ATLANTA – AutoTrader.com has announced it is the new title sponsor for the "DRIVE" series (formerly "Road Trip to the Auto Shows"), produced for ESPN and now in its fourth season. The shows will feature highlights of the 2006 L.A., Detroit, Chicago, and New York auto shows. The television show began airing on ESPN Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. ET.
Read More →CHARLESTON, S.C. – Instead of the usual six-week build to its anniversary sale in March, this year, the Charleston Auto Auction will allow its dealers to increase their chances of winning $1 million for 10 weeks prior to its fifth anniversary celebration.
Read More →ALPHARETTA, GA – DataScan Field Services (DFS), which is comprised of Vehicle Inspection Services (VIS) and Nationwide Audit Services (NAS) divisions of DataScan Technologies, has expanded its existing vehicle inspection and floorplan audit services into the Canadian market. Current client demand and increased business opportunities prompted the expansion.
Read More →WESTCHESTER, IL – Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., (IAA) has introduced several enhancements to its I-bid LIVE product – the company's Internet-based tool that allows buyers to join live auctions through any Internet-enabled computer and bid along with both live local bidders and other Internet bidders.
Read More →INDIANAPOLIS – ServNet auctions have been name top performers in three of five regions for Donlen in 2005. For the third consecutive year, Pennsylvania Auto Dealers' Exchange (PADE) was the top-ranked vendor in the Northeast, and Indiana Auto Auction placed first in the Central Region for the second consecutive year.
Read More →DETROIT – GM Certified Used Vehicles announced a nationwide winter rate incentive program on full-size GM SUVs to drive additional traffic and sales to GM Certified dealerships. GM Certified posted its fourth consecutive year of industry-record certified used-vehicle sales in 2005.
Read More →AMHERST, NY – Carolina Auto Auction of Anderson, S.C., a ServNet affiliate, has been recognized as the “Top Performing Auction for 2005” by Remarketing Services of America (RSA). The auction moved into the top spot after placing second overall in 2004 and third in 2003.
Read More →MT. ARLINGTON, NJ – Jim Hallett, president of Columbus Fair Auto Auction, will give the Keynote Address March 8 at noon at the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) Circle of Excellence Award luncheon in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Read More →ATLANTA – Manheim's second-annual Automotive Woman of the Year Award was presented Feb. 12 to Pam Nicholson, executive vice president and COO of North American operations for Enterprise Rent-a-Car in St. Louis, at the Northwood University Dealer Education Awards Breakfast.
Read More →CARMEL, IN – ADESA Corp., a subsidiary of ADESA, Inc., announced several changes to ADESA Boston's leadership team. Jack Neshe has been appointed to auction manager, a vacancy created with the promotion of David Carlucci to general manager at ADESA New Jersey last year. Liz Benway Morich will replace Neshe as assistant general manager and Aaron Roy will be replacing her as the auction's fleet lease manager.
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