Reviver recently announced that it has appointed Fabrice Barbier as chief operations officer to oversee the product, design and development of rPlate, which recently hit markets in California. Barbier most recently served as senior vice president of consumer devices at GoPro. He has over 30 years of experience in technology, business strategy, product development and […] [Read More]

As it turns, these new models of vehicle usage or ownership may actually be an opportunity for dealers, rather than a threat. At least that appears to be the case with Flexdrive, a vehicle subscription platform that is now a joint venture between Cox Automotive and Holman Enterprises. “A lot of people talk about the […] [Read More]

automotiveMastermind has been named a winner of the Red Herring Top 100 North America award, which recognizes industry-leading companies' innovation and technological advancements. "It's an honor to be recognized among some of the most exciting and innovative companies in North America," automotiveMastermind chief executive officer and co-founder Marco Schnabl said in a news release. "This […] [Read More]

Carfax is celebrating its fourth straight time as a Top Workplace in the Washington D.C. area. The Washington Post revealed that Carfax ranks fifth among midsize regional employers. Officials indicated Carfax employees consistently cite the open, innovative workspace, company mission and team-first culture as keys that make Carfax the choice for careers in consumer information […] [Read More]

CarStory has released an enhanced version of its Market Reports that is designed to heighten mobile shopper engagement on VDPs, according to the artificial intelligence platform’s creator Chad Bockius. “The main focus for this release was all about the design, in terms of the look and feel, but more importantly how we represent the analytics […] [Read More]

PERQ — a service provider that says it has experts in online consumer engagement and behavior to help dealers — on Wednesday announced the winner of its annual $25,000 FATWIN Sweepstakes. The recipient was a customer who shopped online through a Florida Ford store’s website. Jose M. Hervis Garcia from Plantation, Fla., was selected from […] [Read More]

Online used-car marketplace Shift has announced that next month, the company is set to gift one California resident any BMW listed on Shift.com (provided the vehicle is priced at $20,000 or less) as part of its current California BMW Giveaway contest. Californians interested in entering the contest can visit the Shift Facebook page, where on July 10 the grand […] [Read More]

ELEAD1ONE recently announced a partnership with automotive recall news and data provider Recall Masters to integrate real-time vehicle recall lookup data into the company’s lane management application Service1One. Getting recall status information via the app during the mobile check-in process not only saves time during the initial inspection stage but prevents potential upsets between dealers and […] [Read More]

Black Book is now powering the online vehicle valuations of the MyDealerOnline platform, the former announced Monday. For those not familiar with MyDealerOnline, its software lets dealers take wholesale vehicles and places them on the dealership websites. The end result is that consumers can then buy those cars from dealers. The platform, described as a […] [Read More]

Dominion Dealer Solutions’ CRM and lead management systems, Autobase and Web ControlTM, are now both premium CRM products for General Motors. As part of GM’s Dealer Technology Assistance Program (DTAP), Dominion has agreed to complete integration to all available GM DTAP Data service integrations by the end of Q4.  Through DTAP, GM makes its data […] [Read More]