AutoTrader.com Announces New Leadership at VinSolutions
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- VinSolutions, the industry leader in advanced software products for automotive dealerships, today announces that its president, Mike Dullea, has accepted a new position within the AutoTrader group of companies. In his new role, Mike will work with Chip Perry, president and CEO of AutoTrader.com, and Dale Pollak, founder of vAuto, on a new companywide product innovation team that will explore and develop new product opportunities across the AutoTrader group of companies.
AutoTrader.com executive, Brian Skutta has been named vice president and general manager of VinSolutions. Skutta is currently general manager of AutoTrader.com's Trade-In Marketplace (TIM) based in Atlanta, GA. His new role is effective immediately and he will report to Keith Jezek, president of vAuto who also assumes responsibility for VinSolutions.
"All of us at AutoTrader.com appreciate the hard work Mike Dullea did in building VinSolutions into an innovative force in the automotive dealer software space and for bringing VinSolutions into the AutoTrader family last year. Mike led the development and rapid growth of VinSolutions into a leader and supplier of cutting edge software products that have had a major impact on the way our customers manage their dealerships," said Chip Perry, president and CEO of AutoTrader.com. "We recognize Mike's passion for innovation, and at AutoTrader.com, we too, have always been focused on innovation. Mike's expanded new role will help ensure that we are exploring new product innovation opportunities across the AutoTrader group of companies."
wistv.com - Columbia, South Carolina |Consumer Affairs: Dealerships not ...
Consumer Affairs officials say the guide is the first ever of its kind and it comes in response to the discovery that some dealerships were not following certain state and federal laws.
"Our investigators go out and look at automobile dealerships to make sure that they're complying with the law that our agency enforces, and we were starting to see that there were more violations then we would like that we're going on, " said Carri Grube Lybarker with the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Lybarker says one of the violations included dealers not completing the "closing fee filing requirement". A closing fee is typically tacked on at the end of a sale at any dealership, but it is not something that a dealer has to charge. However, if a dealer does charge the fee, they are supposed to post it somewhere at the dealership and also file it with the SCDCA Office.
According to Lybarker, Closing fees are posted on the Consumer Affairs website to help potential buyers do some comparison shopping right in front of their computer screen. "It gives [a consumer] some room possibly to negotiate when they go to purchase the vehicle," said Lybarker. "If they see that the dealer that they are wanting to purchase the vehicle from is charging a $500 closing fee, but the dealer down the street is only charging $200, the consumer can use that information to try and negotiate that price down."
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