When you’re buying a new car, you want the convenience of driving it home the same day you test drive it. In most cases, the easiest way to do this is through dealer financing. But while most dealers ...

Consumers who have done their homework in advance of buying a car know that if they need to finance the new or used vehicle, it is best to arrive at the dealership with a loan arranged in advance of ...

Car dealers rely on a simple worksheet called the "four square" to turn a straightforward purchase into a maze of numbers ...

A veteran of a specialty auto-industry sector called floor-plan financing has launched a lending company in Carmel that promises independent car dealers funding wherever they buy vehicles. That ...

Auto finance is a major profit center for U.S. auto dealerships. Dealers say they make much more on products like service contracts, and not so much on their share of the customer's interest rate.

When it comes to building business relationships, J.D. Power experts see that there is no substitute for an effective face-to-face sales meeting. According to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Dealer Financing ...

A finance-and-insurance manager has four responsibilities, Zurich North America says: Ensure the customer takes delivery, protect the dealership's assets, sell products and generate profit. Compliance ...

Dealers who are itching to grow their business now might be able to secure more affordable resources from Westlake Capital Finance (WCF). The Westlake Technology Holdings subsidiary announced last ...

Dealers are overwhelmingly unresponsive to online consumer inquiries related to financing, payments or leasing, a mystery shopper study by DAS Technology found. Only 2 percent of dealerships contacted ...

Even when you get a deal on something at a dealer, they'll still find a way to try and get some more money out of you to make up for the fact that you got said deal. Take how Hyundai covered an engine ...