AutoWeb has taken its CarZeus vehicle acquisition business to a third market: Houston. CarZeus buys cars directly from consumers and resells them in the wholesale market. AutoWeb purchased CarZeus from founder Phil Kandera and McCombs Family Partners in August. The platform’s first market was San Antonio. In November, AutoWeb expanded CarZeus to Austin, Texas. It […] [Read More]

Cox Automotive made two major executive moves on Friday, naming a new president for the Retail Solutions group as well as a chief strategy officer for the company. The new Retail Solutions group president is Lori Wittman, who has been senior vice president of dealer software solutions the past six years. And the new CSO […] [Read More]

There’s a new brand under the Cox Automotive Mobility umbrella. Parent company Cox Automotive announced Thursday that it has launched “Cox Automotive Mobility Fleet Services,” which unites its Dickinson Fleet Services and Interstate Truck Center brands. Those entities will now operate under a unified brand, a move that provides “more holistic offering of industry-leading on-site, […] [Read More]

PureCars said Tuesday it has promoted senior director of national accounts Lauren Donalson to the role of vice president of client experience and strategic partnerships. Donalson, who has been with PureCars for more than six years, will now head up several of the company’s client and partner teams. That includes digital strategy, OEM programs, solutions […] [Read More]

Autosled, an auto digital retail logistics marketplace, has named a chief technology officer. Appointed to the role was Jeremy Wood, who most recently worked through Stratiform Inc. as a fractional CIO/CTO for various startups. He also consulted as an AWS Partner Network member on cloud architecture projects for Seneca Resources and the U.S Air Force. […] [Read More]

The recent trend of companies going through a rebranding continued this week with one of the industry’s largest service providers. On Thursday, Cox Automotive launched DRiVEQ, the official branding of the company’s data intelligence capabilities that powers its portfolio of automotive solutions and services. Leadership highlighted DRiVEQ combines Cox Automotive’s portfolio of first-party automotive data, […] [Read More]

TrueCar announced Wednesday that chief financial officer Jantoon Reigersman will also take on the role of chief operating officer starting Tuesday. Part of his role will be to lead the launch of TrueCar+, a two-sided marketplace the company designed to fully digitize car-buying. TrueCar is currently piloting that platform in Florida and aims to have […] [Read More]

CarGurus has brought its Instant Max Cash Offer to the West Coast, announcing Tuesday that the all-digital car-selling solution is now available in California. Instant Max Cash Offer, which is powered by CarGurus subsidiary CarOffer, allows dealers to bid on and acquire used cars online from consumers. The platform blends CarGurus’ consumer-facing marketplace with CarOffer’s […] [Read More]

It’s another M&A move in automotive, this time in the repair and reconditioning space. Repairify said Tuesday it has acquired AutoMobile Technologies, which provides enterprise-grade used-car reconditioning software. Repairify is a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, and it includes such brands as asTech, adasThink, BlueDriver, FleetGenix, MobileTechRX, One Guard Inspections, and RED (EU). Having both […] [Read More]

A former Cox Automotive executive now is part of the leadership team at Automotive Innovations (Ai), which offers an all-in-one solution that can allow dealers to replace multiple tools, increase profits and get real-time visibility into their business On Monday, Ai announced the appointment of veteran automotive executive Darrel Ferguson as vice president of sales. […] [Read More]