TIMONIUM, Md. — Helion Automotive Technologies has issued an urgent data security warning for auto dealers: Hackers are now planting malware inside of social media posts. If an employee takes the bait and clicks on the social media post (e.g. Facebook and Twitter messages and public postings), according to the firm, the malware is downloaded onto the ... Read More »
Read More →BOULDER, Colo. — Nearly a third of the 285 dealership owners surveyed by the National Alliance of Auto Dealer Advisors (NAADA) indicated they do not have a succession plan in place. The findings reveal that auto dealers are still struggling with succession planning — the No. 1 inhibitor being timing and the current owner’s willingness ... Read More »
Read More →RoadVantage has been voted the top F&I products provider by dealerships nationwide, winning the Diamond 2017 Dealers’ Choice award in the F&I Products category. This marks the third year in a row that RoadVantage has won an award in this category. “It is a great honor to be recognized by dealers as their #1 choice ... Read More »
Read More →TORRANCE, Calif. — People and process are the usual ingredients of a top-flight F&I department, but the critical role a dealership’s general agent plays in that success often goes unnoticed. That changes today with the opening of F&I and Showroom’s F&I Dealer of the Year contest. The search for the 2017 F&I Dealer of the ... Read More »
Read More →SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Fidelis PPM, a CU Direct company, reported today that the Lester Glenn Auto Group is generating $200,000 a month in incremental customer-pay revenue and long-term customer retention since including its prepaid maintenance (PPM) program in each vehicle sale. This multi-step PPM features free, two-year oil changes for all customers plus the option ... Read More »
Read More →WAYNE, Penn. – MaximTrak Technologies, international F&I platform provider and technology partner for top names in the industry, has once again been named a Dealers’ Choice Award winner by the readers of Auto Dealer Today magazine, a sister publication of F&I and Showroom. To vote, dealers and dealership personnel needed to write in providers’ names ... Read More »
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