Vanguard Dealer Services News

• Mickey Quinn is featured on Dealership News July Podcast
• Mickey Quinn and Neil Brennan featured in the P&A 2019 Industry Trends for 2019 article
• James Polley quoted in Automotive News – How vendors avoid ineffective overload
• Vanguard Dealer Services has been the honored recipient of EasyCare’s Globe Award for 10 years in a row!
• Pitching products in the service drive works. Just ask Nestor.
• ‘Why F&I is so critical’
• Using Tech in Down Economy
• Vanguard Dealer Services Celebrates 10th Anniversary Providing F&I Products, Dealership Consulting
• Vanguard Dealer Services Improves Dealerships’ Profitability By Offering MOTOR TREND® Recommended Best Buy F&I Products
• Vanguard Dealer Services Named Automobile Protection Corporation’s Largest Agency For Seventh Consecutive Year
• Vanguard Dealer Services Celebrates 15 Years of Dealership Profitability
• Vanguard Dealer Services Launches New State-Of-The-Art Website

F&I Industry News

• GM captive shuffles execs to improve coordination
  The changes include promoting GM Financial COO Kyle Birch to president of North America.
• Shine hired to lead Fixed Ops Journal
  Automotive News has hired Dan Shine as editor of Fixed Ops Journal, the magazine that focuses on dealerships' parts, service […]
• CarGurus acquires vehicle listings site Autolist
  Autolist will be maintained as a separate website and brand. It will remain headquartered in San Francisco and led by […]

Automotive Industry News

• Geely launches plug-in hybrid London taxi in Japan
  London Electric Vehicle Co., a venerable U.K. maker of black taxis, rolled out a plug-in hybrid variant of its TX […]
• Subaru wants 40% of sales electrified by 2030
  Subaru has unveiled its first design study of the full-electric crossover it is co-developing with Toyota as the automaker makes a […]
• U.S. may have to wait for Mazda's Skyactiv-X
  Mazda is still considering how and when to bring the ultra-efficient, high-torque mild-hybrid powerplant to its biggest market. The automaker […]
• Israeli auto technology takes center stage
  Across autonomous driving, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, Israeli companies have captured the attention of the global auto industry. Their collective […]
• Nissan dealers give CEO an earful
  A group of retailers gathered at Nissan's North American headquarters voiced frustration with slumping residual values and profitability and urged […]
• For Unifor, hard fight got harder
  The Detroit 3 are expected to slash production in Canada during the course of their new deals with the UAW, […]
• Muñoz tweaks Hyundai dealer pay plan amid mission to boost retail health
  Dealers said they left a meeting last fall in Las Vegas loving the new vehicles they saw, but not so […]
• Genesis' crossover era near
  Curious about what the first CUV from Genesis will look like undisguised?  Hyundai’s luxury brand has finally provided some answers.
• Some Tesla skeptics turning into believers
  The electric vehicle maker is closing in on a $100 billion valuation, having overshadowed controversies and product issues with a […]

Fixed Operations Industry News

• Shine hired to lead Fixed Ops Journal
  Automotive News has hired Dan Shine as editor of Fixed Ops Journal, the magazine that focuses on dealerships' parts, service and collision departments. Shine will […]
• N.J. dealers launch tech apprenticeships
  The New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers created a new program to train tech workers with a $907,000 grant from the state.
• Teacher transforms shop class for future tech jobs
  High school teacher Ron Grosinger turned his classroom into a training ground for students interested in changing automotive technology.