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]

Now that Auto/Mate Dealership Systems has completed all dealership management system integrations with Dealer360’s Analytics and CompTrackr reporting products, the two systems’ real-time integration means viewed dealership data is always current, authentic and precise, according to Auto/Mate. Dealer360’s Analytics reporting platform provides insight into dealership operations, according to Auto/Mate. Also with the platform, executives and […] [Read More]