Southeast Toyota Distributors has expanded its 15-year data relationship with data and technology company Acxiom, and the result will help Southeast Toyota Distributors better understand its customers and prospects, have meaningful conversations with them and lower the company’s cost of acquisition while improving conversion. Southeast Toyota Distributors, which describes itself as the world’s largest independent distributor […] [Read More]

With dealership competition as fierce as ever and consumers further recognizing the value of used vehicles, vAuto wants to be sure its tools are as sharp as possible. On Wednesday, the company expanded its proprietary suite of market data to all Stockwave users. The expansion included the introduction of vAuto’s Live Market View and Autotrader’s […] [Read More]

Brian Skutta’s professional automotive resume includes five companies — TrueCar, AutoAlert, VinSolutions, AutoTrader.com and now Spireon. Spireon announced on Wednesday the unification of its auto finance as well as franchised and buy-here, pay-here dealer product offerings into a combined automotive portfolio along with the appointment of Skutta as its president. Under Skutta’s leadership, Spireon said […] [Read More]

Loaner fleets are one of the most important sources of profitability at dealerships today, says the owner of a vehicle telematics firm. Now, because of a new partnership between that company — Guidepoint Systems — and modern fleet management platform, Dealerware, dealerships will be able to track vehicles with real-time GPS and track and recoup costs […] [Read More]

When a seller has more precise pricing with a higher degree of accuracy for the actual 17-digit VIN for the car that’s being remarketed at a point in time, the odds of the seller getting the most money for that car increase. That’s one of several benefits that DRIVIN vice president of commercial solutions Terrence […] [Read More]

Former General Motors International director of marketing and customer experience Mark Harland will join automotive professional services and technology company motormindz as a senior partner. In making the announcement, motormindz described Harland as “a global leader with an appetite for change and innovation.” Harland’s more than 20 years of global automotive experience at General Motors […] [Read More]

DealerSocket president and chief executive officer Sejal Pietrzak describes the company’s upgraded version of its Inventory+ software product as “yet another step as we continue transforming our inventory management product suite to support the entire vehicle lifecycle.” The auto industry software provider says that with the new version, the inventory management tool features a new […] [Read More]

J.D. Power says its new J.D. Power VIN Values product can help dealers follow a specific strategy so that they know what option content is best suited for their region. The company describes the product as using a vehicle identification number to determine the correct trim level and factory-installed options. That, according to the company, […] [Read More]

Mobile customer engagement and geofencing company Mobile Dealer says customers of Trophy Automotive Dealer Group are demanding a mobile experience when they research, purchase and engage with their preferred Trophy dealerships. Mobile Dealer says the collaboration with Trophy has allowed the dealer group to enhance its digital strategy.  “Adapting to meet consumers’ digital demands with […] [Read More]

A new two-tiered vehicle subscription service from car rental company Hertz includes one tier that offers full-size sedans, small SUVs and trucks and another tier that offers luxury sedans, regular SUVs and large trucks. In announcing the new service — called Hertz My Car — the company said it will give customers more flexibility and […] [Read More]