Experian Automotive announced the launch of AutoCheckMobile for Business, which is designed to provide auto retailers with more timely and convenient access to vehicle history reports directly from iPhone and Android devices.   “AutoCheck Mobile for Business is one more way we can support automotive retailers by providing quick and convenient access to all the […] [Read More]

Dealers using the XSELLERATOR dealership management product from Calgary, Alberta-based Quorum Information Technologies now have a new way to connect with potential customers thanks to integration announced this week between Carfax Service Link and XSELLERATOR. Here is how the integration between the products benefits dealers. When maintenance or an inventory event occurs at a dealership […] [Read More]

CarMark Certified Pre-Owned, a nationwide certification program designed to be equivalent to manufacturers’ CPO programs, has just launched a completely redesigned website at www.carmarkcertified.com. 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; […] [Read More]

If a salesperson doesn’t know every single detail about a particular model, MAX Systems believes its new iPad application “provides dealership professionals with the ability to be an expert on every vehicle on their lot.”  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; […] [Read More]

EasyCare — which administers CarMark, a certified program offered by the Pre-Owned Automobile Dealers Alliance — and Carfax created a partnership this week aimed at providing an automatic link to participating dealers’ Carfax Vehicle History Reports from their EasyCare CoVideo messages. Carfax is a POADA Partner company. [Read More]

vAuto announced a partnership with Manheim this morning that will allow dealer customers to more easily find inventory. Dealer clients can now tap into Manheim’s run lists from vAuto’s propriety stocking module.   “Partnering with Manheim is the first of many exciting integrations with our new AutoTrader.com relationship,” says Keith Jezek, vAuto’s president. [Read More]

Along with recapping how the company performed in 2010, Dealer.com announced it acquired selected assets of EpikOne. 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; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; […] [Read More]

In its efforts to tap into the numerous benefits of positive consumer-to-consumer recommendations and bearing in mind the importance that auto shoppers place on research, Infiniti has been gathering feedback from owners and sharing these responses on its website. And soon — early this year, in fact — Infiniti customers will be able to post […] [Read More]

More than 80 Dallas-Fort Worth area dealerships have joined into a negotiating website meant to connect them with shoppers ready to buy. 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”; […] [Read More]

INCISENT Technologies, the maker of FirstLook Inventory Management Systems, has launched a new business unit, MAX Systems, that’s already landed integration with AutoTrader.com. 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; […] [Read More]