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Sunday, January 27, 2002

After 6 Years of Continous Service We Are Going Off Line To Install Bigger Better Servers

After 6 Years of Continous Service We Are Going Off Line To Install Bigger Better Servers

The Auto Channel will be off line for the next few days so our crack team of engineers and technicians have breasthinbg room to do what they tell us is nessasary to meet our growuing traffic. We are told that we will be back up by next weekend...see ya then. ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book Copies TACH's Dealer Direct iq New Car Bid System

Kelley Blue Book Copies TACH's Dealer Direct iq New Car Bid System

IRVINE, Calif.--Jan. 27, 2002-- Buyer Connect(SM) Gives Consumers Using kbb.com a Way to Get Free Price Quote from Local Dealer of Their Choice Kelley Blue Book announced today the launch of Buyer Connect, a new service on kbb.com, the nation's most popular automotive web site. For the first time, new car shoppers can ... Continue reading

Does the Internet Affect Car Prices For Women And Minorities?

Does the Internet Affect Car Prices For Women And Minorities?

New Haven, CT, December 6, 2001 -- "YES." A recent study by researchers at Berkeley and Yale found that the Internet is disproportionately beneficial to those whose demographics put them at a disadvantage in negotiating -- primarily African-Americans, Hispanics, and women. The study, "Consumer Information and Price Dis ... Continue reading

N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides Launches Suite of Tools for Dealers and Consumers

N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides Launches Suite of Tools for Dealers and Consumers

Promises To Put All Participants - Dealers-Buyers-Financial Institutions On The Same Page. Could this be a Kelley Killer? NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 27 -- N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides , one of the world's largest automotive information resources on the Internet, today announced the launch of an entire suite of online tools for aut ... Continue reading

Experian Automotive Launches Auto4Customers/Auto Prospect Online Customer Management Tool

Experian Automotive Launches Auto4Customers/Auto Prospect Online Customer Management Tool

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 27 -- Experian Automotive today announced the launch of Auto4Customers(SM) integrated with Auto Prospect Online(SM), an advanced online marketing solution to help dealers cost-effectively select and communicate with highly targeted prospects. Experian Automotive is a division of global information sol ... Continue reading

EDS, Sun,Cobalt and Killdara Launch DealerSphere At NADA

EDS, Sun,Cobalt and Killdara Launch DealerSphere At NADA

NEW ORLEANS, NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, Jan. 27 EDS , in conjunction with Sun Microsystems, The Cobalt Group and Killdara Corporation, today launched a new data exchange platform designed to address the ever-growing burden of Information Technology (IT) compatibility and data integration on aut ... Continue reading

NADA's MAGUIRE PRESIDES OVER TUMULTUOUS YEAR

NADA's MAGUIRE PRESIDES OVER TUMULTUOUS YEAR

“To say this past year was a roller coaster ride would be an understatement,” NADA chairman Robert Maguire told conventiongoers at the opening session. Shortly after becoming chairman, Maguire faced the death of Frank E. McCarthy, NADA’s well-respected president of 33 years. He worked with interim pre ... Continue reading

TOYOTA'S PRESS ASKS: WHY CANT WE ALL GET ALONG?

TOYOTA'S PRESS ASKS: WHY CANT WE ALL GET ALONG?

If dealers take care of their customers and automakers take care of their dealers, everyone will succeed, said Toyota chief operating officer Jim Press Saturday at the opening session. “We realized early that our expertise in engineering and manufacturing does not translate into the retail world. We don’t h ... Continue reading

NAHAS WINS TIME QUALITY AWARD

NAHAS WINS TIME QUALITY AWARD

An industry veteran of three decades, George E. Nahas, a single-point Oldsmobile dealer from Tavares, Fla., was named the 2002 Time Magazine Quality Dealer at today’s general session. Nahas has been a major contributor to his alma maters, Northern Illinois University and DePaul University College of Law; a suppor ... Continue reading

Experian Unveils Online Market Intelligence Tool for Dealers

Experian Unveils Online Market Intelligence Tool for Dealers

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 27 -- Experian Automotive, a leader in online customer relationship tools, today launched Auto.DemographicsNow.com , a powerful Web-based market intelligence tool providing dealers the most accurate and comprehensive vehicle and demographic information available. Demonstrations are available at the Ex ... Continue reading

InvoiceDealers Changes Name to Dealix Commerce Services

InvoiceDealers Changes Name to Dealix Commerce Services

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Jan. 27, 2002--InvoiceDealers, a pioneer in online automotive marketing, announced that it has changed its name to Dealix Commerce Services. The change, effective January 27, 2002, reflects the company's expanding mission in the online automotive sector. The consumer site www.invoicedealers.com will ... Continue reading

Dealix Formerly "Invoice Dealers" Announces the "Dealix Lead Trading Platform At NADA"

Dealix Formerly "Invoice Dealers" Announces the "Dealix Lead Trading Platform At NADA"

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Jan. 27, 2002--Dealix Commerce Services, a leading provider of online marketing to the auto industry, announced the launch of the Dealix Lead Trading Platform at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Lead Trading Platform (LTP) is a set of produc ... Continue reading

Service Reduces Value Of Used Car Managers(If It Works)

Service Reduces Value Of Used Car Managers(If It Works)

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 27 -- A new market research service offered by Kelley Blue Book and Friedman-Swift Associates, The Used Car Local Demand Report will identify which makes and types of vehicles local area shoppers are most interested in, what factors are most important to promote to local consumers, and what adverti ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book, Reynolds and Reynolds Launch Real-time Dealer Used Car Classifieds

Kelley Blue Book, Reynolds and Reynolds Launch Real-time Dealer Used Car Classifieds

IRVINE, Calif.--Jan. 26, 2002-- Dealers Can Showcase Used Car Inventory On kbb.com, the Nation's Most Popular Automotive Site Kelley Blue Book today announced a new version of kbb.com's popular Blue Book Classifieds, developed in partnership with The Reynolds and Reynolds Company , the leading provider of integrated in ... Continue reading

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