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August 26, 2010

Online Registration Available for Title Administrator Seminar

NCADA is offering a Basic & Advanced Title Administrator Seminar on Dec. 8, 2010, in…

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August 3, 2010

NCADA ADDS SECOND FLIGHT OF HONOR

The North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association (NCADA) announced this week that due to overwhelming response,…

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July 26, 2010

NC Dealers Respond to SIGTARP

WASHINGTON REPORT INFURIATES NC DEALERS

“Dealership Closings Weren’t Necessary”

North Carolina franchised automobile dealers are…

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Associate Membership

An Associate Membership is available to organizations that represent many automotive related industries and provide services to our dealers on a statewide basis. If you would like to apply for, or inquire about, an Associate Membership, you may contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 919-866-4964 or fill out the Associate Member application and fax back to 919-829-9525.

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American Fidelity Assurance Co.

Contact: Joel Goodrow
486 Thomas Jones Way, Suite 270
Exton, PA 19341
800-661-4394
www.afadvantage.com

Section 125: Can Your Cafeteria Plan pass an IRS audit?
By taking advantage of Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code and American Fidelity’s Administrative Services, you can establish a qualified, cost saving Section 125 Cafeteria Plan and receive the following advantages:
- Section 125 Administration Guide and customized Plan documentation
- Assistance with the Plan and compliance with Section 125 rules and regulations
- Semi-Annual Newsletter with the latest compliance requirements and trends
- Annual plan enrollment and reservice

American Fidelity has provided Section 125 Administrative Services for more than 25 years, with thousands of Section 125 accounts nationwide. Let our complete portfolio of Section 125 Plan services help prepare your team. And let American Fidelity’s expertise provide you with invaluable information and assistance along the way.

American Financial & Automotive Services, Inc

Contact: Dean Grant
2525 South Shore Blvd, Suite 400
League City, TX 77573
800-967-3633
www.AFASinc.com

American Financial & Automotive Services, Inc. is a comprehensive F & I development partner dedicated to maximizing dealership profits. With over 30 years of experience, American Financial has become a leader in the industry by helping dealers achieve the highest levels of success and by consistently exceeding clients’ expectations. By providing extensive development services through local Dealership Development Managers and a complete portfolio of products, American Financial creates financial growth for all areas of the dealership. Centered at the core of American Financial’s offerings are MasterTech and the Automotive Training Academy (ATA). MasterTech, the company’s vehicle service contract program, is an industry leader for coverage and administration, while the ATA specializes in preparing automotive professionals for today’s retail opportunities. In additional, American Financial offers a complete portfolio of F & I products through North Carolina dealers.

Atlantic Creative Communications

Contact: Russ Reynolds
PO Box 18138
Raleigh, NC 27619
919-832-2220
www.accav.com

New dimensions in sight, sound, and sales.  At Atlantic Creative Communications, we’ve spent more than a decade putting our extensive audio production and marketing experience to work for companies like yours.  Now, we’re building on that successful foundation to bring the power of high-definition, high-impact digital media right to you—and your customers!  Throughout every project, our staff of experts has demonstrated an amazing ear for understanding what our customers need, and a keen eye for getting every detail just right. 
Show them exactly what you mean.  In a way they just can’t ignore.

Auto/Mate Dealership System

Contact: Mark Philippbar
4 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065
(800) 371-3970
www.automate.com

We are Auto/Mate Dealership Systems, a leading provider of cutting-edge software solutions for the automotive industry. We were developed from the ground up, by people who understand what it truly takes to keep a dealership running at its best. Our team has a combined total of over 250 years of dealership experience. Over the years, we have become a complete Dealership Management System (DMS) provider that competes with ADP and Reynolds and Reynolds, for only a fraction of the cost. What differentiates us from our competitors is that we allow our customers to choose between a web based network or a server based network, we offer them free training and free software upgrades for life, and we provide them with the best reporting system.

AutoDealer Traffic

Contact: Larry Tabloff
735 Taylor Rd
Suite 200
Gahanna, OH 43230
614-452-8182
www.autodealertraffic.com

Auto Dealer Traffic, Inc. is an Internet and search engine marketing company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.  Auto Dealer Traffic specializes in routing automotive consumer traffic to web sites and has been an industry leader since 2001. It is a Google certified company, as well as being certified partners of Yahoo! and MSN. Auto Dealer Traffic’s proprietary software and SEM strategies are the most effective methods available for increasing traffic to web sites and generating more leads. For additional information, please visit www.autodealertraffic.com.

