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Industry•by Staff•February 9, 2022

GM Keeps Plants Going Amid Chip Shortage

GM entered a deal with semiconductor chip manufacturers to keep its North American assembly lines in production.

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Industry•by Staff•February 9, 2022

Nikkei: Nissan to Halt Most Development of New Gasoline Engines  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. plans to stop developing new internal combustion engines except in the U.S.

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Industry•by Staff•February 8, 2022

Black Book: Weekly Market Insights

The Mid-Size Car segment had the largest decline last week, at -0.76%, compared with the prior week’s decline of -0.64%, marking the third consecutive week the segment has reported the largest segment decline.

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F&I•by Staff•February 7, 2022

New Financing Technology Boosts Deliveries for Dealers

In 2021, the company installed a limited distribution of financing kiosks in dealer showrooms, giving customers the ability to apply for a recreational loan in under five minutes and without ever leaving the dealer’s lot. 

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Meet the Executive•by Staff•February 3, 2022

Assurant Combines American Financial & Automotive Services and Assurant Dealer Services into One Premier Dealership Development Organization

Assurant acquired American Financial & Automotive Services in the Spring of 2020 and has leveraged the best products and practices of both organizations to create one team to service dealer clients.

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F&I•by Staff•February 3, 2022

NIADA Introduces Upgraded CPO Program

New NIADA Certified offers dealers more choices, higher standards, better technology, more ways to satisfy customers.

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F&I•by Staff•February 3, 2022

Recent Vintage Loans Perform Well Even as More Non-Prime Consumers Secured Credit in Second Half of 2021

With consumer credit performance maintaining healthy levels across auto, credit card, personal loans and mortgages, lenders continued to ramp up new account origination growth in the non-prime segment of the market near the end of 2021.

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Meet the Executive•by Staff•February 3, 2022

VisionMenu Doubles Down on F&I, Hires Top Industry Exec to Fuel Innovation

This move comes as the company is experiencing rapid growth and has expanded its executive team to meet customer needs.

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Sales•by Staff•February 2, 2022

Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index Continues to Increase

The seasonally adjusted Retention Index moved up by 0.6% – the lowest rate of increase since July – reaching 197.0 points during the first month of 2022.

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Summit Updates•by Staff•February 2, 2022

Last Chance: Secure Your Spot at Compliant Summit

Included in the event registration, all attendees will be eligible to sign up and take the ACE certification exam in one of four disciplines: F&I Specialist, Sales Management Specialist, Compliance Officer, and ACE’s newest offering, Safeguards Specialist. 

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