FordDirect recently rolled out a new service that it says gives Ford and Lincoln dealers a bevy of digital marketing tools to help them offer an improved online shopping experience, which can be quite crucial in today’s auto-shopping environment. One of the tools offered by the DealerConnection Premier Advanced Inventory Service — which dealers can […] [Read More]

Toyota Motor Sales USA recently revealed it has successfully developed new open-standards-based interface capabilities for its dealer communications system, Dealer Daily. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; […] [Read More]

Created to mirror the front-line inventory that franchise dealers have on their physical lots, AutoTrader.com on Monday launched a new feature dealing with how new-vehicle listings are presented through searches on its website. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in […] [Read More]

Along with bolstering its collaborative relationship with Polk, Reynolds and Reynolds announced this past weekend it will offer its basic mobile website solution free to all U.S. franchised dealers, regardless of their dealership management system or website provider. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; […] [Read More]

In addition to other news, Dealerskins, a premier provider of websites for dealers nationwide and a division of Dominion Dealer Solutions, announced its sister company XIGroup will unite under the Dealerskins brand.   The merger of the two Dominion website businesses is part of an overall company strategy to provide a complete website, CRM and […] [Read More]

During the National Automobile Dealers Association’s convention this past weekend, DrivingSales announced the winners of the second annual Dealer Satisfaction Awards.   The awards measure auto dealer satisfaction with services provided by vendors during 2010 in more than 12 categories, including CRM, new car leads, used car advertising, vehicle pricing, websites, SEO and social media. […] [Read More]

Another major media brand is joining the fray of connecting online used-vehicle shoppers with dealers. Late last week, Car and Driver launched an online shopping website officials say already contains an inventory of millions of used vehicles. Officials explained the CARandDRIVER.com used-vehicle site includes a new, more tightly integrated search platform powered by Vast.com. It’s […] [Read More]

Cars.com has added a new search option to its site that can help Carfax-subscribing dealers attract more shoppers online. Under the expansion to the two companies’ existing partnership, there is now a search category on Cars.com that allows shoppers to tailor their vehicle searches to just pull up the units that have Carfax Vehicle History […] [Read More]

With the rollout of vAuto Launch — a new mobile product from vAuto — dealers will be able to use their iPhone and Android devices to quickly transition from buying a vehicle to having it “ready to sell.” Through Launch, dealers can stock, appraise and price vehicles. They can also use the tool to upload […] [Read More]

AutoTrader.com , a Pre-Owned Automobile Dealers Alliance Partner, today announced the national launch of the Connections Bundle, which integrates social media, chat, dealer ratings and more to create more avenues for car shoppers to connect with dealers online, Auto Remarketing learned.   The bundle includes Dealer Chat, Social Connections, Dealer Ratings and Sitelink Advanced, according […] [Read More]