In hiring two automotive veterans to leadership posts, vehicle subscription provider Fair seeks to boost its industry relations presence and its vehicle acquisition and remarketing efforts. Fair has hired former TrueCar and AutoNation executive Mike Timmons and former CDK Global head of OEM relations Syl Raymond, stating in a news release that the company “continues […] [Read More]

Transportation management system company Super Dispatch says that with its new end-to-end car shipping platform, shippers, brokerages and carriers can connect and communicate “where other technologies have failed them.”  Super Dispatch is aiming for its new platform to become a one-stop-shop for effective communication between car transport carriers, brokers and shippers. With the new platform, […] [Read More]

Rental fleet management software provider TSD has teamed up with connected car platform Zubie for a partnership that provides rental car fleets with advanced telematics insights Fleet operators utilizing TSD will have a connected-car solution at their disposal. TSD customers can tap into the full GPS/geo-fence capabilities provided by Zubie and receive real-time fuel and […] [Read More]

Describing it as “the industry’s first mobile vehicle undercarriage imaging tool,” ACV Auctions developers have created a portable system that they say offers a “never-before-seen look into a vehicle’s undercarriage.” The product, called Virtual Lift, produces high-resolution undercarriage reconstructions. The tool provides “unprecedented insight into vehicle condition,” according to ACV Auctions, a dealer-to-dealer online wholesale […] [Read More]

For the second time in a little more than three years, J.D. Power has new ownership. According to a news release distributed late on Tuesday, leading private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire J.D. Power, a global leader in data analytics and consumer intelligence. The firm said […] [Read More]

It’s the activity certain customers dread and dealerships sometimes can struggle to handle appropriately without possibly upsetting the potential buyer who could move on to a competitor. MAX Digital recently launched MAX My Trade, a guided experience that’s designed to improve the trade-in process for dealership teams and their customers. Typically conducted on an iPad, […] [Read More]

Dealerships and private individuals have plenty of online options of where to post vehicles for sale. The team at letgo is celebrating a milestone built since its marketplace launch back in 2015. On Tuesday, letgo — an app to buy and sell locally vehicles and a host of other items — announced that its users […] [Read More]

Get Spiffy capitalized on an opportunity to grow where the on-demand car care, technology and services company already possessed a market toehold. On Tuesday, Spiffy announced the acquisition of ongoing Dallas operations from NuWash. This acquisition allows Spiffy to provide on-demand car washing, detailing, oil change and other automotive maintenance for the more than 200 office […] [Read More]

Black Book says the integration of its vehicle valuation data with auto industry mobile marketing company TEXTiUM will help ease buy-back mail problems by providing it with a timely update. The companies will do that through TEXTiUM’s Instant Trade-in Values product, which uses TEXTiUM’s Precision Texting and Mail-to-Mobile Technologies. The companies say that Black Book’s […] [Read More]

The people at Acura understand that its customers have busy lifestyles. The third and latest generation of its smartphone-based AcuraLink service and app features offers access to cloud-based services, information, and music, including the ability to make vehicle service appointments. It also offers subscription services such as vehicle remote starting, geofencing and speed alerts for […] [Read More]