Arguably since its inception some two decades ago in Silicon Valley, OPENLANE has been “pushing the envelope” when it comes to wholesale car marketplace technology. That continued in a big way Monday when parent company KAR Auction Services announced a “reimagined” version of the upstream vehicle auction platform designed to help OPENLANE’s 40-plus OEM and […] [Read More]

Dealerships can now leverage reporting capabilities provided by a communication platform that’s built to track, analyze, report and even re-route phone calls. Automotive technology provider dealerTELtoday announced Monday that its solution is designed to provide helpful data that can help dealerships backup marketing costs. Along with automatically adding all of the information to the dealership’s CRM system, […] [Read More]

Dealers managing vehicle-to-government (V2Gov) transactions across five select states can now more easily manage tax, title and registration processes by way of a new DMS integration with Auto/Mate Dealership Systems. Via its integration program, Open/Mate, Auto/Mate announced Monday that Vitu dealers who are interested in streamlining their registration and titling process for new and used […] [Read More]

Vehicle subscription technology provider Clutch has added three new dealership groups to its roster. Fields Auto Group, Park Place Dealerships and Prime Motor Group are now utilizing the subscription platform of Clutch, whose subscription services are available through dealerships in 26 states. “The automotive industry is taking hold of subscription and showing how this can […] [Read More]

CarAdvise and consumer-focused vehicle protection company CARCHEX have come together to provide consumers with discounted pricing on car maintenance services at more than 20,000 automotive repair shops across the country. This follows the news from October that CARCHEX partnered with CarMD last year to provide CarMD Garage customers with $100 off CARCHEX vehicle protection plans. According to […] [Read More]

Carfax now identifies vehicles that have Ceramic Pro finish protection products applied by certified installers via its myCarfax Service Shop program. The company said as part of the new partnership, the myCarfax Service Shop program now provides information on vehicles treated with Ceramic Pro on Carfax Vehicle History Reports and the myCarfax.com mobile application. The […] [Read More]

OnApproach wants another characteristic of credit unions to be as synonymous to those financing providers as their reputation and servicing to members: collaborative analytics. And to help credit unions leverage the possibility of collaborate analytics, OnApproach recently established a pathway for institutions to access new tools that’s familiar to anyone with a smartphone: an app […] [Read More]

DealersLink is now offering website services to used-car dealerships interested in attractive simple, responsive websites that can generate more leads and convert more visitors. DealersLink announced Tuesday that dealers can choose from new webpage templates designed to provide fast load times across both desktop and mobile devices. Just earlier this year, DealersLink announced a new pricing tool that gives […] [Read More]

Mobile messaging is now available on Car and Driver.com, via Contact At Once! technology that can foster direct consumer-to-dealer connections from vehicle detail pages on Car and Driver’s vehicle listings platform. Contact At Once!, a LivePerson company and Car and Driver provider Hearst Autos, announced Tuesday that the companies have partnered to add mobile messaging capabilities to Car and […] [Read More]

Binary Automotive Solutions announced Monday that it has added Joe Turner, Matt Ward and Troy Scheer to the company’s executive team. The company said that Turner will serve as its new chief operating officer, while Ward and Sheer have been appointed to serve as chief marketing officer and divisional vice president, respectively. The three new Binary […] [Read More]