On-demand car care, technology and services company Get Spiffy has acquired Carmacy, which provides preventive fleet services such as oil changes, tire rotations and repair. In 2015, Tyler Burns, JD McDonnell and Nancy McDonnell founded Carmacy, which says it is one of the first U.S. national mobile fleet maintenance providers. Carmacy services thousands of trucks and cars […] [Read More]

The Costco Auto Program and American Honda Motor Co. are teaming up on a program that offers a $500 Costco Shop Card for eligible Costco members buying or leasing specific Honda vehicles, in addition to compatible Honda incentives for which they qualify. Costco Auto Program and American Honda Motor Co. are working to “provide added […] [Read More]

Auto insurance marketplace DealerPolicy has integrated data analytics company J.D. Power’s new insurance data and analytics platform to create personalized insurance quotes tailored to a customer’s specific preferences. DealerPolicy on Monday announced the collaboration, which it said would deliver instant, personalized insurance quotes to car buyers. The new personalized insurance service is now available to […] [Read More]

Income development and organizational efficiency provider Select Dealer Service has chosen automotive industry online interactive learning and training development service Product Prep to be the exclusive online training service for its dealer partners. Select Dealer Service provides auto dealers with customized strategic growth and development plans to increase dealerships’ profitability opportunities, and Product Prep said […] [Read More]

TrueCar has launched a dedicated vehicle purchase program that provides exclusive military incentives and benefits to those who have served U.S. armed forces and their families. Called “TrueCar Military,” the program provides those benefits on top of TrueCar’s existing benefits. TrueCar says that up to $2,000 in automaker military incentives on select brands and models […] [Read More]

Audi Atlanta, Audi Marietta and Volvo Cars of Marietta — working with local food service companies — have launched a community meal drive with a goal to help eradicate hunger for senior citizens and keep them safe from the novel Coronavirus. The food relief efforts will also help feed frontline workers at several local hospitals […] [Read More]

Consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic are turning to technology for what used to be in-person, consultative interactions, says Dealer.com. Because of that, Dealer.com has launched two new digital retailing capabilities that it says can help dealers more easily communicate with shoppers during the car-buying process. Global conversational services provider LivePerson is powering those new capabilities, […] [Read More]

One of the guiding principles of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies is to “go about doing good until there is too much good in the world.” The company on Wednesday announced one of its initiatives to do good. LHM Group has started a public week-long, statewide food drive at its car dealerships, movie […] [Read More]

DriveItAway is now integrated with Uber for Business, and the company said that means dealers can use the DriveItAway dashboard to arrange rides for anyone. DriveItAway is now integrated with Uber Central. That means dealerships can book Uber rides directly through the DriveItAway administration dashboard with a fully integrated lookup. On behalf of customers they […] [Read More]

As if dealerships didn’t have enough to concern them nowadays because of the coronavirus pandemic, reports out of one of North Carolina’s largest cities indicated 11 dealers and a rental car facility have seen nearly 50 vehicles stolen in the past month; inventory worth more than $1 million. The incidents reinforced the more than dozen […] [Read More]