Automatic Data Processing

Contact: Debbie Blackwood
5800 Windward Pkwy, Tower B Mailstop 200
Alpharetta, GA 30005
678-319-6351
www.adp.com

ADP Dealer Services provides integrated computing solutions to nearly 25,500 auto, truck, motorcycle, marine and recreational vehicle dealers. Thousands of dealerships trust ADP’s proven Next Generation DMS, providing data processing solutions for every area of their businesses throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.  ADP Dealer Services is the third largest business unit of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ADP, with $8.5 billion in revenues and approximately 590,000 clients worldwide, is one of the largest providers of a broad range of premier, mission-critical, cost-effective transaction processing and information-based business solutions.

Automotive Development Group

Contact: Greg English
147 Cedar Pointe Dr.
Mooresville, NC 28817
704-663-4911
www.adgonline.net

Our mission is to bring the best training and development in the automotive industry to our customers’ finance and insurance departments.  ADG also offers the largest selection of finance and insurance products in today’s marketplace.  Automotive Development Group works to ensure that our clients’ businesses are private, compliant, CSI driven and more profitable…The ADG Advantage!

Automotive Risk Management & Insurance Services, Inc

Contact: Marvin E. McDougal
1919 Grand Canal Blvd., Suite C-7
Stockton, CA 95207
800-224-6363
www.armonline.com

ARM is dedicated to addressing the unique set of insurance needs of New Car and Truck Dealerships. Our representatives are your local independent Property and Casualty Brokers assuring you that you will have local service in your home community. Do business with the folks who do business with you!

AutoRevenue

Contact: Katrina Slosek
480 Pleasant Street, Suite B200
Lee, MA
(413) 243-4800
www.autorevenue.com

@utoRevenue® – Lasting Innovation Since 2001
Since 2001 @utoRevenue has been the automotive industry’s most highly regarded customer-centric, multi-channel marketing services provider. Our years of experience integrating email, voice messaging, text messaging, electronic newsletters, and online appointment scheduling have generated hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue for our clients. 
The key to our success is reaching out to customers using the right communication tool at the right time. 

Bank of America

Contact: John Sardinia
13850 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Charlotte, NC 28277
(704) 900-9277
www.bankofamerica.com/dealerservices

Through its Dealer Financial Services unit, Bank of America provides retail loan financing and the full range of commercial banking services to dealers in the automobile, recreational vehicle, and marine industries across the United States. These services include comprehensive inventory financing, commercial loans, depository services, and merchant and treasury management services. Bank of America has relationships with thousands of dealer clients and manages over $50 billion in consumer and commercial loans through Dealer Financial Services.

Black Book Online

Contact: Larry Tabloff
150 E. Palmetto Park Road, Suite 340
Boca Raton, FL 33432
561-544-1483
www.blackbookonline.com

Black Book® publishes the weekly, monthly and yearly price guides which include used automobile, light trucks, collectable vehicles, motorcycles, power sports and more.  Over the last 50-plus years, these guides have become recognized by dealers and financial institutions around the world as the premier source of the most timely, independent and accurate information in the industry.  Vehicle values are collected from over 50 auctions around the country weekly, by Black Book® employees and immediately reported back to headquarters for publication in national and regional guide books. This extensive network is the source of information provided by Activator™ through thousands of websites around the country.  Based in Boca Raton, Florida, the Black Book® Online Division pioneered the on-line trade valuation industry, designing and creating the most sophisticated dealer and OEM customer generating programs. The company has a number of products that are widely used by original equipment manufacturers on their corporate consumer sites and on their dealer support sights. 

Branch Banking and Trust

Contact: Derek K. Lane
PO Box 180
Greensboro, NC 27402
(336) 433-4801
www.bbt.com/dealerservices

BB&T offers a variety of financing options to dealers across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.  Services include floor plan financing, Gap insurance, as well as competitive indirect financing programs.

Our decentralized regional buying centers are committed to providing fast, responsive, personal service.  Plus, the unique strategic partnership of BB&T and Regional Acceptance Corporation ensures a complete range of financing options to meet your standard and non-standard financing needs.

