Tire selling information at the fingertips of service advisers, right in the service lane: That’s the aim of a new partnership announced on Tuesday. Dealer Tire and Xtime are teaming up to integrate the digital selling solution and inventory information of Dealer Tire with Xtime’s tablet-based service lane solution, called Check-in 7.  The result is […] [Read More]

ADESA has launched a custom vehicle remarketing website for franchised dealers within the Prestige group. Through the site — prestigedealerdirect.com — Prestige dealers can view and buy cars in an online closed auction prior to the cars heading to open sales. “We are pleased to expand our partnership and grow Prestige’s business both online and […] [Read More]

A recent study from DealerRater and Dataium confirmed that positive online reviews that provide employee-specific information drive website traffic and leads to dealers. The study showed that DealerRater users were 90 percent more likely to visit a dealer website and 5.3 times more likely to convert to a lead when that dealer had a positive […] [Read More]

Kelley Blue Book is making a change. Not so much in the sense of how it operates or what it offers, but a change in focus. Having already made great strides on the consumer side, KBB’s leadership said the company has decided to put more focus on its data syndication efforts within the industry side […] [Read More]

An exclusive report from Reuters released Wednesday afternoon indicated that Gannett Co., one of the newspaper companies with a stake in the parent company of Cars.com, is interested in perhaps buying Cars.com. Reuters — which cited “people familiar with the matter” — said in this report that Gannett is considering putting together a deal with […] [Read More]

This week, Internet-based customer relationship management developer VinSolutions completed the integration of Carleton’s SmartCalcs consumer lending and leasing calculation engine into its recently enhanced desking platform.  Carleton provides lending compliance software products to many of the major lending captives and lenders in the auto industry. Officials said this new integration will enable VinSolutions dealers to […] [Read More]

"Always answer the phone," could be a dealership’s best sales route, according to recent research by CallSource Automotive showing that customers who call to inquire about a vehicle typically make a purchase in two to five days. On Tuesday, CallSource Automotive announced a partnership with IHS Automotive to provide dealer customers with analytics on how many […] [Read More]

Auction Edge’s board announced Monday that Scott Finkle is taking on the role of company president. As the startup phase for the auction technology company is now finished, former chief executive officer David Weld — a start-up specialist — has left Auction Edge, the company said. Finkle’s most recent post was as president of Auction […] [Read More]

Dealership software platform provider ELEAD1ONE appointed a new chief technology officer on Monday. Taking on the role at ELEAD1ONE, a division of Data Software Services, is Jake Massey, who the company said will manage the critical technology and development systems supporting ELEAD1ONE’s automotive-only sales, marketing, digital and service efforts, as well as enterprise systems and […] [Read More]

vAuto announced this week it has promoted one of its own to lead the company’s product management efforts. Mandi Fang has been promoted to the role of vice president, product management — a newly created position for vAuto. The company said that Fang will lead the development, growth and innovation of the company’s new- and […] [Read More]