The finance industry is responding to the need for consumer protection for owners of vehicles fueled by battery power. AmTrust Financial Services, a leading specialty commercial property and casualty insurer, together with Endurance Dealer Services, a provider of extended vehicle protection, recently announced APEX EV, a vehicle service contract (VSC) exclusively for electric vehicles that […] [Read More]

Darwin Automotive wants finance office products to be as easy for used-vehicle buyers to purchase as their favorite items on Amazon. The F&I software provider recently announced the release of “Buy it Now” functionality as an addition to its Darwin Online digital retailing application, creating what the company believes is a “true Amazon-like” checkout experience […] [Read More]

National Auto Care (NAC) grew its board of directors to five by adding another member. The provider of F&I products nationwide recently announced the appointment of Michael Boyle to its board of directors. Boyle is the fifth member to join NAC’s board of directors, which already includes NAC chief executive officer Tony Wanderon, Trevor Rich […] [Read More]

Ninety percent of car shoppers are more likely to buy from a dealership that offers messaging options, according to a 2016 Automotive Shoppers Study from online messaging software provider Contact at Once! With that in mind, digital marketing company Trader Corp. has partnered with Contact At Once! to unveil a new strategic partnership and messaging […] [Read More]

Technology company Xtime knows that the automotive industry faces margin compression, tightening competition and softening vehicle sales. Because of that, the company believes dealerships must reinvent the customer’s service department experience to increase customer loyalty and the dealer’s profits. At the NADA show, Xtime addressed those challenges by introducing new features to Spectrum, its cloud-based […] [Read More]

Two technology companies have entered into a strategic partnership that they say will help OEMs and dealers take advantage of the best current digital products to increase sales and service opportunities.   Autodata Solutions and motormindz announced the news at the NADA convention and said the collaboration will help auto manufacturers increase innovation and flexibility […] [Read More]

Manheim’s physical sites span more than 6,500 acres. That makes it a challenge to find some units quickly. On average, each vehicle is moved five to six times as it passes through service areas such as reconditioning, inspections and sale-day staging. The company moved vehicles 40 million times in 2018 alone. To ease that challenge, […] [Read More]

Predictive analytics provider automotiveMastermind has appointed Kos Jha as chief technology officer and Daniel (Dan) Malloy to vice president of sales. Malloy will work to expand Mastermind’s automotive industry presence by adding new brands, dealer groups and individual retail stores to automotiveMastermind’s portfolio mix. He previously served as national sales director for automotiveMastermind, which provides […] [Read More]

A new dedicated business development center will offer a tailored product for the AutoCanada group using DealerMine CRM’s Service CRM application to increase service department traffic at AutoCanada's Canadian dealerships. The center is the result of a strategic partnership between AutoCanada Inc. and DealerMine CRM to establish a dedicated business development center for AutoCanada's Canadian dealerships. The […] [Read More]

Dealerships with access to the automotiveMastermind (Mastermind) product can now deliver prescreen offers to consumers through a partnership between automotiveMastermind and TransUnion that will help dealers identify highly qualified customers coming to the dealership for service. The service is possible through serviceMastermind, which informs dealers when qualified customers are in the service drive. Customer data […] [Read More]