Founded in 1872, Branch Banking & Trust is North Carolina’s oldest bank and has served auto dealers for more than 30 years.

Brentwood Services, Inc.

Contact: Christine Novak
11121 Carmel Commons Blvd., Suite 375
Charlotte, NC 28226
877-296-6378
www.bwood.com

The NCADASIF is professionally managed by Brentwood Services Administrators. We specialize in third-party administration of self-insured workers’ compensation programs.

Call Source

Contact: Aynsley Zulpo
31280 Oak Crest Dr.
Westlake Village, CA 91361
919-604-5401
www.callsource.com

CallSource delivers ResultsSM, the first and only integrated marketing, sales, training and management system. CallSource offers extensive eLearning courses and provides custom course development and training for healthcare professionals, home improvement contractors, automotive retailers, media companies and advertising agencies.


CallSource also offers expert statistical and performance analysis services to help clients improve marketing and call-handling effectiveness, and tools and education to convert more callers into customers. Since 1994, CallSource has provided innovative solutions and services that improve organizational performance across marketing, operations, sales, training and customer service. For more information go to www.callsource.com.

Castle Branch

Contact: Josh Kneeland
1845 Sir Tyler Dr.
Wilmington, NC 28402
888-723-4263, ext. 7176
www.castlebranch.com

Castle Branch provides employers with the tools to make informed hiring decisions, avoid costly litigation, and enhance productivity. Drug testing services further increase the effectiveness of an employment screening program by isolating applicants with a history of substance abuse. A thorough employment screening program, in combination with our drug testing services, provides employers with the power to attract and retain a safe and efficient workforce.

Charter Media

Contact: Phillip Aime
125 The Parkway, Suite 200
Greenville, SC 29615
864-679-1700
www.chartermedia.com

Charter Media is the advertising arm of Charter Communications, the country’s 4th largest Cable provider.  Servicing parts of North Carolina, Charter Media works with automotive dealers to meet all of their advertising needs.  By providing turn-key solutions with everything from consultation to state of the art production, Charter Media is your team, on target.

Comerica Bank

Contact: David Garbarz
Durham, NC
919-941-5780
www.comerica.com

Comerica is one of the largest non-captive providers of wholesale financing to dealerships throughout the United States. Headquartered in Detroit, we have been committed to the automotive industry for over half a century offering a full range of innovative financial solutions. Our National Dealer Services group is here to provide you with the responsive service you need in today’s dynamic automotive market, backed by the resources of the nation’s number one business bank.

Compli

Contact: Jamie Apt
610 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205
(214) 417-8385
www.compli.com

With over 1,600 client locations in 50 states, and serving more than 65,000 employees, Compli is the nation’s leading provider of on-demand workforce and compliance management software.  Compli’s refreshingly efficient web based platform simplifies workforce and compliance management by automating the distribution and tracking of policies, forms and trainings. Compli standardizes and automates key business processes, creating actionable steps and intelligence to drive productivity, reduce risk and increase profits. We don’t just sell software, we sell confidence.™ 

Crandall Corporation

Contact: Jack Faulk
100 Rich-Lex Drive
Lexington, SC 29072
800-248-4801
www.crandallusa.com

Crandall’s environmental leadership over the past 25 years has led to our success in providing turn-key integrated compliance management for dealerships throughout SC, NC, GA, and TN.  Acknowledging each customer has specific needs, our programs are designed to be hands-on, rather than arms-length.  Questions? Ask Crandall, then ask our customers!

CVR

Contact: Sharon Schaeffer

(440) 725-6223
www.cvrreg.com

North Carolina - Computerized Vehicle Registration
With CVR’s Electronic Vehicle Registration (EVR) solution you can now increase the productivity of your dealership, improve customer satisfaction, and enhance profitability. EVR connects dealers directly to the (STATE) DMV system via a secure, high speed, reliable network. This unique access provides a number of benefits not currently available with conventional title & registration methods:
* Inquire DMV records on trade-in vehicles and validate ownership, registration status, liens, registration stops, and/or branding. 
* Automate the title & registration process which eliminates costly errors on titles, fee calculations, and incorrect registrations. 
* Electronically file liens and title documents without taking time away from the dealership going to the tag office for processing.
* Eliminate “blank checks” issued for title & registration processing through electronic movement of all applicable DMV fees.
* The only secure integration to your ADP or R&R DMS system
* Unique Journal Express interface to automatically post your EFT fees
* Increase profitability with dealer compensation – recover the complete cost of title & registration processing and generate additional profits for your  
  dealership.

