Articles
By Staff | March 1, 2006
For the fifth consecutive year, silver is the most popular color for passenger cars in North America. The annual survey by automotive finish producer PPG Industries indicates a slow shift in second choices, however.
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By Karen Billow | March 1, 2006
To obtain maximum return when remarketing vehicles, fleet managers should use a remarketing service, which helps eliminate hidden losses associated with continued depreciation and tracks the status of the used-vehicle market.
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By Staff | March 1, 2006
While flooding can happen almost anywhere at almost any time, because of the storms that hit the Eastern U.S. in the fall of 2005, there is a chance that unscrupulous parties will attempt to sell cars that have been under water.
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By Ryan Scrogham | October 1, 2004
As consignors become more comfortable with technology, they will hone their own requirements for doing business online, thereby necessitating system modifications to meet those demands.
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By George Muller | January 1, 2004
The best the existing system, such as auctions, dealers, lessors, factories, and other remarketers, will be combined with new thinking, new technologies, the Internet, and new people from both within and outside the auto industry.
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By Jon LeSage | January 1, 2004
VIN cloning is the latest theft technique to impact the automotive business. Thieves remove VIN plates from auto parts yards to give stolen vehicles a new identity.
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By Staff | January 1, 2004
A new Web-based program, LiveRepos.com, allows financial institutions to track repossessed vehicles online from assignment to auction, while measuring agent performance.
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By Staff | January 1, 2004
Senior-level remarketing managers from 25 banks, captive finance units, and fleet lessors were surveyed. Captive lenders report that upstream channels reduced turn time on vehicles by an average of more than 20 days.
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By Joe Blanco | January 1, 2004
The objective is to increase auction attendance and enhance overall portfolio sales value. However, many remarketers commit one of four common errors in marketing sales.
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By Stuart H. Angert | January 1, 2004
You know how you are performing benchmarked against your history, but how do you measure up against a national market benchmark? Are you missing opportunities to generate incremental dollars?
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