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DALLAS — Organizers of the annual Industry Summit announced that the 2017 conference will include Lender Summit, a new event designed to meet the needs of executives working in the automotive finance space. Industry Summit will be held Sept. 11–14, 2017, at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas. “Lender Summit is the direct result ... Read More »
Read More →SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — DealerSocket, a leading technology provider now in its fourth year of serving independent auto dealerships, is hitting the trade show circuit with its comprehensive independent dealer platform. The company has been hard at work rebuilding its technology solutions to ultimately produce a fully integrated, seamless platform through which independent dealers can run their ... Read More »
Read More →ATLANTA — ELEAD1ONE today announced a partnership with Recall Masters Inc., a provider of automotive recall news, data, training, and communications, to integrate real-time vehicle recall lookup into the Service1One Lane Management App. The Service1One lane application gives advisors a customer-service tool that streamlines the lane process. On a tablet, advisors can quickly view customer appointment information, service history, pricing menus, ... Read More »
Read More →NEW YORK — A coalition of 13 attorneys general led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told the Trump administration it could expect a “vigorous” legal challenge to any attempt to weaken pollution standards for light-duty vehicles. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also signed a letter the state regulators sent to Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection ... Read More »
Read More →FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne’s econtracting platform reached two new milestones of 7.5 million booked econtracts and more than $200 billion in funded deals, the technology firm announced. According to the firm, the system now has more than 6,000 active dealers, 36 live and in-pilot finance sources, and 12 econtracting-integrated dealership management systems. “RouteOne is ... Read More »
Read More →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 »
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