David Tifft and Associates LLC

Contact: David Tifft
1248 Eatons Church Road
Mocksville, NC 27028
336-940-7159
www.davidtifftandassociates.com

David Tifft & Associates offers services that encompass all areas of the Automotive Retail Sales and Service Business, providing keen insight, perception and simplicity to the most difficult and yet most important areas of our business.  Our Company operates on three basic principles; Execution, Inventory Optimization and Asset Velocity.  We bring these principles to your culture, synchronizing the moving parts of your organization.
Services Provided:
* Forecasting, Budget and Profitability Process with Accountability Meetings
* Leadership and Management Training and Development
* Development of Automotive Business Acumen
* Personnel Training and Development
* Strategic Planning, Project Management and Facilitation
* Process Development and Execution
* Growth or Rightsizing your Operations
* Complete and ongoing Dealership Assessments

Dealer Track

Contact: Ernest Lattimer
1111 Marcus Avenue
Lake Success, NY 11042
516-547-2242
www.dealertrack.com

DealerTrack’s software solutions enhance efficiency and profitability for multiple segments of the automotive retail industry, including dealers, lenders, OEMs, agents and aftermarket providers.

DealerTrack operates the largest online credit application network, connecting approximately 18,000 dealers with over 750 financing sources. Our Dealer Management System (DMS) enables dealers to more effectively manage data and operations. With DealerTrack Inventory Optimization, dealers get better data to make smarter, more profitable inventory decisions. Our Sales and F&I solution enables dealers to streamline their sales process; while DealerTrack’s Compliance solution helps dealers meet legal and regulatory requirements.

Dixon Hughes PLLC

Contact: Wayne Robbins
2501 Blue Ridge Road, Suite 200
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-876-4546
www.dixon-hughes.com

With over fifty years of dealership industry experience, a team of more than 100 professionals dedicated solely to dealerships, and clients of all sizes from around the country, Dixon Hughes’ Dealer Services Group has earned its reputation for client service.
The Dixon Services Group of Dixon Hughes PLLC is here to serve you.  In addition to traditional audit, tax and accounting services, the Dealer Services Group offers clients assistance with a variety of services, including FTC safeguards, F&I compliance, internal audit, assurance, due diligence and business valuations. 

e-autobusiness, LLC

Contact: Phil Whitehead
10700 Sikes Place, Suite 115
Charlotte, NC 28277
Toll-Free 866-230-0368
www.e-autobusiness.com

Based in Charlotte, NC with hundreds of dealers in 15+ states across the country, e-auto is revolutionizing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for automotive retailers. With our proprietary Crawl, Walk, Run™ design & deployment methodology, dealers experience bottom-line results in Sales, Service, F&I, Special Finance, and Parts. The company’s solution portfolio includes the Aeros Software Suite for CRM, Internet Lead Management (ILM) & BDC control; lease & retail Desking; Bullseye for targeted email & electronic marketing; electronic media; direct mail fulfillment; data hygiene services (i.e. NCOA, email append, etc.); and performance training & consulting services.

Greensboro Auto Auction Co.

Contact: Dean Green
3907 West Wendover Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27407
336-299-7777
www.greensboroaa.com

Sale Every Wednesday - Damaged & Disabled @ 8:30 am & Fleet/Lease/Consignment @ 9:00 am.  GAA’s state-of-the-art main facility offers 20 selling lanes; 11 equipped with simulcast, 16 Window Dealer Check In/Check Out Counter.  GAA offers fleet/lease vehicles from Ford Motor Credit, Chrysler Financial, Bank of America, Enterprise/Alamo/National, Dollar Thrifty, Triangle, Hertz, C&F Financial, DriveTime and many more.  Monthly Factory sales include Kia, Mitsubishi & Subaru & bi-monthly factory sales for Hyundai.  Transportation and floorplan financing available on site.

