Industry consolidation continues as dealers descend on Las Vegas this week for annual meetings and conferences. A little more than a month after first revealing the planned purchase, late on Tuesday afternoon DealerSocket announced the completion of its acquisition of Auto/Mate, emphasizing the move brings together two customer-service focused companies and offers dealers a comprehensive choice […] [Read More]

On Tuesday, Cox Automotive shared details about an integration involving Clutch Technologies and Xtime that further supports its vision for fixed ops and dealer mobility services. The integration involves Xtime’s fully integrated, end-to-end service experience platform and Clutch’s fleet sync and service pickup and delivery software serve that are combing to be the engine for […] [Read More]

In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, we continue with our special episodes recapping general sessions from Used Car Week. Next up is a Dealer Training Tuesday presentation from Sellchology founder and president Jonathan Dawson. Dawson discusses "Out-Experiencing Your Competition: How to Create Raving Fan Advocates Through Customer-Centric Selling!" Keep tabs on the Auto Remarketing […] [Read More]

Lisa Lutoff-Perlo has served as president and chief executive officer of Celebrity Cruises since December 2014. Prior to that, she served in other cruise industry roles. On Friday, AutoNation said it appointed Lutoff-Perlo to its board, a move that was effective Feb. 3. She will serve as an independent director for the company. From 2012 to […] [Read More]

Almost 20 years ago, Gilles Pellerin joined Quadrex, and that company was sold to DataScan in 2006. AutoVIN acquired the combined company in 2015, and the company says Pellerin played an important role in ensuring a smooth merger between AutoVIN and DataScan’s inspection business. AutoVIN, a business unit of global vehicle remarketing and technology solutions […] [Read More]

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]