The Appraisal Lane says problems such as fraud, crime and filing the appropriate sales and DMV paperwork result in an overwhelming and time-consuming private-party sales process. At the same time, the company sourced a Black Book survey titled, "Trade Appraisal: How to Narrow the Gap to Close More Deals," which showed that getting the right trade-in appraisal was "very important […] [Read More]

After launching a new integrated software product earlier in the week that it says will streamline the post-accident process, Enterprise Holdings on Friday announced the retirement of the third chief executive officer in its 60-year history, saying she is the highest-ranking woman in the entire U.S. car rental industry. Pamela Nicholson will retire as Enterprise […] [Read More]

For dealers who want to revamp or streamline their branding, Mood Media has what it believes is a complete solution. The in-store media solutions company dedicated to elevating the customer experience on Wednesday unveiled Harmony, its new all-in-one multimedia brand experience platform. This proprietary technology platform can enable brands to connect and manage all of […] [Read More]

Letgo says its footprint in the used-vehicle market has seen strong growth since it launched in 2015, stating that its users have listed 25 million cars for sale. That is mostly in the United States. Now, the company has announced new partnerships that it says will further simplify the process of buying and selling cars. […] [Read More]

October’s arrival marks one year since the Cox Automotive Mobility Group acquired RideKleen, a provider of mobile car care and fixed location fleet services through what the company says are eco-conscious methods. During the past year, RideKleen has extended its coast-to-coast footprint, now providing 24/7 mobile full-service fleet care across the U.S., including top mobility […] [Read More]

Vehicle self-inspection tools are streamlining end-of-lease vehicle condition inspection and reporting for OEMs, captives and finance companies, whether vehicles are managed by fleet remarketers, at auctions, parked in marshaling yards, dealerships or consumers’ driveways. Using digital and artificial intelligence technologies to analyze damages and ascertain those costs, self-inspection tools put in “ordinary” human hands the […] [Read More]

Kelley Blue Book’s 5-Year Cost to Own data was previously only available on KBB.com. Now, the data — which considers depreciation, expected fuel costs, finance and insurance fees, maintenance and repair costs, and state fees for new vehicles — is available for syndication via API. Kelley Blue Book says customers can now integrate the information […] [Read More]

"Turning vehicles into moving theme parks," reads the homepage of the holoride website. Nils Wollny, co-founder and chief executive officer of the company that provides in-vehicle media experiences, explains more about this VR-based vision of the company and why in-vehicle entertainment has become important for passengers — and the industry, itself.  Hear more in the […] [Read More]

Joe Chura is a former dealership general manager who says he knows the importance of a website that makes a strong first impression for customers, “but is lightning fast, user friendly and built to convert.” Chura is chief executive officer and co-founder of Dealer Inspire, a Cars.com company that describes itself as providing disruptive technology […] [Read More]

Car buyer search engine MotorCloud says it allows users to search once and see all vehicle listings anywhere online, streamlining the car shopping experience by using the Google model. It launched at the end of August at the Digital Dealer 27 event. MotorCloud says it has modernized automotive search by combining what it describes as […] [Read More]