Jumpstart Automotive Media Canada has formed an exclusive ad sales representation agreement with online automotive marketplace Carpages.ca, the company announced on Tuesday. Carpages.ca, the first Canadian website to offer a digital-only vehicle marketplace, according to Jumpstart, provides greater Toronto area consumers with research information, vehicle pricing tools and new and used-car listings. “The Carpages.ca audience […] [Read More]

AutoNation has teamed up with Andretti Autosport's 2014 Indy 500 champion Ryan Hunter-Reay and Indy 500 rookie Jack Harvey for TV advertising campaigns that celebrate the company selling 11 million vehicles and raise cancer awareness. This month, Hunter-Reay kicked off AutoNation's, "Race to 11 Million" major TV campaign along with the "#DRINKTHEMILK" challenge, which reinforces AutoNation's commitment […] [Read More]

More than 22 percent of franchised dealers' used-car sales in the first quarter were certified pre-owned vehicles, according to Edmunds, which says these stores are feeling the pinch in their older inventory but see a flood of late-model supply. There were 647,400 CPO sales in Q1, which was up a modest 0.1 percent year-over-year, according […] [Read More]

The NADA Show 2018, formerly the NADA Convention and Expo, will host a series of workshops for new-car dealers and their top managers next year and is inviting interested industry experts to submit workshop proposals. The deadline for submitting a proposal for the 2018 show is 11:59 p.m. (ET) on June 26. Proposals must focus […] [Read More]

Amid the leadership shakeup at Ford, several industry analysts and observers weighed in Monday on the news that Jim Hackett would be replacing Mark Fields as the Blue Oval’s president and chief executive officer. The news was first reported Sunday night by Joann Muller of Forbes before the automaker made the announcement Monday morning. “We’re […] [Read More]

izmocars recently announced that former CDK Global sales director Dan Crowley has joined the company as a senior field sales consultant. He will oversee all sales and the business development partnerships for FrogData, the company’s data analytics platform. In his new role, Crowley will specifically focus on growing and launching new offerings for FrogData, according to […] [Read More]

Mobile wholesale marketplace ACV Auctions on Monday announced an expansion into eight new markets. Building on the half dozen ACV already occupied, the company now has a presence in: —Southern New Jersey —Roanoke, Va. —Hartford, Conn. —Boston —Cincinnati —Louisville, Ky. —Nashville, Tenn. —Charlotte, N.C. The push builds on ACV’s existing operations in other U.S. markets, […] [Read More]

GWC Warranty is now offering Elite Dealers a free 30-day trial to access video email marketing platform Covideo, which allows dealers to create and track video email marketing messages for customers. Dealers can use the marketing service tool for internet inquiry responses, vehicle walk-arounds, sales follow-ups and service reminders. “Use of Covideo in dealerships has […] [Read More]

Jumpstart Automotive Media’s newly released share of shopper interest data from last month shows strong gains among domestic OEMs such as Chevorlet and Dodge. Chevrolet has passed Ford as the brand with the most shopper interest. The brand’s overall share of shopper interest increased to 8.9 percent in April, up from 8.7 percent the previous […] [Read More]

While the latest U.S. House proposal to modify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau keeps the agency overseen by a single director, it appears the sentiment of more than just industry supporters within the Capital Beltway is strong for the bureau to be supervised by a multiple-member panel. According to a news release delivered on Monday, […] [Read More]