DataScan to Provide Subaru of America with Certified Pre-Owned Compliance Inspections
ALPHARETTA, Ga.--DataScan Field Services (DataScan), one of the largest floorplan verification and vehicle inspection companies in the automotive industry, has joined with Subaru of America, Inc. to provide compliance inspections for its Subaru Certified Pre-Owned (SCPO) program.
Beginning in January 2010, DataScan Field Representatives will work with participating Subaru dealers throughout the United States on SCPO program standards relating to vehicle eligibility, 152-point inspections (and associated reconditioning), vehicle history report availability and other best practices.
“What sets us apart is our approach – we consult and work one-on-one with the dealerships to help them remain compliant,” said Richard Carpentier, DataScan’s Managing Director. “After each inspection, our representatives sit down with the dealer’s management team and offer constructive feedback, resources and recommendations.”
DataScan has provided compliance and certified pre-owned vehicle inspections for Subaru in Canada since 2007. The company currently works with Subaru of America in many inspection capacities including end-of-lease, company demos, employee lease, promotional and consumer guaranteed trade-ins. Additionally, DataScan supplies Subaru of America with wholesale floorplan systems and floorplan verification.
Subaru of America has 600 dealers in the United States and eighty percent participate in SCPO. Year-to-date, the program has increased sixty percent in an overall declining market.
About DataScan Field Services
DataScan Field Services is one of the largest floorplan inventory verification and vehicle inspection companies in the automotive industry, and operates an international network of field specialists who provide floorplan verification at automotive dealerships to confirm inventory on behalf of the floorplan lender. The company’s other key business is providing inspections of leased vehicles at the end of the lease term and reporting results to the lessor. DataScan has offices in Atlanta, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal, and is a division of World Omni Financial Corp., a diversified financial services company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Fla. World Omni operates as a subsidiary of JM Family Enterprises, Inc., a diversified automotive corporation ranked by Forbes magazine as the 30th-largest privately held company in the United States. JM Family is currently ranked No. 33 by FORTUNE® as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, its 11th consecutive year on the list. The company is also ranked No. 8 on Computerworld’s list of “100 Best Places to Work in IT.”
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of approximately 600 dealers across the United States. Subaru boasts the most fuel-efficient line-up of all-wheel drive products sold in the market today based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy standards. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. For additional information visit www.subaru.com.