TrueCar and Sonic Automotive announced a settlement Wednesday resolving a trademark dispute, prompting the dealer group to end its policy against doing business with the online marketplace. Sonic executive vice president of operations Jeff Dyke said in a statement that the company is “open to evaluating from a corporate level whether its dealerships will participate in […] [Read More]

VinSolutions announced Wednesday that it has integrated its VinConnect Desking tool with Autosoft’s dealership management system Autosoft FLEX F&I. Via the integration, VinSolutions hopes to reduce some of the redundancy of duplicate data entry between the two programs and increase visibility between a dealership’s departments and its DMS solutions. Through real-time integration, Autosoft data is […] [Read More]

Infiniti announced Thursday the launch of a new retail sales and service app for its retailers. Named the Infiniti Client Acquisition and Retention Experience, or ICAR-X, the app aims at streamlining the car-buying process for its dealers by minimizing client “pain points” and system redundancies while also accelerating the overall car-buying process to attempt to […] [Read More]

In the second update since the development first came to light, Cox Automotive and Dealertrack Technologies said on Friday that they have each received a request for additional information and documentary material from the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with the DOJ’s review of Cox Automotive’s pending acquisition of Dealertrack. Company officials insisted that […] [Read More]

Digital marketing software-as-a-service company Outsell announced Tuesday the results of its second quarter, highlighted by the company’s announcement of its customer engagement platform’s support for dealers of virtually all OEMs. Its engagement solution, Outsell Fuel, was previously only available to dealers that represented a select set of manufacturers. After its expansion, Outsell reports that 20 […] [Read More]

Copart recently updated and released the newest version of Copart Mobile for Android. Officials highlighted the updated mobile app can give buyers the ability to search for vehicles and attend Copart’s patented live auctions wherever they are — a crucial feature for busy dealers, dismantlers and others who bid for vehicles daily while running their […] [Read More]

Dealer software provider ProMax Unlimited announced Friday it has integrated its customer relationship management system with GoMoto’s Digital HUB kiosks. “As a company that has continually pioneered auto software for over 20 years, we recognize a great new platform when we see it,” said John Palmer, ProMax’s chief executive officer. “And GoMoto is exactly what […] [Read More]

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced Monday it has opened the pre-registration for its Fall User Summit. The event will be hosted in Oak Brook, Ill., near Chicago, on October 12 and 13 later this year. The company invites its dealership customers to attend the event which, other than being a networking opportunity, will feature product training […] [Read More]

Online pre-owned car retailer Vroom announced today it has raised $54 million via its Series B funding round, bringing the total amount of equity funding to date up to $73 million. This is in addition to the $19 million previously raised by Vroom during its Series A equity funding round. Some of that first-round investment was from well-known […] [Read More]

With the expectation of the deal still closing during the third quarter, Cox Automotive announced late on Monday that it has voluntarily withdrawn its filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act as amended to complete its proposed acquisition of Dealertrack Technologies. The company indicated that it made the decision in order to provide the U.S. […] [Read More]