FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — AutoNation, Inc. announced that it entered into a new unsecured credit agreement with a $500 million term loan facility and a $1.2 billion revolving credit facility. The new credit agreement contains an accordion feature

Washington D.C. – The American Automotive Policy Council (AAPC)  joined with other leaders of the North American manufacturing industry to applaud the announcement by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper that the United States

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Huntington Bank has announced that it is a Platinum Sponsor of the 2012 Indy Auto Show being held December 26, 2011 through January 1, 2012 at the Indiana Convention Center. “Huntington is proud to support the Indy Auto Show,

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — PayNearMe, the cash transaction network, today announced the release of PayNearMe Auto, a simple Web-based application that allows Buy Here Pay Here (BHPH) auto dealers to accept cash payments in an entirely new way. With Pa

DEARBORN, Mich. — FordDirect, a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and its franchise dealers, announced today the appointment of two executives – Ryan Soffa, senior vice president of product development and Fadi Aoude, senior vice p

In my last column, I suggested that “provisioning” is a more apt description for determining the types of vehicles that are appropriate for a dealership’s inventory and marketplace. I like this term as a replacement for “stocking” because i

Is the insurance policy sitting on your desk correct? Are all the “Is” dotted and “Ts” crossed? Did all the changes you negotiated and corrections you made actually end up in the policy? I have reviewed hundreds of policy sets every year and

According to a data from Dataium, the conversion rate of the average unique visitor to shopper was up 54% during the month of November 2011. This information is based on statistics for national automotive Internet behavior for November 2011. Below ar

RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending October 2011. The study sur