Instagram recently launched a completely new feature set called Instagram Stories. The company describes it as “a new feature that lets you share all the moments of your day, not just the ones you want to keep on your profile. As you share multiple photos and videos, they appear together in a slideshow format: your […] [Read More]

Carvana continued its East Coast expansion Wednesday, launching in Washington, D.C. This is the online car retailer’s 15th market overall and the sixth it has added in 2016. Most recently, Carvana opened up shop in Richmond, Va. “Washington, D.C. is the largest market we’ve launched in to date, so we’re tremendously excited to be here,” Carvana […] [Read More]

Online car buying and virtual-reality test drives are among the technologies generating the most attention in auto retail. And a move Tuesday by Vroom brings those worlds closer together. The direct-to-consumer online car retailer has launched a virtual reality showroom where shoppers can “explore” cars available on Vroom.com through HTC Vice headsets. Shoppers can use […] [Read More]

Perhaps it takes a shopper longer to decide which vehicle they want from your inventory than it did for the acquisition of DealerRater by Cars.com to close. Cars.com announced on Monday that it closed the acquisition of DealerRater, a transaction first announced a week ago. The companies reiterated that terms of the transaction were not […] [Read More]

Car dealers will be able to create virtual reality vehicle videos through a new service launched by video marketing solutions provider Flick Fusion. On Monday, the company announced the launch of 360VR, a platform that lets dealers generate VR inventory videos for use on their websites, in email marketing and mobile ads, and on social […] [Read More]

Carfax’s new Snapshot tool aims to help consumers on car-shopping websites make faster, more informed buying decisions. Carfax Snapshot puts key vehicle history details such as reported accidents, number of owners, service records and open recalls right in front of potential buyers on the search results (SRP) and vehicle details (VDP) pages. Car shoppers then […] [Read More]

By now, you may have seen Vroom’s first-ever television commercials, which feature comedic actors John Leguizamo and Rachel Dratch. Funny and purposefully a bit oddball, one features the pair, as husband and wife “Dick and Peggy,” riding an ostrich and a yak to avoid buying a car. In the other, Leguizamo constantly distracts Dratch while she’s meditating, […] [Read More]

The settlement plan involving Volkswagen and Audi 2.0L TDI vehicles in the U.S. has been granted preliminary approval by a federal judge in California, meaning eligible customers will soon have an important choice to make: sell their car back to VW (or end the lease without a penalty) or keep the car and get a free […] [Read More]

AutoAlert announced it is now a certified partner in the Audi of America Tier III Co-Op Program. The program allows Audi dealerships to be reimbursed for certain OEM-approved expenses, provided they follow certain guidelines and have funding available. This process can give their teams more spending power elsewhere, according to news release. AutoAlert equity- and data-mining […] [Read More]

Edmunds.com celebrated the grand opening of its brand new headquarters — dubbed "EdQuarters" — at the Colorado Center in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday. The facility consisting of 143,000 square feet was designed by M+M Creative Studio, and site officials believe it “sets a new bar” for workplace culture and amenities in Los Angeles’ emerging […] [Read More]