Leading into next week’s National Convention and Expo, online pre-qualified monthly payment marketing technology provider DriveItNow joined with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association as its latest National Member Benefit partner. NIADA explained as part of Tuesday’s announcement that this product offering is designed to help independent dealers compete more effectively with franchise operations in […] [Read More]

New research from IHS Automotive suggests that there will be many more autonomous cars on the roads in the next few decades than they previously thought. The automotive research firm forecasts that there will be nearly 21 million vehicles with some degree of autonomy sold globally in 2035 alone. This is a much higher estimate than […] [Read More]

The web has long been a digital marketing platform for dealers, says Mike Burgiss, the vice president of digital retailing at Cox Automotive. For instance, a dealership listing its inventory on its own website and classifieds sites like Autotrader, Cars.com, etc. And lately, talk has ramped up about the internet being a dealer’s digital transaction platform. […] [Read More]

TradeRev, a mobile vehicle appraisal and auctioning system for dealers, has hired Jason McClenahan as Northeast regional sales director. McClenahan will be responsible for leading and growing the sales team and driving the expansion of the TradeRev presence throughout the northeastern U.S. He also will help manage the company’s partnerships with local dealership groups, including […] [Read More]

Autobytel crisscrossed the country to find its “Dealers of the Month” for the first quarter of 2016, and found three managers with more than 70 years of experience in the automotive business. The company named Jill Scollo, business development center manager at Rothrock Motor Sales; Bill Burns, BDC manager at Taylor Kia of Boardman; and […] [Read More]

After being acquired by KAR Auction Services last June, Autoniq found a new vice president within the KAR family. Nicole Archer, the director of strategic projects at ADESA, will now be the VP of Autoniq, the company announced Monday. She will be in charge of expanding awareness of the company’s web service and smartphone application, […] [Read More]

DRIVIN, a service for dealers that utilizes data to help sell, source, acquire and deliver quality used vehicles for its partners, announced on Thursday that it has raised an additional $7.5 million in equity capital. Launched in mid-2015, the Chicago-based automotive start-up has now raised a total of $17.5 million in funding.  The latest round […] [Read More]

The laws governing car dealers and the auto industry can be, to put it mildly, complex. Marc Bonanni, the new associate general counsel at Beepi, would know. He has been an attorney in the auto industry for 32 years, holding counselor positions at places like Autobytel and Peugeot Motors of America. He has also worked […] [Read More]

Car dealer review website DealerRater announced the release of the iOS version of the DealerRater for Dealers App. The app, part of the company’s CertifiedEssentials reputation-management program, helps dealership employees sell more cars by connecting them directly with shoppers who are deciding where to purchase a vehicle. The DealerRater app facilitates online conversations between buyers […] [Read More]

CARPHORIA Dealer Services, a technology solutions company, has completed the initial testing and launch phase for Trade-In Valet, a tool designed to help dealers convert website traffic and into sales — with no extra effort required by the dealer. "We don't expect our dealers to change a thing in their daily routines,” said Michael Dodd, president […] [Read More]