Landmark Dodge of Independence, Mo., will pay a total of $275,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging a policy set by ownership required some jobs to be staffed by men or women. +
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the California Combating Auto Retail Scams Act, which was modeled in part after an FTC initiative that stalled in a federal appeals court in January. +
DriveCentric has devised a “next-gen” CRM strategy to break down technology silos and manage the entire dealership customer lifecycle on one flexible platform. +
Lotlinx’s Len Short describes hidden inventory risk as a “silent threat” and “critical blind spot” that leaves units with correctable issues stagnating on dealer lots until they are flagged for deep discounts. +
JPMorgan Chase, Fifth Third and Barclays are among the credit line providers facing massive losses as retailer and subprime lender Tricolor Auto enters bankruptcy proceedings. +
Ken Ganley Automotive has acquired Lexus of Cleveland and Lexus of Akron-Canton from Ascent Automotive, adding its first Lexus franchises within miles of its Northeast Ohio headquarters. +
A new Carleton survey of 2,000 U.S. lending, bank, auto finance and fintech professionals finds the majority experience loan payment discrepancies on a weekly or monthly basis. +
Hyundai and Genesis dealers set new one-month records in August, a month that saw double-digit year-over-year gains for some factories and single-digit losses for others. +
The owner of New York’s Bul Auto Sales and Jacksonville’s Karma franchise has been arrested in Florida, where he faces charges of fraud and dealing in stolen property. +
Impel and RockED have launched the Automotive AI Certification Program and the Advanced Automotive AI Certification Program for dealership workers and managers. +
