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Former TrueCar and AutoNation Executive Simon Smith Joins CentralBDC as President and Chief Operating Officer

Former TrueCar and AutoNation Executive Simon Smith Joins CentralBDC as President and Chief Operating Officer

Under Smith's leadership, CentralBDC will continue to support dealerships with its industry leading custom BDC services. ... Continue reading

Cars.Com Improves - Says Their Chief Experience Officer

Cars.Com Improves - Says Their Chief Experience Officer

Cars.com today announced a transformed online platform and mobile app. The new site offers load times up to 87%² faster and real-time inventory updates of over 50,000 cars added to the site daily³ The upgraded Cars.com, built on cloud-based technology, now delivers a more streamlined and dynamic experience for both c ... Continue reading

Cars.com Finds Nearly 1 in 3 Recent Buyers Drove 100 Miles or More for the Car They Want

Cars.com Finds Nearly 1 in 3 Recent Buyers Drove 100 Miles or More for the Car They Want

Due to the inventory shortage, we noticed an increasing number of car shoppers crossing into neighboring states to get the car they want. ... Continue reading

Carvana Catapults Onto the Fortune 500® List in Only Eight Years, One of the Fastest Rises to Date

Carvana Catapults Onto the Fortune 500® List in Only Eight Years, One of the Fastest Rises to Date

Carvana debuts as one of the youngest companies on the 2021 Fortune 500® list. ... Continue reading

New and Used Car and Truck Market Closeup

New and Used Car and Truck Market Closeup

We're rolling towards the Memorial Day weekend, westbound and down. (Hat tip to Jerry Reed). Just one piece of business May auto sales forecast. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Roundup - Week Ending May 15, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Roundup - Week Ending May 15, 2021

Below are the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy to digest news nuggets. ... Continue reading

The Smart Way to Buy a Used Car Online

The Smart Way to Buy a Used Car Online

Buying a used car has some real advantages. Chief among them is the dollar savings you can achieve by letting a previous owner bear the brunt of the depreciation all new cars experience upon being sold. ... Continue reading

Sonic Automotive Reports Record First Quarter Revenues and Earnings Per Share

Sonic Automotive Reports Record First Quarter Revenues and Earnings Per Share

Sonic Automotive Financial Snapshot Infographic. ... Continue reading

Auto Dealers More Than A Vending Machine

Auto Dealers More Than A Vending Machine

Steve Gates 2021 AIADA Chairman For most of my career as a dealer, I’ve been endangered. I’m essentially a woolly mammoth on the plains: big, slow, and irresistible to spear-tossing cavemen. ... Continue reading

"My Test Drives" Smart Phone, iPad and Web App Because Test Drives Are Serious Business

"My Test Drives" Smart Phone, iPad and Web App Because Test Drives Are Serious Business

How to conduct a meaningful test drive, Why MY TEST DRIVES on The Auto Channel iPhone app? My Test Drives can help buyers enhance and improve the most important step in the car buying process by making test drive evaluations more accurate and effective. The Auto Channel's iPhone app includes My Test Drives (pat pending ... Continue reading

CarMax Buys Remaining Stake in Edmunds For $404 Million

CarMax Buys Remaining Stake in Edmunds For $404 Million

CarMax, Inc. , the nation’s largest and most profitable retailer of used autos, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Edmunds, one of the most well established and trusted online guides for automotive information and a recognized industry leader in digital car shopping innovations. With this ... Continue reading

Nutson's Digest Of Top Auto News - Week Of March 7-13, 2021

Nutson's Digest Of Top Auto News - Week Of March 7-13, 2021

See this past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy to digest news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors' “Click, Click, Car”

Mitsubishi Motors' “Click, Click, Car”

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. today unveils ClickShop,℠ a 24-hour digital showroom. Hosted on mitsubishicars.com, customers now have a shopping experience completely customized to their needs, interests and budget, as well as more transparency in the car-buying process. ... Continue reading

Affinitiv Helps Retailers Acquire Trade-in Inventory While Increasing Vehicle Sales

Affinitiv Helps Retailers Acquire Trade-in Inventory While Increasing Vehicle Sales

Quote and Trade-In Valet are two leading marketing and software solutions at Affinitiv. ... Continue reading

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