Dominion Dealer Solutions announced Monday that both its customer relationship management and internet lead management systems have completely integrated with the General Motors Card Program. Now, GM dealers that utilize either the Dominion Sales Center and/or the Dominion Web Control platforms will be able to automatically pull info regarding GM cardholders’ earnings. “This integration will […] [Read More]

Chrome Data Solutions, in partnership with SpinCar, have collaborated to create a 360-degree vehicle rotation platform to enhance vehicle description pages. Perhaps the most striking feature that differentiates the tool from other similar offerings is the inclusion of “hot spots,” which allow the seller to highlight features of each vehicle and provide the customer another […] [Read More]

Digital marketing intelligence company Netsertive highlighted on Wednesday that it raised an additional $9 million to complete its $24 million Series C financing. This announcement comes on the heels of the company’s recognition by Deloitte Fast 500 as one of North America’s fastest-growing companies, with 668 percent growth over the past three years. “We are […] [Read More]

Car Harmony, founded this year as part of the Hankey Group, announced the launch of its new online car-shopping service on Tuesday. The company is backed by fellow Hankey Group members, which includes well-known auto industry companies such as Westlake Financial Services, Nowcom Corp. and Midway Car Rental. The company, co-founded by the 2014 SubPrime […] [Read More]

Dealers, have you had to try to fit cars, car or auto into your URLs, perhaps producing an unwieldy or hard-to-remember Web address? Well, the latest announcement from Cars Registry — a joint venture between domain companies XYZ and Unregistry — might come in handy, then. The team at Cars Registry announced on Wednesday the availability […] [Read More]

During a late October interview in his office at Cox Automotive's Atlanta headquarters, Jared Rowe was asked to name examples of innovation at dealerships that he finds particularly interesting. Rowe quickly rattled off close to 10 dealers and dealer groups, before saying: “I’ll be honest with you, there’s so much interesting innovation going on at the […] [Read More]

Spireon Inc., best known for its vehicle-tracking solutions, has debuted its new service provided exclusively through used-vehicle dealers, called Kahu, which allows customers a way to link their vehicle to their smartphone and track its whereabouts. According to the company, the Kahu service includes an installed device on the car that connects the car’s location and […] [Read More]

Automotive data mining and trade-cycle management platform AutoAlert on Tuesday completed the acquisition of MotoFuze, a customer experience management (CEM) platform. Officials indicated MotoFuze will be transitioned to a fully integrated product of AutoAlert.  MotoFuze chief executive officer Mike Dullea and co-founder Tom Walls have been appointed as AutoAlert’s chief sales and marketing officer and […] [Read More]

Third-party auto shopping and research site CarGurus announced Tuesday the launch of its U.K. website, CarGurus UK. This is CarGurus’ first site in the European market, and the company says it hopes to offer something new for car shoppers in the region. Langley Steinert, the co-founder of TripAdvisor who founded CarGurus in 2007, looks forward to […] [Read More]

In November, New York- and Dallas-based Vroom — part of the growing direct-to-consumer online used-car space — announced it would start providing its services to dealers, as well. Through an app built specifically for them, dealers can sell their vehicles to Vroom, with the same appraisal process as the consumer-facing side of Vroom’s services. Dealers […] [Read More]