

ORLANDO, Fla. – US Equity Advantage (USEA) – the nation’s loan acceleration services leader – announces a new partner dashboard for finance and insurance (F&I) managers, automotive dealerships, and agencies to track and forecast commissi
Sep 10, 2012

Interview with Paul Walser, Walser Automotive Group

A second-generation auto dealer, Paul Walser, 57, and his brother Andrew, 44, operate Walser Automotive Group, a 12-franchise enterprise servicing communities in and around Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. Like many second-generation dealers, whatever t
Sep 7, 2012

Teddy Nissan Consistently One of the Top Certified Pre-Owned Dealers in the Country

Owner Ted Bessen and President Steve Risso have built up one of the top-selling certified pre-owned dealers in the country, as well as the No. 1 dealer in the New York City market for July. NEW YORK — After being named the No. 1 certified pre-
Sep 7, 2012

NADA Adds Certified Pre-Owned Values to ‘Used Car Guide’

MCLEAN, Va. — The National Automobile Dealers Association Used Car Guide is now providing manufacturer-certified pre-owned (CPO) values for every qualified vehicle in its printed and electronic editions. “We recognize the tremendous effo
Sep 7, 2012

How and Why to Improve the Most Important Metric in your Dealership

Dealers look at metrics all day long: number of units sold, front gross, F&I penetration rates, service gross, etc. And if they don’t like what they see, the department manager hears about it pretty quick. In a typical scenario, the dealer asks
Sep 6, 2012

A Six-step Plan to Increase Used Vehicle Profitability

I’ve had chocolate chip cookies on my mind lately. The reason? I can’t eat them the way I used to, thanks to a daily diet and exercise regimen I’ve adopted. I’ve come to (reluctantly) embrace the “new me” because I now understand its rewa
Sep 6, 2012

Experian Automotive: Subprime auto loans in Q2 2012 exceeded prerecession levels

While subprime lending is on the rise, loans are balanced by lower loan-to-value ratios SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Experian Automotive today announced that loans to customers in the nonprime, subprime and deep-subprime risk tiers accounted for more th
Sep 6, 2012

Audi Kicks Off NFL Season with First-Ever Campaign for S Models

Audi kicks off football season today with a new advertising and marketing campaign for the 2013 Audi S Models. For the first time in its history in the U.S., Audi is introducing its full line of S Models, bringing the Audi sport performance story to
Sep 5, 2012

New CarWoo! Dealer Premium Offering Leverages Advanced Digital Retailing Tools from DealerTrack

BURLINGAME, Calif. — To provide the most efficient, useful, and comprehensive online marketplace for automotive buyers and dealers alike, CarWoo! today announced that DealerTrack‘s PaymentDriver and FinanceDriver tools will be directly in
Sep 5, 2012