Shift Technologies has closed its purchase of Fair’s dealer listing marketplace technology, the company said Thursday afternoon. As part of the deal first announced in March, Shift acquires certain assets of Fair Financial Corp. and certain subsidies, and acquires equity interests of a Fair subsidiary. And as part of the closing, Shift has also closed its […] [Read More]

CarGurus said Wednesday it has launched a new digital retail platform where consumers can begin setting up their vehicle transaction from a dealer’s CarGurus listing page, with expanded market reach capabilities designed to help dealers compete with national online auto retailers. In a news release, the company said CarGurus Digital Deal, “brings greater efficiency and […] [Read More]

Now operational in three of California’s largest markets, Autonomy announced another path toward growing its digital electric vehicle subscription service. The company that says it provides consumers with the cheapest, fastest, and easiest way to subscribe to a Tesla Model 3, has partnered with leading workplace perks provider, Next Jump. According to a news release […] [Read More]

Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — we have a 1-on-1 conversation featuring Market Scan’s Rusty West with Bill Zadeits of Cherokee Media Group. The theme of their dialogue was “Leveraging […] [Read More]

Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — we feature two leaders who know automotive and investing. Scot Wingo of Spiffy and Brian Panoff of Shell Ventures share a back-and-forth exchange recapping […] [Read More]

In March, Automotive Ventures launched an investment fund that focuses on driving strong returns for dealers who invest in early-stage dealership technologies. And Tuesday, the automotive technology and mobility venture capital firm added three industry veterans to sustain that project as well as the others in its portfolio. Andrew Gordon, Adam Lafferty and Brian Reed […] [Read More]

A new month begins with another acquisition announcement. DealerBuilt, an enterprise dealer management system (DMS) provider for retail dealerships, on Monday announced the acquisition of Vistadash, a leading agnostic marketing intelligence platform that helps the automotive industry standardize digital metrics to create a fair baseline measurement of digital performance. DealerBuilt said through a news release […] [Read More]

In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Digital Air Strike chief operating officer Jason Barrie joins the show to talk about the company's recent Customer Experience Trends Study. Barrie and Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby cover how car-shopping has changed, vehicle supply impacts, use of streaming media and more. To listen to the conversation, click […] [Read More]

A spider and wizard teaming up at a castle sounds like something out of a “Harry Potter” book, but in the case of the used-car market, it’s all about reconditioning and efficiency. Black Widow, which provides automated vehicle imaging, said Wednesday it has partnered with Dent Wizard, which provides vehicle reconditioning services. Under the partnership, […] [Read More]

Hertz is charging up its systems to handle a growing number of electric vehicles in its rental fleet by going to the cloud. On Monday, Hertz announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to modernize and digitize the Hertz customer experience and key components of its new mobility platform, including enhanced data analytics and […] [Read More]