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Jaguar Land Rover Offers UK Customers Virtual Shopping Experience

Jaguar Land Rover is offering car buyers in the United Kingdom to explore all-new models across its global network using virtual and augmented reality. And according to officials, the Virtual Reality Experience kits will be shipped out to U.S. retailers before the end of January.

Pearl Technology Connects VehicleXchange to Experian’s Expiring Lease Data

The technology provider has transformed its service drive equity tool into a full-service marketing platform. With its new connection to Experian's expiring lease data, OEM and dealer users will be able to identify and extend a firm offer of credit to all qualifying customers with expiring leases within a market or by ZIP code.

Rapid Recon to Launch ‘Group Reporting’ at NADA

The workflow and reconditioning software and process provider's new offering is designed to compile and index in graphical dashboard format the monthly performance metrics of multi-rooftop operations, providing clarity into the challenges — and potential performance gains — realized by individual dealerships.

Compliance Summit Returns to Texas in September

Held alongside Industry Summit for the second consecutive year, Compliance Summit will include one full day of compliance education for dealers, managers, and sales and F&I professionals. An onsite certification courtesy of Automotive Compliance Education (ACE) will be available to all attendees the following day.

Compact Cars Continue to Show Strength

For model years 2008-2014, compact cars realized a wholesale value decline of 0.11% — the lowest level among all small cars. Alternatively, prestige luxury cars and subcompact cars realized the highest wholesale-value declines, with depreciation of 0.69% and 0.64%, respectively.

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Sales professional Tracy Heid is flanked by (from left) owners Steve Ganser and pat McNamar and General Sales Manager Bryan Popp in Mad City Mitsubishi's showroom.

Former police chief Tracy Heid capped a whirlwind first year at Mad City Mitsubishi by hitting the 40-car mark and earning 2016 Sales Pro of the Year honors.

Hyundai-Kia to Invest $3.1B in U.S.

Sister South Korean automakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. will invest $3.1 billion in the U.S. in the next five years and may build a new assembly plant in the United States, Hyundai Motor's president told reporters on Tuesday.

GM Invests $1B in U.S. Manufacturing

General Motors is investing $1 billion in its U.S. manufacturing operations and will move production of axles for its pickup trucks from Mexico, the company announced on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Cox Automotive Makes Two Executive Promotions

Cox Automotive this week announced two executive promotions. Rock Anderson Jr. has been promoted to executive vice president of people strategies and John Kovac has been promoted to executive vice president and CMO.

automotiveMastermind Adds Toyota to Its Platform

automotiveMastermind, a predictive analytics and marketing automation technology company for automotive dealerships, today announced that Toyota dealerships across the country will now be able to partner with it.