AutoGravity has reached over 1 million users on its platform where car shoppers can browse thousands of used-vehicles and get personalized finance offers in minutes. Since launching in 2016, the company has grown its user base by ten times in just one year. “We empower car buyers, dealers and lenders with a cutting-edge digital retail […] [Read More]

Integrated Auction Solutions has launched a customized marketplace for the Retail Automotive Alliance, an auto dealer group in the U.K. This development follows a six-month pilot. This UK dealer alliance plans to use the RAA MarketPlace to sell inventory internally first, then utilize it as a full retail application to sell trade-ins and frontline inventory vehicles, […] [Read More]

Xtime announced Wednesday it has integrated its Xtime Engage product with Vantiv Integrated Paymen. This will provide dealerships with a payment process that allows customers to easily submit payments online or via tablets. In addition to giving Xtime users access to menus, pricing and service history, dealers can now accept a wide range of payment […] [Read More]

Donlen has added new telematics functionality to its DonlenDrive mobile app mobile app that provides fleet drivers with access to important vehicle documents and notifications. DonlenDrive is now integrated with DriverPoint Telematics, which gives fleet drivers access to daily driving and vehicle health data received from telematics devices. Prior to the added functionality delivered via […] [Read More]

While automotive comes in as the industry least likely to be complained about in a top 10 list of industries most complained about on social media, the industry still has room to improve its response time, shows recent consumer data from Sprout Social. “People don’t buy cars everyday — so while maintenance issues and product […] [Read More]

Imagine potential buyers receiving customized advertisements for your dealership before they even begin to navigate through your store website. That’s the outcome Simpli.fi says it can deliver by introducing Prospecting Dynamic Creative for Auto, what the company claims is the industry’s first and only upper-funnel dynamic creative programmatic tool that can generate dynamic ads to […] [Read More]

Automotive technology provider VINFactor has released a new saved cars feature that allows dealers to save vehicles across any website or software tool during the vehicle research and acquisition process. Dealers using the recently launched VINFactor product can now click on any VIN on any website to activate the new car saving feature. The company […] [Read More]

Singlethread, a communication platform designed to help auto dealers pull in more customer pay per service visit, announced a few upgrades to its service department platform on Monday. New features include electronic vehicle inspections, team chat and a seamless redesign. The company said in a news release that these upgrades foster “a best-in-class workflow that […] [Read More]

CDK Global announced Friday that CDK websites will support the specification for Google Analytics that PCG Companies released for automotive dealers last year. CDK dealers and dealer groups can now independently review website and marketing performance data from Google Analytics. “We are excited to offer our dealers a standardized implementation of Google Analytics,” CDK Global […] [Read More]

Much of AutoNation’s quarterly conference call included nearly every Wall Street observer who participated wanting more details about the dealer group’s partnership with self-driving technology company Waymo—part of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. To recap, AutoNation on Thursday announced a multi-year agreement to support Waymo’s autonomous vehicle program. AutoNation said it will offer strategic capabilities […] [Read More]