In-car Internet service provider Autonet Mobile recently improved the inventory monitoring capabilities of Dealer Connect, its year-old connected car technology platform built to support fleet and dealership operations, the company announced on Monday. Dealer Connect’s new updates allow dealership and fleet management to now view all of their connected vehicles on a single map, track […] [Read More]

ForeverCar said it understands vehicle service contracts remain important revenue generators for dealers. They provide useful safety and budget protection benefits for consumers that purchase them for new and used vehicles. The company acknowledged VSC closing rates average 35 percent to 40 percent, excluding lease and cash customers who don’t buy service contracts, and that’s a […] [Read More]

For companies and individuals struggling to keep up with the time-consuming demands of fleet management while trying to grow their business, Mike Albert Fleet Solutions rolled out what it’s calling the Mike Albert Advantage — a solution designed to function like a concierge service for fleet. Instead of having staff members serve as the main […] [Read More]

Kelley Blue Book senior analyst Alec Gutierrez shared an enthusiastic yet cautious assessment of the $100 million initial public offering launched by Carvana, the online used-vehicle retailer that said in its filing paperwork that it has sold and delivered approximately 27,500 vehicles to customers through its website during a three-year span from its inception through […] [Read More]

AutoGravity, which leverages advanced mobile technology to help vehicle shoppers secure financing, confirmed on Monday that its network of partner dealerships has grown to more than 1,400 franchised dealers. The growth of the dealer network coincides with AutoGravity also highlighted that over 250,0000 users — more than half of whom are millennials — have downloaded […] [Read More]

John Mendel’s career took him to posts with Ford, Mazda and most recently Honda where he retired this month after serving as executive vice president of the automobile division since November 2004. Mendel doesn’t appear ready to walk away from the industry altogether as TrueCar announced on Monday that he has been nominated for election […] [Read More]

This past Friday, online used-vehicle retailer Carvana filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering worth $100 million while also detailing how the company has performed since it began turning used metal through its “car-vending machines” and Internet channels more than four years ago. Carvana highlighted that while revenue grew […] [Read More]

To illustrate where the search for the perfect vehicle appears to be headed, Steve Lind of Autotrader mentions a conversation his wife and a friend were having in the driveway. “Boy, I wish we could find a better way to search for cars with captain seats so my kids could climb between the second row […] [Read More]

If the introduction to a report from Netsertive is any indication, dealers and automakers would be wise to not only invest in digital marketing, but do so in a way that involves several prongs. Twice in the intro to its “Automotive Digital Marketing Intelligence Report,” Netsertive mentions “multichannel digital marketing” as being the most optimal […] [Read More]

When it comes to shopping online, consumers say Cars.com is the best automotive third-party desktop site and that Kelley Blue Book is the best mobile site, according to the J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Automotive Website Evaluation Study Cross-Device report. The study examines which current site functions and designs car buyers say is most effective when […] [Read More]