Bruce Thompson was part of a team in 2001 that says it introduced inventory management tools with American Auto Exchange that year, followed by several other inventory-focused companies. On Tuesday, a Thompson-led team launched CarOffer, which it describes as the retail automotive industry’s first instant wholesale vehicle trade platform. CarOffer said its platform addresses challenges […] [Read More]

Cars.com will continue as an independent public company. The company said Monday that its board of directors has wrapped up its strategic review process, which lasted 10 months and included 29 prospective bidders. But ultimately, there were “no actionable bids” for Cars.com. Cars.com board chairman Scott Forbes said in a news release: “The board is fully […] [Read More]

WebBuy introduced what it describes as the nation’s first fully integrated car-buying application to dealerships in 2014, and in the last year, WebBuy says it has seen significant growth in U.S. markets. Now, the company boasts a national network of participating dealerships. On Wednesday, WebBuy announced it has merged with Webgrain, which created the initial […] [Read More]

Continuing with new leadership team hires after announcing on Thursday that it hired auto industry veterans from AutoNation and CDK Global, vehicle subscription provider Fair announced on Monday that it has added to its leadership team with former executives from such companies as Google and TrueCar. The new leaders are former Google and Discovery Networks […] [Read More]

In creating its new digital storefront product, Dealer.com redesigned its vehicle detail pages to include features for consumers such as 360-degree vehicle images on inventory pages through a partnership with Homenet. Stating that it understands how dramatically the consumer’s car buying process has changed as technology disrupts the industry, Dealer.com — a digital marketing company […] [Read More]

The Drive Options vehicle subscription program operated by Cleveland’s Bernie Moreno Auto Group and powered by Clutch Technologies has added a wrinkle to its subscription services. Through Drive Options On Demand, consumers — be they Cleveland residents or visitors — will be able to access luxury vehicles for a short-term period and swap out cars […] [Read More]

This year, Avis Budget Group’s connected fleet will cover about 4 billion road miles. And that fully connected fleet could generate more than 7 billion road miles of data in 2020. To unlock new avenues for value creation from the data that connected fleet generates, Avis Budget Group on Wednesday announced a partnership with automotive […] [Read More]

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]