Edmunds has introduced a new Amazon Alexa Skill for voice-enabled access to Edmunds' automotive content, which creates a source for Edmunds data within the Alexa Skills store that goes beyond a computer or mobile device, the company announced on Thursday. "The freedom to simply ask questions to find relevant information about a vehicle is an invaluable asset, both […] [Read More]

Car-ED, a new free tool for consumers in search of their next car purchase, officially launched this week. "After decades working for automobile manufacturers, we decided there had to be a better way for people who don't spend all day thinking about cars to find a simple list of vehicles that best connect to their […] [Read More]

eBay Motors announced a partnership with TrueCar on Wednesday morning that will give its shoppers more insight into new-car pricing, helping to aid in vehicle comparisons. This was part of a series of upgrades the online vehicle marketplace made. “eBay is committed to enhancing its marketplace with the best information and buying experience it can […] [Read More]

The 25th market for Carvana is its largest one yet. The online used-vehicle retail platform announced expansion on Wednesday into Chicago, the company’s first market in Illinois where an estimated 13 million consumers in the greater Chicagoland area can now could get free, as-soon-as-next-day delivery of any vehicle from Carvana’s 7,300-plus unit inventory. “Chicago is […] [Read More]

The growth trajectory of TradeRev, starting from Canada, has spread throughout that country and into the South, East Coast and North Central areas of the U.S. It has hopped the pond to offer white-label services in the United Kingdom, with discussions ongoing to launch in mainland Europe. In mid-March, it secured up to $15 million […] [Read More]

Selly Automotive’s customer relationship management platform has been combined with dealer management systems software from Los Angeles-based DMS provider AutoManager, Selly announced on Tuesday. “For the past eight months, we have worked very closely with AutoManager to be thoughtful about the independent market and create an integration that will eliminate the need of double entry,” Selly […] [Read More]

Dealership sales lead provider Autobytel generated record revenue during the first quarter, which the company said was primarily driven by the continued strong growth of advertising click revenues. For the quarter that wrapped up March 31, Autobytel reported an 8-percent year-over-year increase in revenue to $37.3 million. That advertising click revenue spiked a whopping 152 […] [Read More]

It was mid-afternoon on Dec. 5, 2013, and KAR Auction Services chief executive Jim Hallett was at a meeting in a Chicago boardroom. A person in that meeting was discussing a new product called TradeRev that had been launched in Canada. “I stopped the meeting, and I said, ‘Go and phone the principals right now, […] [Read More]

Stream Companies, an integrated traditional and digital marketing agency in Tier 3 automotive, recently acquired WorldDealer, another integrated advertising agency and automotive website company. With the acquisition, Stream explained that it adds a number of key agency accounts and more than 100 websites to FullThrottle, its performance website platform specifically made for dealers. Paul Accinno, […] [Read More]

On Monday, LotLinx announced that it named a senior vice president of channel strategy to lead major initiatives aimed at expanding the company’s presence in the car dealer market. Chosen for the newly created position is Mark Conner, who most recently managed a team of 60 marketers for Lithia Motors. “Under Mark's long and skillful […] [Read More]