The Toyota, Jeep and Ford brands were the only brands to take home more than one of CarGurus’ Best Used Car Awards this year. For the second year, CarGurus announced the category winners of its annual award that identify the best recent-year used models across 10 body style categories. This year, the Toyota, Jeep and Ford brands […] [Read More]

With the test drive in mind, Autotrader takes consumers on a visual journey via its latest national ad campaign that features a simulated racecourse packed with several speeding vehicles to illustrate the online car shopping site's key offerings since its revamp. The new ad highlights the site’s latest performance enhancements, including the addition of Kelley Blue Book Price […] [Read More]

Traditionally, a typical visitor on NADAguides.com — a site known primarily for vehicle pricing and values — would likely be on the lower end of the car-shopping funnel. They know the specific year, make and model of the car they’re looking to buy or trade; they’re “about ready to pull the trigger on a transaction,” said […] [Read More]

After working closely with MAXDigital during his time spent as chief operating officer at CARite, Michael Cavanaugh has been brought aboard to serve as MAXDigital head of strategic partnerships, the company announced Friday. Under Cavanaugh’s leadership, the national network of car dealers grew from nine stores to 25 stores, according to MAXDigital, a current CARite customer. Cavanaugh, who brings more than two decades […] [Read More]

Fun fact: Brazil is the largest economy in the Southern Hemisphere and eighth largest car market in the world. While those statistics provided by Kelley Blue Book may be solid ground for that company (or any) to launch in Brazil, the numbers since KBB’s debut there in October show the decision is bearing some fruit. […] [Read More]

TrueCar president and chief executive officer Chip Perry sees a lot of “revolution” in the car business right now. That includes everything from the physical design of the vehicle to how people own and operate those cars. “We’re at a very interesting time in our industry, when there’s all these revolutions right over the horizon. […] [Read More]

Texas Lone Star Auto Auction – Lubbock, part of the XLerate Group Auctions, held a successful first mobile sale featuring Don Chalmers Ford of Rio Rancho, N.M. last month, and has added the New Mexico dealership to its roster of mobile sale sites.  The auction said that 100 percent of the inventory at the auction’s […] [Read More]

Accu-Trade is the latest company to join the CDK Global Partner Program, the company announced Thursday. As an approved CDK Partner, Accu-Trade is now part of a marketplace made up of over 350 partner companies that offer more than 450 different applications that are developed to help dealers. The program is one of the largest, third-party partner […] [Read More]

Dealers using AuctionACCESS’s newly redesigned mobile application are now eligible for discounted Black Book Digital subscriptions. Black Book announced that it has partnered with AuctionACCESS to provide its dealers with a promotional code that can be used when signing up for new subscriptions to Black Book Digital. Via Black Book Digital subscriptions, dealers have access […] [Read More]

At last month's NADA Show 2018 in Las Vegas, TrueCar CEO Chip Perry and Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby sat down for a one-on-one podcast, where the discussion topics ranged from the projects TrueCar has on its radar this year, its potential in the digital retail space, the "governing trend in our industry" and […] [Read More]