TradeRev CEO and President Mark Endras announced today that his company’s product, a vehicle appraisal and auctioning system for automotive dealers, was named the Gold winner in Network Products Guide’s 2016 IT World Awards in the Hot Technologies category.
Toyota announced a partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber, while Volkswagen forged a pack with lesser-known but reportedly fast-growing Gett. While both OEMs sought out relationships with ride-hailing services, their approach to the partnerships will differ slightly.
According to a new study from LendingTree, Millennials currently account for about 34% of total auto finance requests in the nation, a 7% increase from 2013. Memphis, Tenn., Milwaukee, Wis., and St. Louis were the Top Three cities where Millennials are seeking auto financing.
The company that aims to change the way dealers sell, source, acquire, and deliver used cars announced it has raised an additional $7.5 million in equity capital. Launched in mid-2015, the Chicago-based startup has now raised $17.5 million in funding.
The publishers of Auto Dealer Today announced the winners of the 12th annual Dealers’ Choice Awards. The awards are based on a comprehensive survey that allowed dealers and dealership personnel to recognize their favorite vendors, suppliers and finance companies in 34 categories.
Summer has come early and your inventory needs to stand tall. Jim Ziegler explains how to get help from your sales team, how often to re-display, and why all the photos of snowdrifts and gray skies on your website have got to go — today!
The app is designed to help dealerships build trust, lower apprehension, and accelerate a successful showroom by allowing employees to communicate with customers earlier in the sales process.
The 500,000 units sold in the first three months of the year has California dealers on track to sell more than million units in 2016, according to the California New Car Dealers Association.
The hard plastic, dry-erase tags give dealers the ability to reuse them instead of throwing them away, as is the case with traditional paper tags. These tags also eliminate the possibility of misprints due to their dry-erase nature.
This month’s dealer profile is proof that adaptability breeds success.
The forecast shows that residuals on an average three-year-old vehicle will dip from the current three-year retention of 52% in 2016 to 47.8% by 2019. Increased used supply in the marketplace is the main culprit of slipping retention rates this year, the firm said.
The NADA Used Car Guide's used-vehicle price index fell to its lowest level in more than five years in April. Analysts expect prices this year to be down 5% and 6% on an index-basis from 2015, the steepest non-recession declines in the last 20 years.
Consumers not only prefer to buy from brands with social good campaigns, they expect auto manufactures to carry them out. According to a KBB survey, 64% of respondents expect automakers to carry out social good campaigns. An even larger percentage, 70%, would like to see more automakers promote social good campaigns.
Hearst Magazine today announced the formation of Hearst Autos, which is bringing together the media giant's collection of automotive businesses into one dedicated division. Hearst Autos will be composed of both business-to-business and consumer-facing brands like Car and Driver, Road & Track, Jumpstart Automotive Group and Veretech Holdings Inc.
General Motors should gain market share by replacing 88% of its light-duty lineup by 2020, while Volkswagen and Korean automakers are relying too heavily on cars with consumer demand shifting toward SUVs and trucks, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst has said.
