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F&I and Showroom, Auto Dealer Today's sister publication, is now accepting nominations for its 17th F&I Dealer of the Year contest, sponsored for the second straight year by American Financial & Automotive Services. Nominations must be received by Aug. 15, 2018.
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Total revenue and gross profit were down 5% and 2% from a year ago, respectively, with Hurricane Irma having a significant impact on sales in the group’s core Florida and Georgia markets. F&I was a bright spot, with total gross profit up 4% and the group’s per-copy average increasing by $142 from a year ago to $1,547.
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Not even another strong performance in U.S. new-vehicle margins, a record quarter in the group's U.K. market, and a profitable quarter in Brazil were enough to offset "extreme weakness" in Group 1's energy price-impacted markets.
Read More →While the international dealer group's consolidated per-copy average grew $27 to $1,352 in the third quarter, it's U.S.-based F&I operations saw its per-copy average rise $65 to $1,515. For the first nine months of 2015, the group's per-copy average is $1,529.
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Wichita, Kan.-based Davis-Moore Automotive took home the F&I Dealer of the Year award during a ceremony at Industry Summit this week.
Read More →The international dealer group’s U.S. F&I operations grew its F&I per-copy average $80 from a year ago to a record $1,538. Training and execution were the drivers, officials said.
Read More →Lithia’s F&I operations grew its per-copy average by $52. The performance helped offset a $90 drop in new-vehicle gross profit per unit.
Read More →Fourth-quarter F&I net per vehicle retailed rose $30 from a year ago to $1,374 for the public dealer group. That performance helped drive record earnings during the quarter.
Read More →Penske Automotive Group realized a 16% increase in revenue and a 14% bump in adjusted income from continuing operations in 2014’s fourth quarter. The dealer group’s CEO also discussed its plan to pilot the NADA’s fair credit compliance program at four stores.
Read More →Consolidating its lender base and improved availability of consumer financing were other reasons cited for the fourth-quarter performance of the group’s U.S.-based F&I operations.
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