AUBURN HILLS, MI – Chrysler Group reported that its Five Star dealers posted a record May with Certified Pre-owned Vehicle (CPOV) sales rising 28 percent to 10,176 units.Year-to-date sales also increased 14 percent to 50,539 units, establishing the company's best year-to-date sales ever.
Read More →ATLANTA – Kevin Freudenberg and Joann McKay have been promoted to new positions in Manheim's customer relations and strategies department with General Motors.
Read More →ATLANTA – AutoTrader.com and Auto Dealer Monthly announced Ray Fidel, CEO, Drive Time, as the winner of the Top Independent Retailer Award. Drive Time, a privately held corporation with 93 locations, sold 54,778 retail units in 2005. Ray Lyle, owner, Nice Cars, Inc., located in Georgia, was the runner-up.
Read More →PORTLAND, OR – TitleAuctions, Inc. has selected Black Book as its preferred source for valuation of credit union repossessed collateral.
Read More →ATLANTA – Manheim's Butler Auto Auction in Cranberry Township, Pa., has joined the Total Resource Auctions (TRA) network of salvage wholesale auctions and will hold salvage sales under the TRA Pittsburgh banner.
Read More →ATLANTA – AutoTrader.com will award $10,000 towards the purchase of a vehicle found on its website to the grand prize winner of LifetimeTV.com's “Smart Wheels Sweepstakes.” The sweepstakes will run through July 1 and is an element of AutoTrader.com's 2006 media partnership with Lifetime.
Read More →AMHERST, NY – Stuart Angert, president of Fiserv Automotive Solutions, will retire Sept. 1. Kevin Collins, chief executive of the company, will take over for Angert.
Read More →MT. ARLINGTON, NJ – The International Automotive Remarketing Alliance (IARA) has announced there are a limited number of Gold ($4,000), Silver ($2,000), and Sponsor ($1,000) level sponsorships still available for the Annual IARA Summer Roundtable Series, held July 26-28 at the Omni Hotel in San Diego.
Read More →DETROIT - May sales for all certified GM brands, including GM Certified Used Vehicles, Cadillac Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles, Used Cars from Saturn, Saab Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles, and HUMMER Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles, were 44,522 units, up 12 percent from last May.
Read More →ATLANTA – Manheim recently acquired the Southwest Florida Auto Auction in Fort Myers, Fla., making it Manheim's 89th North American auction location.
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