Carvana has moved into Florida with its latest expansion. The online vehicle retailer said Tuesday it has opened up shop in Orlando. Carvana now has a physical presence in 10 markets where it offers next-day delivery to buyers within 100 miles for free. In addition to Orlando, those include Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Birmingham, Ala.; Charlotte, […] [Read More]

Digital marketing company LotLinx announced Tuesday it has expanded its “deep-linking” technology to Facebook, aiming to lead low-funnel car shoppers on the social media site to their local dealers’ vehicle detail pages. According to LotLinx, its technology uses proprietary shopper data from LotLinx sites, a dealer’s own site, and Facebook-provided Polk data to build a […] [Read More]

In some overseas news, Whann Technology Group said it has broadened its work with UK-based Paragon Remarketing. According to British publication Fleet News, Paragon is now overseeing the remarketing Volvo Car UK’s end-of-term cars.  That story, which WTG provided a link to in a news release, can be found here. In  WTG's news release, Whann Technology Group vice […] [Read More]

Canada-based automotive technology company Selectbidder has recently penned a partnership with one of California’s largest independent auctions: North Hollywood’s own All Valley Dealers Auto Auction. AVDA Auction plans to use Selectbidder’s platform to manage real-time bids between its network of dealers for their respective trade-ins. “This new technology is important to our business,” said Victor […] [Read More]

CarGurus has announced the appointment of a new senior vice president of consumer marketing. Taking on the role after most recently serving as the chief marketing officer at Gazelle is Sarah Welch, who will be responsible for leading the company’s global consumer marketing initiatives, including brand development and experience, customer acquisition and retention, public relations […] [Read More]

Dominion Dealer Solutions released its second tool for store managers to leverage in less than a week. On the heels of rolling out a monthly payment tool, Dominion Dealer Solutions on Tuesday introduced what it’s calling ShopMyWay, a suite of shopping tools designed to enable the vehicle buyer to control the shopping and research processes. […] [Read More]

Automotive diagnostic tools and information provider CarMD.com now is offering vehicle history reports to anyone who can access the Internet. Now accessible online as well as via the new CarMD App, site officials Monday expanded the availability of their Health and History reports, which they believe are ideal to assist used-vehicle buyers in their purchase decisions. With each […] [Read More]

AutoHook, powered by Urban Science, recently partnered with Carfax where individuals shopping for used vehicles on Carfax.com will now receive extra incentives from select dealers to visit their showrooms for a test drive. The partnership includes the integration of AutoHook’s incentive solutions into the vehicle details pages of Carfax Used Car Listings. The program is […] [Read More]

Although vehicle technology is progressing at a rapid rate — even self-driving cars are no longer just an idea — it seems some of this very same tech evolution is continuing to cause vehicle owners problems. According to the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study released Wednesday, technology continues to affect vehicle reliability. The […] [Read More]

Carvana has launched a trade-in and valuation tool called Cardian Angel that is designed to generate a guaranteed written appraisal and video explaining why the value is what it is — all within two minutes, the company says. Carvana said in Wednesday’s news release that through the Cardian Angel website, a consumer can punch in […] [Read More]