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Hyundai to Supply Live Feed of National Dealership Certified Pre-Owned Inventory to Cars.com

Hyundai to Supply Live Feed of National Dealership Certified Pre-Owned Inventory to Cars.com

CHICAGO and FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., July 21 -- Cars.com and Hyundai Motor America today announced that Hyundai Motor America will supply a live feed to Cars.com of all certified pre-owned Hyundai automobiles currently available at more than 790 Hyundai retailers nationwide. All Hyundai CPO vehicles available at local ... Continue reading

AutoTrader Trade-In Marketplace Partners with Executive Auto Group

AutoTrader Trade-In Marketplace Partners with Executive Auto Group

HARTFORD, Conn., July 20 -- Now available for the first time to consumers, the Executive Auto Group has teamed up with AutoTrader to offer customers a Guaranteed Value to trade-in or sell their vehicles outright. With AutoTrader's Trade-In Marketplace the Executive Auto Group will either cut a check to the customer for ... Continue reading

FordDirect Launches Deeply Discounted Multi-Channel Targeted Marketing Service for Ford, Lincoln and Mercury Dealers

FordDirect Launches Deeply Discounted Multi-Channel Targeted Marketing Service for Ford, Lincoln and Mercury Dealers

DEARBORN, Mich.--News from OneCommand and FordDirect: FordDirect announces the launch of a new database marketing service for Ford, Lincoln and Mercury dealers designed to help drive sales and service business to the dealership. This service will be powered by OneCommand. “Targeted Marketing is driving phenomenal ... Continue reading

Tesla Launches New Website

Tesla Launches New Website

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Tesla Motors today announced a new website at www.teslamotors.com. The rebranded teslamotors.com brings the Tesla experience online. “Our website promotes the company’s purpose and overall identity.” Tesla is redefining the car buying experience through teslamotors.com with i ... Continue reading

New Toyota Sienna Minivan Swaggers Into Top 5 on AutoTrader.com List of Most Viewed New Vehicles in June

New Toyota Sienna Minivan Swaggers Into Top 5 on AutoTrader.com List of Most Viewed New Vehicles in June

Lower Gas Prices Make Fuel Efficient Vehicles an Endangered Species on Top 20 New, Used and CPO Lists ATLANTA, July 12 -- The Toyota Sienna minivan rode a sleek new design and a clever marketing campaign featuring the nerdy-chic and sometimes-rapping "Sienna Family" to No. 5 on the list of the most-viewed new vehicles ... Continue reading

Kbb.com $10,000 Video Car Review Contest Winner: Three High-School Friends From Illinois Pitch 2000 Toyota 'Coroollaaaa'

Kbb.com $10,000 Video Car Review Contest Winner: Three High-School Friends From Illinois Pitch 2000 Toyota 'Coroollaaaa'

Second and Third Prize Kudos Go to Los Angeles Area Locals IRVINE, Calif., July 12 -- Kelley Blue Book, http://www.kbb.com/, the leading provider of new and used car information, today announces the winners of its $10,000 Video Car Review Contest. Launched in May, the contest encouraged all interested gear-heads and na ... Continue reading

EasyCare Utilizes Social Media Tools in Response to Shift in Consumers Automobile Research and Shopping Methods

EasyCare Utilizes Social Media Tools in Response to Shift in Consumers Automobile Research and Shopping Methods

ATLANTA--Drastic changes in the automobile industry are not just happening in Detroit or Washington D.C. Automobile dealerships across the country are trying to stay ahead or, at the very least, keep up with the changes that consumers have made and continue to make in the way they shop for cars. The internet has revolu ... Continue reading

Kbb.com Names Top 10 Summer Sizzlers, All-New Early Arrivals From The Automotive Class of 2011

Kbb.com Names Top 10 Summer Sizzlers, All-New Early Arrivals From The Automotive Class of 2011

IRVINE, Calif., July 8 -- The Top 10 Summer Sizzlers recently were named by the expert editors from Kelley Blue Book http://www.kbb.com/, the leading provider of new car and used car information. The feature profiles the 10 new vehicles that are most likely to excite consumers as the new 2011 model year begins. This su ... Continue reading

Honda Perspective - It's a Never-ending Challenge

Honda Perspective - It's a Never-ending Challenge

Kurt Antonius Assistant Vice President, Honda Public Relations American Honda Motor Co., Inc. 7/7/2010 It is not corporate hubris that tells us people have very high expectations for the Honda brand. It is acknowledging the obvious. And that's not a lament. What we call our "Challenging Spirit" is alive and well - and ... Continue reading

Senior Economist Joins Edmunds.com Team of Analysts

Senior Economist Joins Edmunds.com Team of Analysts

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, welcomes Economist Rebecca Braeu, PhD, to its team of analysts. “The auto industry is one of the economy’s biggest components, and its movement offers clues as to the direction of the economy overall.” à ... Continue reading

NADAguides.com Awards the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee 'Car of the Month' for July

NADAguides.com Awards the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee 'Car of the Month' for July

-Blending Tradition with a New Luxurious Design; Grand is an Understatement- COSTA MESA, Calif., July 1 -- Today, the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee was awarded "Car of the Month" for July by NADAguides.com, the leading provider of vehicle pricing and information. Keeping its trademark grill, going above and beyond its alrea ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book Implements Industry-Changing Data System, Providing Consumers, Industry With Heightened Precision, Transparency

Kelley Blue Book Implements Industry-Changing Data System, Providing Consumers, Industry With Heightened Precision, Transparency

Sophisticated Forecasting Models Allow Automotive Businesses to Transact on Future Values Instead of What Happened Last Week IRVINE, Calif., June 29 -- Kelley Blue Book, www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new- and used- vehicle information, today announces that the company has implemented a new multi-million dollar, ... Continue reading

vAuto Founder, Dale Pollak, Wins Ernst & Young 2010 Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award for Midwest Region

vAuto Founder, Dale Pollak, Wins Ernst & Young 2010 Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award for Midwest Region

OAK BROOK, Ill.--vAuto is proud to announce that its founder and chairman, Dale Pollak, was awarded the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award for Emerging Companies in the Midwest Region. “Dale is exceptionally deserving of being recognized as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® ... Continue reading

Hyundai, Ford Increase Share of Market Interest on Kbb.com as Toyota, Honda Decline

Hyundai, Ford Increase Share of Market Interest on Kbb.com as Toyota, Honda Decline

Korean, Certain Domestic Brands Continue to Show Strong Consumer Interest as Mainstay Japanese Brands Falter IRVINE, Calif., June 28 -- Kelley Blue Book, www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information, today announces the results of the latest analysis by Kelley Blue Book Market Intelligence of r ... Continue reading

Car Prices Are Falling, but Not for Every Model, Reports Edmunds.com

Car Prices Are Falling, but Not for Every Model, Reports Edmunds.com

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Summertime car shopping is always rich with bargains, but Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, today announces that according to its latest update of True Market Value® (TMV®) Predicted Price Trends, some new cars may actually get more expensive later ... Continue reading

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