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

• Enhanced VIN data a key to profits?
  Enhanced VIN data could help lenders and dealers understand vehicle values as quickly as possible and boost profits.
• Profits strong for Ford Credit
  Ford Credit CEO David McClelland projects another profitable year and new investment opportunities in mobility.
• Working poor drivers struggle to find affordable old used cars
  The seeds of the problem are buried deep in the financial crisis, when in the midst of the worst economic […]

Automotive Industry News

• GM cutbacks complicate USMCA's path to passage
  General Motors' decision to idle four U.S. assembly and parts plants could provide ammunition for critics of President Donald Trump's […]
• Affordability worries put dealers in a gloomy mood
  Affordability challenges have auto dealers worrying more about business as they look toward 2019.
• Florida dealership settles robocall suit for $4.8 million
  A Florida store's $4.8 million settlement of a robocalling lawsuit is the latest wake-up call for dealers to remain vigilant […]
• As Calif. AV population doubles, so do crashes
  With three weeks left in 2018, California already has had a record year for the number of manufacturers permitted to […]
• New platform, altered body, same Soul
  While other boxy designs have come and gone — Scion xB, Nissan Cube, Honda Element — Kia's Soul has built […]
• VW-Ford talks are gaining steam
  As Ford has tried to downplay its ongoing talks with Volkswagen Group, VW CEO Herbert Diess, who last week said […]
• Small size keeps Brembo fast, focused
  Brembo navigates the curves of supplying high-end brakes while managing the transition to brake-by-wire.
• Collateral damage in Tokyo
  Carlos Ghosn's arrest in Tokyo is already having consequences, from product marketing to international diplomatic relations. More complications could be […]
• $1.7B battery plant in Georgia won't be enough to meet industry's needs
  SK Innovation will spend $1.67 billion to build an EV battery plant in Commerce, Ga. Some think that is just […]