FLD Inc. has announced the launch of eCR, or electronic condition report, which the company calls the first smartphone app guaranteed to provide fleet managers the true fair market value of their vehicles. The patent-pending app runs independently and places no demand on a fleet manager’s existing IT structure or personnel resources. Instead, FLD said, […] [Read More]

The company whose mascot has become a household name in the country said it has reached an industry milestone. Carfax announced this past weekend at the NADA 2013 Conference and Expo that its database of vehicle history information has reached 11 billion records. Furthermore, the database is made up of information from more than 75,000 […] [Read More]

Pittsburgh Independent Auto Auction recently announced several major organizational changes involving key personnel.  Promoted to general manager is Chris Angelicchio, who has  worked in various positions at PIAA for more than 10 years including serving as assistant general manager for the past 5 years, the company shared. Furthermore, Aaron Bell has been appointed director of […] [Read More]

On Sunday, Digital Air Strike announced the winners of its first-ever Social Media and Reputation Awards at the NADA Convention & Expo. The awards focused on calendar year 2012 and spotlighted 13 dealers and and a handful of automakers as being “the best-in-class marketers on the social web.” In determining the winners, data was pulled […] [Read More]

DealerRater honored several dealers Sunday at the NADA Convention & Expo for their excellence in customer service, as the company unveiled the winners of the 2013 Dealer of the Year Award Program. The awards are determined based on customers’ reviews on DealerRater.com about their experiences at the dealerships. The overall 2013 Dealer of the Year […] [Read More]

A newly released eBay Motors survey found that almost half of millenials are likely to use mobile devices for price comparison while shopping for their next new car. And with numbers like that rolling in, the industry is taking note. [Read More]

As dealers continue to scour the service lane to find inventory, a former ADP executive who started another software development company announced that it successfully completed beta testing of its newest sales and retention solution. Traver Connect is rolling out Mining4Need, what it’s describing as a turnkey service for dealerships that can analyze relevant trade […] [Read More]

More companies and dealers are turning toward live web chat options to reach potential customers. As the second company last week to reveal it is partnering with dealer chat provider Contact At Once, PureCars said it aims to help "dealerships to engage shoppers by promoting a pre-owned vehicle's value over its price, which can result […] [Read More]

Late last week, Insurance Auto Auctions launched I-Pay through its IAA Buyer App for Apple, saying it is the first company in the industry to introduce payment services for salvage buyers via an app. The company explained that I-Pay can offer qualified buyers with a U.S. bank account the ability to pay for vehicle purchases […] [Read More]

Members of the Wake County New Vehicle Dealers Association in North Carolina will again give back to their communities via proceeds from the North Carolina International Auto Expo, which kicks off this week. Expo organizers say the association has donated more than $280,000 to Raleigh, N.C.-area charities and organizations over the past six years. Those […] [Read More]