Ford Factory or Chrysler Factory Sale Every Thursday @ 10am at GAA’s Original Facility, on Tri-City Blvd, Greensboro.

GSFSGroup

Contact: Bob Lowery
1345 Enclave Parkway
Houston, TX 77077
(713) 580-3000, ext. 3174
www.gsfsgroup.com

Since 1982 GSFSGroup® has provided the automotive industry with value-added finance & insurance products and services to include: vehicle service contracts, GAP, tire & wheel, maintenance program, participation programs and a training division focusing on fixed and variable operations.

GSFSGroup® takes pride in providing our partners a unique culture built on the values of honesty, integrity and results.

Doing business with GSFSGroup® means building a lifelong relationship with a company you can trust.

Insurance Design Solutions, Inc.

Contact: Jim Valentine, Bryan Valentine
5 Terrace Way, Suite A
Greensboro, NC 27403
800-932-4333

IDSI can help its clients negotiate a competitive rate and design a comprehensive benefit plan with the top insurers in the client’s region.  IDSI designs and manages self-insured plans for many of its dealer clients. The services the company provides include:  Medical, Dental, Base Life, Disability, Vision, Voluntary Life, Individual Blue Advantage Policies, Medicare Supplement Policies, Cafeteria Plans, HSA’s, HRA’s and enrollment services at your location.  Ask us about our “Intranet Program.”

Interstate National Dealer Services, Inc.

Contact: Breanne Morley
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, Suite 700
Uniondale, NY 11553
516-228-8600
www.inds.com

James B. Rivenbark, Attorney at Law

Contact: James B. Rivenbark
5751 Oleander Drive, Suite B-3
Wilmington, NC 28403
910-452-0700

Specializing in automotive dealership services for more than 30 years; representing dealers for the purchase or sale of assets/or stock of automobile dealerships; represented many dealers before the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and before various manufacturer’s appeal boards, and is available to assist you in all your dealership needs.

JM&A Group

Contact: Dwayne Cannon
2530 Meridian Parkway, 5300
Durham, NC 27713
919-730-9029
www.jmagroup.com

F&I Products and Performance Improvement-It’s more than processes, procedures, products and pricing.  It’s about execution!

Johnson, Hearn, Vinegar, Gee & Glass, PLLC

Contact: Richard Vinegar
PO Box 1776
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-743-2200
www.jhvgglaw.com

Johnson, Hearn, Vinegar, Gee & Glass, PLLC is a full service law firm with offices located in downtown Raleigh that has represented automobile dealers, small and large, for over 30 years.  The Firm’s statewide practice emphasizes numerous areas affecting automobile dealers including franchise disputes with manufacturers and distributors, DMV citations, F&I compliance, contracts, regulatory compliance, corporate law, buy-sell agreements, employment matters, legislation, advertising, consumer complaints, litigation, administrative law, arbitration and state and local taxation.

KEEPS Inc.

Contact: Ray Branch
3900 Barrett Drive, Suite 102
Raleigh, NC 27609
919-881-9090
www.keepscorp.com

KEEPS, Inc. helps service managers, fixed operations   directors, general managers and dealer principals find and keep hidden net profits in their service departments. We help dealerships make more net profits from a single point dealership to the largest chain dealerships.  KEEPS is about management by measurement, looking at key performance indicators and teaching personnel to be proactive on a daily basis as opposed to being reactive to data that may be weeks, months or even a year old. Click here to hear workshop testimonials (pick message 1-4). 

LarsonAllen

Contact: Karen Thomas
101 North Tryon Street, Suite 1000
Charlotte, NC 28246
704-998-5227
www.larsonallen.com

The LarsonAllen Dealership Group is committed to helping you adapt to the changes and challenges in the dealership industry. By developing innovative operational and tax planning strategies, we can help you thrive in this complex business environment.

We offer assurance and accounting; tax planning, compliance and consulting; information security; cost segregation; financial planning; buy/sell consulting; succession planning; valuations; employee benefit services and more.

LarsonAllen has a long history in the dealership industry. You’ll benefit from our depth of experience, which includes all kinds of dealerships, including new vehicle, used vehicle, heavy duty truck, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, heavy equipment and farm implement. Our connections to Auto Team America (ATA) and CPA Auto Dealer Consultants Association (CADCA) help us provide you with a broad perspective on everything from best practices in the industry to future trends.

