Brasher’s Cascade Auto Auction Names Fleet/Lease Manager
Bobby Sylvester has been named fleet/lease manager at Brasher’s Cascade Auto Auction, reports general manager Jerry Hinton.
Bobby Sylvester has been named fleet/lease manager at Brasher’s Cascade Auto Auction, reports general manager Jerry Hinton.
Manheim and several major U.S. banks have created an upstream vehicle sales platform set to launch in September that will give major banks a more prominent presence on the Internet.
Brasher’s Auto Auctions have introduced a new tool to help make finding and keeping track of vehicles easier than ever before. Called Auction e-vita, it is based on Palm OS technology, and allows dealers to search, sort, value, and analyze the vehicles available at the auction on a given day using a hand-held PDA device.
CarMax, Inc. is reducing sales and earnings expectations for the second quarter ending August 31, based on softer than expected sales. CarMax has lowered second quarter comparable store used unit performance expectations to a range of -5 percent to -7 percent from the prior range of -5 percent to 1 percent. CarMax has revised second quarter earnings expectations to a range of 27 cents to 30 cents
ADESA Inc., a publicly traded vehicle auction company, has selected the inContact service solution for a multi-site telecommunications system.
Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS), a provider of online direct-to-consumer auto leasing has formed a new partnership with MarketWise, a specialist in automotive remarketing.
FordDirect will celebrate its fourth anniversary this month.
Edmunds.com an online resource for automotive information, reported that the average manufacturer incentive per vehicle sold in the United States set a new record of $2,885 per vehicle sold in July 2004, up $217, or 8.1 percent, from July 2003, and up $138, or 5.0 percent, from June 2004.
Automotive Capital Group, Inc., said it is now offering vehicles on eBay Motors with no credit check financing. The company is offering cars, trucks and SUVs on eBay Motors and is one of few to offer financing to eBay users regardless of credit score.
National Auto Research, publisher of Black Book’s vehicle appraisal guides, and Credit Union National Association (CUNA) are expanding the relationship they began in January 2000.
ADP Claims Services Group has expanded Autosource, a database of “for sale” vehicle valuation information, to include salvage check and state title information, powered by Experian Automotive’s AutoCheck.
ADESA Corp. has named Jason Ferreri to the position of executive director, national accounts.
After four years of decline due to higher prices for used vehicles, auto leasing is back on the rise and has accounted for nearly 14 percent of new-vehicle sales by Detroit automakers in the second quarter, up from about 8 percent last year, according to a recent L.A. Times article.
Chrysler Group reported year-to-date 2004 sales of Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles (CPOV) at 50,084 units, an increase of 13 percent compared to the same period in 2003 when 44,458 vehicles were sold.
The National Association of Fleet Resale Dealers (NAFRD) will hold its 2004 Annual Conference September 9-12 in Paradise Island, Bahamas, at the Atlantis Resort ( www.atlantis.com/ ). The conference will celebrate NAFRD’s 20th anniversary.
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