Roadster announced today it’s making its Express Storefront available as a white-label solution for dealers. The mobile eCommerce platform is designed to allow dealers to bring the entire car-buying experience online, from merchandising to home delivery.
SurgeCurve, a new web-based customer engagement and marketing tool, launched Tuesday. With its release, company CEO Matt Rutkovitz announced that he’s seeking 12 additional retailers to experience how his new “Meet the Sales Team” online video tool works.
AutoLoop has appointed Alex Eckelberry as its new COO. The technology veteran will be responsible for overall operations of the company.
From start to finish, the time it takes consumers to pull the trigger on a vehicle purchase is shrinking. And according to a new study from Jumpstart Automotive, Millennials are the reason.
About 119 former customers of Saratoga Springs Nissan who were charged illegal fees and sold F&I products without their knowledge will share in $101,986 in restitution, according to the settlement reached between the dealership's former owner and the New York Attorney General's Office.
An Experian analysis found that out of all auto brands that sell in the United States, Jeep had the highest percentage of vehicles built domestically. According to the analysis, 96.7% of Jeeps on U.S. roads were assembled in the country.
Kelley Blue Book expects June new-vehicle sales to increase 5% from a year ago to 1.55 million units. This predicted increase should result in an estimated 17.1 million seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR).
Edmunds.com said today it expects the industry to post the best June sales since June 2005, when 1.67 million vehicles were registered. The retail SAAR should come in at 13.6 million units, with fleet transactions accounting for 20.1% of total sales, according to the firm.
The business unit of KAR Auction Services has promoted C.J. Lopez to director of major dealer accounts, and Kjersta Loyd to regional dealer sales manager for the Mideast and Midwest regions.
Shoppers age 18 to 24, or Generation Z, buy 6.5 times more used cars than new cars, according to an analysis of Polk vehicle registration data analyzed by Edmunds.com. While it’s not surprising that college-aged consumers are buying used cars, what they’re buying is.
Kia ended the 27-year reign of premium brands by ranking highest among all nameplates in J.D. Power’s annual study. Overall, new-vehicle quality improved 6%, which was double last year’s 3% improvement.
Over the last four weeks, depreciation rates for both cars and trucks have begun to show some consistency, according to Black Book, with truck depreciation picking up from the spring season.
The publisher returns from a long road trip with regulatory compliance on his mind.
Back-outs are part of the dealership life. What’s your policy?
David Kim became a 30-car guy by building an impressive base of repeats and referrals among Korean-Americans.
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