CAR Partners With NAFA Fleet Management Association for 2026 Event

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KAR Names New Leader for Preferred Warranties

CARMEL, Ind. — Vehicle remarketing and technology solutions provider KAR Auction Services Inc. has named Edmund Field president of the company’s Preferred Warranties Inc. (PWI) business unit, which offers extended service contract plans for pre-owned vehicles and serves independent used-vehicle dealers, small franchise retail automotive, and powersports dealers. Field will be responsible for leading PWI’s ... Read More »

Dent Wizard Hires Vice President of Customer Development

ST. LOUIS —  Paintless dent removal provider Dent Wizard International announced the hiring of Ryan Briggs to the newly created position of vice president of customer development. He will report Mike Black, the company’s senior vice president and COO. Briggs will primarily focus on the Top 150 dealer groups, expanding the company’s relationships with those groups, ... Read More »

Rapid Recon Salutes 100 Years of NADA and Vehicle Reconditioning

PALO ALTO — In 2017, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) celebrates 100 years serving franchised automobile dealers. Next year also marks the centennial of the first evidence of vehicle reconditioning, according to a provider of reconditioning workflow time-to-market software solutions. Rapid Recon issued a press release today saluting the NADA for 100 years of ... Read More »

ADESA Pulls Out of Proposed Multi-Platform System

CARMEL, Ind. — ADESA will not participate in the automotive remarketing industry’s initiative to establish a multi-platform system (MPS) that would allow simultaneous bidding on vehicles listed on multiple online auction sites. Manheim, ADESA, and other independent auctions began developing the MPS after announcing it at 2014 Conference of Automotive Remarketing. Auction representatives formed a ... Read More »

DriveTime Selects Manheim, Go Auto Exchange as Remarketing Partners

ATLANTA — Manheim announced this week that it has been selected by DriveTime as an exclusive remarketing partner along with Go Auto Exchange. This first-ever partnership makes Manheim and Go Auto Exchange DriveTime’s primary source for remarketing wholesale inventory through its physical locations, mobile auctions and online. DriveTime operates 122 stores in 47 markets. “Through ... Read More »

Wholesale Used Prices Softened in October, Kontos Reports