After a message surfaced on the CarWoo website informing visitors of the company’s shutdown, Auto Remarketing has confirmed with a TrueCar.com spokesperson that nine of 40 CarWoo employees are moving over to the TrueCar team, including CarWoo’s chief executive officer and co-founder. TrueCar is also considering the option of buying “select CarWoo assets out of […] [Read More]

ServNet is looking to gain even more traction with import-brand vehicles this year, and it appears the auction group is well on its way. For one, Toyota Financial Services has entered an agreement to sell off-lease units at ServNet-member auction DAA Northwest, and American Honda Financial Corp. will remarket vehicles at Brasher’s Sacramento Auto Auction, […] [Read More]

There is likely to be about a 20-percent year-over-year increase in lease pull-ahead program options this year, predicts Swapalease.com, which might explain the following sentiment: If 2013 was the “Year of the Lease,” then 2014 could very well end up being the “Year Of The Lease Pull-Ahead,” the company suggested in analysis released this week. […] [Read More]

Following a separate announcement on Wednesday in which Cobalt and Edmunds.com said they will be partnering to provide a window into online automotive shopping behavior, Edmunds also revealed a new way for dealers to connect with shoppers looking to lease a new car. Lease levels continue to rise, and now dealers have a new way […] [Read More]

With every new year comes new developments in advertising opportunities for dealerships. Dealers have been following this evolution for years. First, it was the Web; then came mobile. And in 2014, there is even more to consider, including the vast changes Google made to its search algorithm in 2013. Many dealers are trying to decipher […] [Read More]

Dominion Dealer Solutions’ reputation and social media platform is expanding to include new mobile and browser-based tools for dealers that will make it easier to keep all social media content organized and in one place. Prime Response now includes Prime Capture, a smartphone app used to source image and video content; as well as Primelet, […] [Read More]

The American International Automobile Dealers Association gave members three ways to complete the organization’s annual survey along with the chance to win an iPad Air. AIADA is giving away two tablets to members who complete the survey, which leadership described along with its appeal for dealer participation. “At AIADA, our members play a key role […] [Read More]

Group 1 Automotive announced it has expanded its dealership count in Southern California. The auto retailer has acquired Heller Ford and Heller Hyundai in Southern California.  The dealerships, which will operate as Ford of Escondido and Hyundai of Escondido, are expected to generate $135 million in estimated annual revenues, the company shared. "Beginning 2014 with […] [Read More]

DMEautomotive launched DMEautomotive Mobile Rewards, a mobile marketing platform that is designed to help dealerships push traffic to showrooms and service drives alike by leveraging what the company calls the “exploding” power of smartphone mobile wallets. Officials highlighted the program can enable dealer customers to receive special coupons and offers 24/7, all organized into their […] [Read More]

ADP Dealer Services this week announced the expansion of its service solution to make the service process quicker and more convenient for dealership employees and their customers. On Tuesday, the company released information on the enhancements to its automotive dealership technology, including the ADP ServiceEdge retail workflow tool. All are designed to save the customer […] [Read More]