With the continued success and growth of e-commerce among automotive consumers, it’s becoming easier and easier for dealers to expand their inventory from the lot to the Web. Like all industries, you are only going to be as successful as you are credible, and this is magnified even more so when selling vehicles online. When […] [Read More]

In a move that can help dealers generate much-needed trade-ins, AutoTrader.com’s Trade-In Marketplace will now be integrated into vAuto’s suite of inventory management tools, the companies revealed Monday. The integration was planned to enable “dealers to efficiently acquire more trade-ins and deliver a more market-transparent and customer-satisfying appraisal and purchasing process,” officials explained. Both companies […] [Read More]

Car review and data site The Car Connection is adding something new to its information offerings: searchable new- and used-vehicle inventories. High Gear Media, publisher of The Car Connection, has announced that within a matter of days it will launch this vehicle search section on the company’s flagship site, integrating the listings with its research, […] [Read More]

After announcing earlier this week that Volkswagen dealers in the U.S. can now provide all used-vehicle customers with a three-month SiriusXM subscription — regardless of the car’s OEM, as long as the vehicle has factory-installed satellite radio — the satellite radio company announced a deal with yet another automaker. Now, the company will be offering […] [Read More]

Go ahead: Stretch your arms, lean over and kick the tires, all at the dealership, and all on a vehicle that’s yet to be launched. Nissan announced this week it is offering its dealers across 13 states the chance to market cars in an all-new way, using Microsoft’s Kinect for Windows technology. Shoppers at these […] [Read More]

Reporting its latest financial results earlier this week, Alberta-based Quorum Information Technologies said that during the second quarter, the company saw a net loss of $80,000, but pushed the number of active dealerships using its XSELLERATOR product to 263. Getting into specifics, Quorum reported a net income of $111,000 in the second quarter of 2011, […] [Read More]

iPhone and iPad users can shop for cars even easier now, thanks to an upgrade announcement by autoTrader.ca. The company says the major update to its free mobile application for iPhone and iPad devices is designed to offer users new functionality for car shopping on the go, and access to Canada’s largest automotive inventories. More […] [Read More]

After gathering significant input from its National Dealer Council, TrueCar on Tuesday unveiled what site officials are calling the TrueCar Curve, a tool aimed at providing both dealers and consumers with a more accurate, truthful view of transaction data. TrueCar explained that its new formula does away with “dealer cost” and replaces it with data […] [Read More]

Customers who are excited about their new vehicles often take to the Internet to share, building word-of-mouth recommendations. Yet social media has a long way to go toward finding its maximum effectiveness on auto purchase, according to a new report. Foresight Research’s 2012 Social Media Auto Marketing Report, released on Tuesday, reveals that while social […] [Read More]

A new and exclusive partnership could boost the way dealers do business, when it comes to gathering operational data. NCM Associates on Tuesday announced its partnership with ReverseRisk, creator of what the company called an industry-first Web-based software solution designed specifically for the owners and managers of privately-held auto dealerships. Under the agreement, NCM will […] [Read More]