Founded in 1953 with the philosophy of providing total client service, LarsonAllen has grown from a local accounting firm to a professional service firm with nationwide presence.

Manheim Darlington

Contact: Joey Hughes
1111 Harry Byrd Hwy
Darlington, SC 29540
(843) 395-5601
www.manheim.com

“Serving Dealers for over 65 years.”
Manheim Darlington- The Best Service in the Industry offers General Motors Factory Post Card Event Sale at 1PM, TRA-Total Resource Auction at 12PM, & Specialty Sale on scheduled Thursday’s. The New GM Dealer Lane, Major Fleet Lease, Dealer Consignment every Thursday at 9:30AM featuring 2000+ vehicles including GMAC. 

Manheim North Carolina

Contact: Ellie Johnson
PO Box 760
Kenly, NC 27542
(919) 284-4052
www.manheim.com

Every Monday at 9:30 a.m.  TRA Sale: 1st and 3rd Monday at 8:30 a.m.

Manheim Statesville

Contact: Ken Phillips
P.O. Box 749
Statesville, NC 28687
(704) 876-1111
www.manheim.com

Manheim Statesville, “Where Service & Hospitality Meet”. 20 lanes of action offering 5000+ units weekly. In-house transportation, reconditioning, body shop, and mechanic shop. Major Fleet Lease and Factory Accounts plus large dealer consignment.  Sales every Tuesday at 9:00 am.

MetroTech Chemicals

Contact: Doug Graham
2101 Wilkinson Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28208
704-525-3600
www.metrotechchemicals.com

MetroTech manufactures the First Place Finish Car Care System as well as a full line of reconditioning products.  MetroTech also markets and administers the ChopCop Theft Protection System. 

Myers & Fuller, P.A.

Contact: Shawn Mercer
PO Box 97275
Raleigh, NC 27624-7275
919-847-8632
www.dealerlawyer.com

Myers & Fuller, P.A. is a nationally recognized law firm whose practice is devoted solely to the representation of automobile, heavy truck and motorcycle dealers. The firm advises dealerships and dealer associations on various issues, including franchise law, merger and acquisitions, F&I compliance, successions, terminations, add points, warranty and incentive audits/chargebacks and franchise and consumer related litigation.

National Check Trust, Inc.

Contact: Jeanine Goodstein
2811 Corporate Way
Miramar, FL 33025
800-858-5256
www.nctinc.net/index.html

National Check Trust, Inc. has been guaranteeing checks for over a decade.  We offer all of the services available in the industry.  We have made an art out of tailoring solutions to meet the needs of our subscribers.  Unlike our competition, National Check Trust will customize a program that is just right for you.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Contact: Jami Farris
Three Wachovia Center
Suite 3000
401 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-372-9000
www.parkerpoe.com

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP has 230 lawyers in six offices across North Carolina and South Carolina.  The Firm counsels clients in Banking & Capital Markets, Business Law, Litigation, Real Estate & Commercial Development and Regulatory Law.  These clients represent a wide range of industries, including leaders in international banking and finance, as well as retail, health care and life sciences, energy, construction, manufacturing, technology, professional services, and resort and hospitality companies.

Phase 3 Communications

Contact: Norman Brame
2206 N. Church Street
Greensboro, NC 27405
336-274-7663 ext. 231
www.phase3communications.com

Phase 3 Communications brings you one to one marketing, the marriage of print and web technology that provides unparalleled marketing success. Using personalized integrated marketing techniques, we partner with you to create compelling communications and coordinate messages across print, and email, to create multiple communication touch points. Achieve greater impact, higher response rates, and increased return on marketing investment through our innovative marketing communications services.

Porter and Company, P.C.

Contact: C. Gregory Porter, CPA
241 Summit Avenue
Suite 100
Greensboro, N.C. 27401
336-370-1000
www.porterandco.com

Providing accounting, auditing, tax compliance, tax consulting, dealership buy/sell assistance, out-of-trust assistance, fraud investigations, general dealership consulting and integrated with dealer personal financial objectives, operations analysis, internal control studies, dealership transition and estate planning, and a variety of other client specific services to dealers and their families for over 16 years.  We work with dealers throughout the southeastern United States.  Members of AutoCPA Group, NCADA, regular participants at NADA convention, members of AICPA, NCACPA and PCPS.

