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]

CallSource has named two veteran sales and marketing executives to its management team. Bill Bauwens lends more than 15 years of sales expertise to his new role national sales manager in the company’s automotive division, while Robin Schweitzer brings 20 years of experience to her new role as marketing director. “We are pleased to welcome […] [Read More]

Dealertrack announced on Monday that its Online Registration System solution has received the exclusive endorsement of the Automotive Dealers Association of Indiana (ADAI).  Dealertrack’s automated solution can allow a dealer to process title and registration transactions at the dealership in real-time, boosting efficiency and increasing client satisfaction. The ADAI is recommending the Dealertrack product as […] [Read More]

Before launching Sales Performance Management during the NADA Convention & Expo, CallSource spent a year previewing the end-to-end call management system with a few dealers. While the company found some encouraging results from the pilot testing — call-to-appointment climbed for the dealers above 30 percent; the industry average is 8 percent, CallSource said — a […] [Read More]