A Cox Automotive survey found that dealers are even more certain than consumers that emerging trends will reduce vehicle sales, but few believe mobility will bring about the end of the current auto retail model.
Brooklyn Mitsubishi’s El Patronn will host the inaugural Automotive Game Changers Conference in New York City in December.
Chris Gugliotta, a former executive with Dealer.com and Lithia Motors, has joined the startup as head of strategic partnerships. He will be responsible for leveraging Driver Motors’ digital retailing tools for the industry’s largest finance sources and vehicle OEMs.
Business Development Director Danielle Klonecki explains how Dominion Dealer Solutions ’ automotive data mining solution drives success for the BDC, the sales team, and the service drive at Central Florida’s Lakeland Automall. Click here to watch the video!
The integration of Black Book’s data is expected to help Lightspeed EVO users realize stronger profit potential with a more precise valuation process for trade-in motorcycles and powersports vehicles.
RelayCars Pro includes a host of features to aid dealers and OEM product managers with the selling process, product design, training and more.
Express Desking integrates directly into a dealership’s branded Express Storefront, and allows sales agents to instantly message their desk managers, gain approvals on deal terms, and customize payment menu options without ever having to leave the customer’s side.
The firm’s Used Vehicle Retention Index for September increased by 1.9% from a year ago to 116, with all vehicle segments showing increases. The compact crossovers, mid-size crossovers, compact car, full-size pickup, and mid-size car segments were the main drivers.
Premium-brand audio systems remain an important deciding factor for car buyers, according to the latest report from IHS Markit.
The technology firm this week announced that more than 100 million vehicles have been sold through its software platforms since the company was founded out of the garage of co-founders Brad Perry and Jonathan Ord.
Honda, GM, and Ford were among the top-performing factories in September, helping to drive an average gain of 2% in new-vehicle prices compared with the same month last year.
The opening marks the revival of the historic Allston building, located 61 North Beacon Street in Allston, Mass. The new store utilizes three floors of building, occupying 42,000 of the total 71,300 square feet.
Despite the expected volume decline, the firm put September’s seasonally adjusted annual sales rate at a healthy 17.1 million, down from last September’s 18.1 million SAAR. The company said higher interest rates and talks of tariffs may be having some pull-ahead impact in the market.
Electric vehicle manufacturer Karma is set to open new dealerships in Seattle, Chicago, and Westlake Village, Calif.
The expanded role is designed to boost customer retention at certified dealerships. Now, all Nissan and Infiniti CPO buyers get enrolled in the free myCarfax service so they can receive service and recall alerts from Carfax.
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