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]

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems's DMS is now fully integrated with automotive CRM and BDC solutions provider DealerMine. DealerMine is a 360-degree automotive CRM solution designed to advance revenue in both the sales and service departments. The solution’s CRM can handle prospecting, lead management, desking and campaigns for sales departments and help drive traffic and maximize dealer’s […] [Read More]

Helion Automotive Technologies has a new data security warning for auto dealerships because in recent weeks spear phishing hackers have been busy planting malware inside of social media posts designed to lure employees of organizations to click on the post. Dealership employees are ideal targets for spear phishers looking to grab Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and bank account […] [Read More]

5miles is unveiling its new auto dealer DMS inventory integration program, ID5, at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association’s Convention and Expo in Las Vegas. The company can now connect its app’s marketing capabilities with more than 12,500 dealerships across North America, since partnering with a third-party data management solutions provider that integrates with over […] [Read More]

American Auto Shield and Rod Heasley of KISS Concepts Group are introducing Modern Auto Protection — a vehicle service contract program that allows buyers to build their own unique plan — at the  NIADA Convention and Expo in Las Vegas.   The program was designed by Over The Edge, an Ohio-based business technology solutions company, and it is American […] [Read More]

J.D. Power and Autoniq, a mobile and digital provider of vehicle pricing and evaluation data, recently announced a collaborative offering that is designed to streamline the vehicle trade-in and appraisal process for automotive dealers. The tool is through Value My Car, a new website module that integrates J.D. Power Valuation Services (formerly NADA Used Car Guide) […] [Read More]