Group 1 Automotive generated notable increases within its used-vehicle department in the United States both during the fourth quarter and for all of 2019. And when company leaders held a conference call to discuss those performances a little more than 30 days into 2020, they shared a positive outlook for Group 1 to post similar […] [Read More]

Vladimir Kovacevic, founder and chief technology officer at Inovatec Systems, laughingly says Apple and Google have ruined it for all of us. That was how an enlightening interview with the tech-minded entrepreneur began. Kovacevic helps run Inovatec, which provides lending infrastructure and cloud-based solutions for the automotive finance and lease sector, as well as a […] [Read More]

Car search engine MotorCloud has added a new feature called Cloud Cash, which allows shoppers to upload their vehicles to the cloud and receive bids from car dealers across the country. The company said consumers, through their public MotorCloud account, can now post vehicles for sale on private dealer trading platform, DealersLink.  With MotorCloud, once consumers post […] [Read More]

AuctionACCESS and Manheim say that dealers can now scan their AuctionACCESS Mobile Card at all check-in kiosks at Manheim U.S. auction locations, and that means those dealers can securely validate their identity and receive a bidder badge to enter the auction lanes. AuctionACCESS is a credentialing system for the wholesale automotive industry, and AuctionACCESS senior […] [Read More]

Clutch Technologies finalized a pair of relationships on Monday to expand its presence in the vehicle-subscription space. First, AmeriDrive, operator of one of the largest subscription fleets in North America, chose Clutch Technologies to power the all-new AmeriDrive portfolio of subscription services. Then, HyreCar announced a partnership with Clutch Technologies, a Cox Automotive brand. In […] [Read More]

DealerSocket, Audi and Volkswagen are collaborating to make deliveries more efficient for their chain of franchised dealerships. On Monday, DealerSocket announced that VW Credit selected its customer relationship management (CRM) suite to help drive connections between vehicle buyers and its nearly 1,000 U.S. franchised dealers. Through deep integration with DealerSocket’s CRM, the captive finance arms […] [Read More]

Dealertrack is heading to Las Vegas for annual events hosted this week by the American Financial Services Association (AFSA) and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) armed with a half dozen new-product enhancements and enriched partnerships to highlight. These latest partner integrations and enhancements include: — Dealertrack partners with Darwin: Darwin brings the latest in […] [Read More]

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday morning made a major announcement in connection with the Equifax data breach, calling it “a day of reckoning.” With Equifax leadership “grateful to the Justice Department and the FBI for their tireless efforts,” officials said a federal grand jury in Atlanta returned an indictment last week charging four members […] [Read More]

It has been about 15 years since Lisa Price joined ADESA as corporate counsel, and as she now takes on the role as the first-ever chief people officer for its parent company, the world of automotive wholesale looks different. And so does what is now known as KAR Global, one of the biggest players in […] [Read More]

At Used Car Week 2018 as well as last summer’s gathering of the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA), Andrea Amico described risk many automotive-industry segments face in connection with Personally Identifiable Information (PII) stored in a vehicle’s technology system. On Friday, Amico — founder of Privacy4Cars.com — described the headway his firm made in reducing […] [Read More]