INFINITI drivers in the U.S. can now control vehicle features such as unlocking, locking, remote-start and more using newly integrated Amazon Alexa Skills designed to interact with their vehicles, the company announced Tuesday. INFINITI said it has expanded already-available features within INFINITI InTouch Services and INFINITI Connection to integrate the new Amazon Alexa Skills now […] [Read More]

CarStory announced Tuesday general availability of CarStory Leaderboard, a new service that uses AI and machine learning to predict both when and for how much a vehicle will sell in a local market. CarStory Leaderboard uses the same advanced technology that it built into CarStory Insights and is currently available for free at leaderboard.carstory.ai. "CarStory […] [Read More]

Cars.com has brought back Andy Jacobson, who will be its new senior vice president of national sales.  Jacobson most recently served as vice president of client development at digital media company Conversant, but held several sales and marketing posts at Cars.com from 2004 to 2012.  In his new role, Jacobson will head the team supporting Cars.com’s […] [Read More]

With more shoppers spending time online before ever arriving at the showroom, Cars.com highlighted the six improvements the vehicle listings site recently completed. Cars.com explained that it has unveiled an improved search experience for its users, streamlined its search results pages, enhanced its vehicle inventory pages with rich visualization and expanded its suite of pricing […] [Read More]

Cars.com announced recently that the company has improved its search experience and enhanced its vehicle inventory pages via an expansion of its suite of pricing tools with the rollout of "Badging," which uses machine learning to assess the closest comparable vehicle for shoppers. The site’s latest search feature updates and new shopping tools are designed […] [Read More]

CarGurus is now officially a publicly traded company. The online automotive marketplace announced pricing on an initial public offering of 9.4 million shares of its Class A common stock on Wednesday ($16.00 per share before underwriting discounts), and then on Thursday, the shares began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The company is issuing […] [Read More]

Fastlane announced it has chosen Market Scan to be the company’s financial data supplier. Market Scan will provide the company with both real-time payment and rebate information tracked from car manufacturers, banks and credit unions. Fastlane offers dealers both an Amazon-like checkout process and a customized car-buying experience tailored to each dealer’s individual branding, messaging […] [Read More]

Car Keys Express announced Wednesday that the company is extending its service by offering consumers on-site, instant automotive key replacement via an Uber-inspired webpage where users can choose from one of three service levels. The levels of service include the following three options: Priority— receive same-day service with ability to further upgrade to "Custom Critical" […] [Read More]

Albuquerque is Carvana’s latest new market, the company announced Wednesday. Residents within 100 miles of the Albuquerque metro area can now shop the company’s around 7,000 vehicles online and get their car delivered, free as soon as the next day. “As the largest metro area in the state, Albuquerque gives us a great population to […] [Read More]

A day after officially changing its name, dealership lead provider AutoWeb — formerly Autobytel —  on Tuesday entered into a license agreement with DealerX Partners,a provider of data-driven marketing products for car dealerships and OEMs. Under the terms of the agreement, AutoWeb will receive a perpetual license to access and use DealerX’s proprietary platform and […] [Read More]