Jessica Stafford is now the new senior vice president and general manager for Autotrader, parent company Cox Automotive announced Monday. And in her new post, Stafford will be leading Autotrader through a “dramatic transformation” in 2018, she said by phone last week. It’s a revamp that will aim to offer “an even better experience” for […] [Read More]

RMS Automotive recently announced it took home the inaugural Car Remarketing Award at the Fleet Europe Remarketing Forum in Estoril, Portugal. Senior director of RMS Automotive European sales and marketing Sebastian Fuchs accepted the prize during the awards ceremony at the end of the forum organized by Nexus Communications. The company was recognized for “the innovative character of […] [Read More]

DealerRater has introduced additional enhanced offerings as part of its new Connections product suite that is designed to create personal connections between dealerships’ top salespeople and ready-to-buy shoppers. First launched in September, DealerRater Connections allows dealerships to create dealer and employee profiles linked to their reviews shared across DealerRater’s strategic syndication partner sites. The new […] [Read More]

What was nurtured in the classroom is now ready for deployment to help your dealership service drive. This week, EFG Companies announced the launch of Driver’s Advocate, a mobile app representing the culmination of both the 2015 and 2016 Northwood University Innovator of the Year Award winning products. Driver’s Advocate was designed to foster greater […] [Read More]

TradeRev has announced the release of TradeRev 4.0, the most advanced version of its mobile app. The newly updated platform leverages data and predictive modeling to deploy new features including bid assist, which aims to make digital auctions more efficient by detecting and erasing unrealistic bids using data analytics and machine learning models. Additionally, as […] [Read More]

Here’s another way your dealership staff can highlight a vehicle from General Motors, including some that are certified pre-owned: Explain how they can order coffee from inside the car, truck or crossover that’s equipped with the automaker’s embedded 4G LTE connectivity. Starting Wednesday, GM is rolling out a platform for on-demand reservations and purchases of […] [Read More]

Fastlane recently announced it will enter the independent and used-car dealer market in January. An e-commerce platform that gives automotive dealerships the ability to customize their online check-out processes, Fastlane facilitates an online car buying process that both showcases dealers’ available inventory and allows customers to acquire financing, service contracts and insurance. With an initial […] [Read More]

Carvana announced Wednesday it has chosen the city of Tucson to be the company’s second market in Arizona. This expansion follows the introduction of its 40th market in Bakersfield, Calif., last month. “Arizona is my home state, along with many Carvana employees, so we’re proud to give even more Arizonans a new way to buy […] [Read More]

AutoGravity welcomed a new chief technology officer who is bringing experience from global firms such as eBay, Microsoft and Walt Disney. On Tuesday, the online vehicle sales and financing platform appointed Sheng Wang as CTO to drive the company’s global engineering efforts. Wang joins AutoGravity’s executive team with responsibility for leading product and engineering to […] [Read More]

automotiveMastermind announced Tuesday that it has appointed Mohamed Al-Daqa as its new chief implementation officer and Pam Perry as new chief people officer. “Bringing Mohamed and Pam on board is the right step toward an integrated company approach that ultimately improves the customer experience,” automotiveMastermind chief executive officer Marco Schnabl said in a news release announcing the new hires. […] [Read More]