Potter & Company, P.A.

Contact: John Donaldson, CPA
7239 Pineville-Matthews Road
Charlotte, NC 28226
704-926-3300
www.GoToPotter.com

Potter & Company can meet all of your assurance, bookkeeping, tax, consulting, and advisory needs.  They offer extensive experience specialized in dealerships as well as traditional CPA services.  Potter & Company’s team of 30 experienced and knowledgeable professionals are ready to solve financial and tax issues for your dealership. They give practical advice and clear answers to help you and your business.

Services Include:
Audit, review, and compiled financial statements
Cash flow projections and planning
Corporate and individual tax preparation and planning strategies
LIFO Calculations and Consulting

Resource Automotive

Contact: Lee Perez
1835 Alexander Bell Dr., Suite 310
Reston, VA 20191

(704) 737-1128
www.thewarrantygroup.com

Founded in 1964, the company was formerly know as Pat Ryan & Associates. We have served NC dealers for more than 30 years. Resource Dealer Group is the largest independent provider of service contracts and the largest provider of auto credit insurance. Provides financial serves to 49 of the top 100 dealer groups in the United States.

Reynolds & Reynolds

Contact: Dan Hines
6000 Monroe Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28212
877-287-3797 x65143
www.reyrey.com

Only Reynolds offers the best dealership management systems available - ERA(r) and POWER, so you have choices for building strong departments and successful dealerships. With integrated Web and CRM tools, documents, and consulting services, Reynolds helps you uncover profit potential and make business better.

RSM McGladrey, Inc.

Contact: Mark Stanley
PO Box 1730
Wilmington, NC 28402
910-762-9623
www.rsmmcgladrey.com

RSM McGladrey has developed a concentration in providing professional services to automobile dealers. Our integrated service teams bring together professionals who have worked with automobile dealers for years, so they understand the language of your business. Serving more than 400 automobile dealers keeps us abreast of the latest issues through dialogue with others in the industry and through in-depth training.

With the goal of a balanced business and tax strategy, we review the impact of proposed transactions on both the business and the owner. Services provided include:
* Audit and accounting
* Business and individual tax consulting (including LIFO)
* Merger and acquisition tax planning
* Estate and gift tax planning
* Employee benefits consulting
* Retirement planning and administration
* Parts and service consulting
* Computer utilization and reporting
* Valuation services
* Advice on factory issues and disputes

RSM McGladrey Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen LLP have an alternative practice structure.  Though separate and independent legal entities, the two firms work together to serve clients’ business needs.

Safety Kleen

Contact: Kenneth Michalski

919-314-7300
www.safety-kleen.com

Safety Kleen has 40 years of experience at answering the needs of dealerships. We offer a comprehensive set of services designed exclusively for the dealership community.  Safety Kleen serves the needs of any dealership service department including car, truck, and motorcycle. Our oil & antifreeze recycling, on-site compliance, waste management, and equipment maintenance services keep your dealership environmentally responsible while keeping employees more efficient and billable. 

Sentry Insurance Company

Contact: Randy Blake
5025 Toucan Lane
Kernersville, NC 27284
336-978-8104
www.sentry.com

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes

Contact: Joseph De Meis
9807 Devonshire Dr.
Huntersville, NC 28078
704-622-2273
www.sherwin-automotive.com

Sherwin-Williams Automotive finishes is the world leader in automotive refinish technology. Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes distributes automotive finishes and supplies from over 200 company owned and operated locations in north America 6 of which are located in NC.

Site Lighting Systems Inc

Contact: Bill Wood
PO Box 536
Jamestown, NC 27282
336-887-5011
sls-inc.com

Site Lighting Systems, Inc. designs and supplies parking lot display lighting for dealerships in the Carolinas.  Making your potential customers feel safe and secure with uniform illumination on your lot will lead to more sales.  For new facilities or renovations, quality outdoor lighting is your best and least expensive advertising investment.

Call us today and brighten up your sales potential.

SunTrust Bank

Contact: Matthew Bohlen
Commercial Dealer Services
(704) 347-6117
www.suntrust.com

SunTrust Banks, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest and strongest financial holding companies.  The company is comprised of two dedicated dealer groups, Dealer Financial Services (DFS) and Commercial Dealer Services (CDS).  DFS offers retail lending to dealerships through local Relationship Managers with buying centers in Richmond, Virginia and Laurel, Maryland providing local in-market buying knowledge.  CDS revolves around floorplan financing and real estate lending, coupled with deposit and treasury management solutions for the dealership enterprise.  You don’t have time to educate your banker on the financial demands of running an auto dealership. That’s why for more than 50 years, we’ve had dedicated teams of professionals serving the dealer industry.

Trivin

Contact: Diane Zewalk
115 Poheganut Drive Suite 201
Groton, CT 06340
800-876-2312, ext. 4246 or 919-270-5965
www.trivininc.com

TriVIN is the leading provider of automated motor vehicle registration services, and electronic lien, title, and collateral management for automobile dealerships, lease and rental companies, and financial institutions nationwide.

Vance, Flouhouse & Garges, PLLC

Contact: Gary K. Flouhouse
2115 Rexford Road, Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28211
704-369-7200
www.vfgcpa.com

Audit/Review/Compiled Financial Statements, Tax and Estate Planning, Operations Review and Evaluation, Strategic Planning and Budgeting, Employee Benefit Planning, Ownership Succession, Acquisition/Selling Planning, Cost Segregation Studies.

Wells Fargo Dealer Services

Contact: Jeff Bullard
4505 Falls of the Neuse Road 6th Floor
Raleigh, NC 27609
(877) 746-7898, Option 2
wellsfargodealerservices.com

Wachovia Dealer Services is now Wells Fargo Dealer Services. Our name has changed, but our commitment to serving the auto dealer community in North Carolina hasn’t. We’re proud to say we’ve provided banking services to NCADA for over 75 years. Today, we offer dealers integrated solutions including indirect auto financing, commercial banking services through Wachovia Bank, a division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and aftermarket products from Warranty Solutions®, a Wells Fargo company. Count on strategic thinking, proactive ideas and innovative financial solutions from your experienced relationship team to help you improve dealership profitability. We look forward to serving you. 

 

Williams Overman Pierce, LLP

Contact: Brian Schepperley
PO Box 31823
Raleigh, NC 27622
919-782-3444

Williams Overman Pierce, LLP serves a wide range of clients, the majority of which are closely-held businesses. We provide traditional services such as audit and accounting, financial disclosure and tax preparation and planning. However, consulting has become an integral part of the services we provide to our clients. Our firm also provides litigation support, business valuations, expert testimony, strategic planning, systems and controls, profitability analysis and many other general business consulting services.

Wishart Norris Henninger & Pittman

Contact: John Northey, III
6832 Morrison Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28221
704-364-0010
www.wnhplaw.com

Representing automobile dealers for 34 years, Wishart, Norris, Henninger and Pittman, P.A. is a full service business law firm dedicated to providing comprehensive, responsive, efficient and effective legal assistance to its business clients, the individual principals of such clients and their families.
Of interest to automobile dealers, our practice areas (among others) include: Corporate and Business; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Transactions; Taxation; Franchise; Insurance; Employment; Creditor’s Rights and Bankruptcy; Commercial Real Estate; Environmental; Commercial Litigation; Business Succession; Wealth Management, Asset Protection and Estate Planning.
A law firm is only as good as its people.  Our lawyers attended prestigious law schools where they excelled.

Wynn's

Contact: Norm Abrams
1050 West 5th Street
Asuzu, CA 91702
626-334-0231 ext. 350
www.wynnsusa.com

WYNN’S traces its history to 1939 when the original Wynn’s Friction Proofing Oil Treatment formula was first developed and introduced to the automotive market. In the 69 years following the introduction of that single product, Wynn’s has grown to become the leading worldwide manufacturer and marketer of innovative, groundbreaking automotive specialty chemicals and service equipment, as well as Complete Automotive Maintenance Programs. Currently, Wynn’s products and equipment hold more OE approvals for use in and with servicing vehicles than any other company in the world.

Zurich

Contact: Gary Powers
3605 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 450
Raleigh, NC 27612
800-334-3490
www.Zurich.com

Put the expertise of Zurich to work for you!  Our specialized approach to dealership insurance and F&I products and services is unmatched in the industry.  Learn how our products and services can protect your business and increase your profits.