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Kbb.com Reports: New-Car Shoppers Show Increased Interest in Audi, Ford, Hyundai

Kbb.com Reports: New-Car Shoppers Show Increased Interest in Audi, Ford, Hyundai

Latest Market Intelligence Shows Significant Year-over-Year Gains in Brand Consideration, kbb.com Traffic IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 12 -- According to the latest Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com Market Intelligence Brand Watch study and Market Watch report, over the past year in-market new-car shoppers have shown increased inte ... Continue reading

eBay Motors Launches Free Vehicle History Reports Exclusively through Experian's AutoCheck

eBay Motors Launches Free Vehicle History Reports Exclusively through Experian's AutoCheck

SAN JOSE, Calif.--eBay Motors (www.ebaymotors.com) , the No. 1 online automotive marketplace worldwide, now offers free vehicle history reports through an exclusive agreement with Experian’s AutoCheck. By offering free AutoCheck vehicle history reports on all listings for used vehicles no older than the 1981 model ... Continue reading

Avoiding Fraud When Shopping Online With 10 Tips From AutoTrader.com

Avoiding Fraud When Shopping Online With 10 Tips From AutoTrader.com

ATLANTA, Nov. 9 -- With the holiday season rapidly approaching, more and more consumers will be turning to the Web to purchase gifts for family and friends. According to the National Retail Federation(1), nearly half of consumers plan to use the Internet to purchase holiday gifts this year. But these shoppers need to b ... Continue reading

TK Carsites Earns Top Industry Award for Most Powerful Search Optimized Automotive Dealer Websites

TK Carsites Earns Top Industry Award for Most Powerful Search Optimized Automotive Dealer Websites

ORANGE, Calif., Nov. 6 -- TK Carsites, Inc. received the Automotive Search Marketing Architecture (ASMA) "Super Charged Search" award and Brian Pasch, CEO of the Pasch Consulting Group, and the source behind the ASMA report, stated publicly, "TK Carsites is the ONLY website provider that I do not look forward to compet ... Continue reading

The Five Biggest Surprises of the Annual Motor Press Guild Track Day

The Five Biggest Surprises of the Annual Motor Press Guild Track Day

- Track Day Standouts Impress with Performance and Technology - FONTANA, Calif., Nov. 5 -- You can read the fact sheet and pour over the technical specs, but the only true measure of a car's ability is to get behind the wheel and push it to the limit. The annual Motor Press Guild Track Day, which takes place every Octo ... Continue reading

Hybrid Buyers Guide - Specs and Prices

Hybrid Buyers Guide - Specs and Prices

The trendiest vehicles on the road today are hybrids, cars and trucks powered by drive-trains that use both internal combustion engines and electric motors for propulsion. The two current strategies are "full hybrids", which can operate under internal combustion power only, electric power only, or a combination of the ... Continue reading

Automotive Dealers Learn How to Leverage Google's Secrets to Achieve Google-Like Success in Online Vehicle Advertising

Automotive Dealers Learn How to Leverage Google's Secrets to Achieve Google-Like Success in Online Vehicle Advertising

FirstLook Executive Applies Google Relevance Model to Automotive Internet Business CHICAGO, Oct. 31 -- Optimizing relevance for consumers has been the key to success for Google and now executives at FirstLook, the pioneer in automotive retail performance solutions, are illustrating how this model can be the key to succ ... Continue reading

Used Car Prices Up 16 Percent, Many Domestics Now Holding Value Better

Used Car Prices Up 16 Percent, Many Domestics Now Holding Value Better

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Edmunds.com, the premier resource for online automotive information, report that three-year-old used cars currently sell for about 16 percent more than they did this time last year. Typically, used car prices rise 4.6 percent from year to year. “The remarkable price increase is easily attribu ... Continue reading

Among Used Car, Used Truck Buyers Internet Shopping Rivals Visits to Dealer Lots as the Primary Method for Locating Vehicles

Among Used Car, Used Truck Buyers Internet Shopping Rivals Visits to Dealer Lots as the Primary Method for Locating Vehicles

Used Cars, Used Trucks Buyers Begin Their Shopping Process Intending to Buy Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Oct. 29 -- Internet shopping has reached parity with visits to dealer lots as the primary method for used-vehicle buyers to locate used vehicles, according to the J.D. Power and Associates ... Continue reading

CarLocate.com Selects University of Tennessee for First College Football Event

CarLocate.com Selects University of Tennessee for First College Football Event

CarLocate.com will host a booth in Volunteer Village during the South Carolina versus Tennessee football game on Oct. 31 DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 27 -- CarLocate.com, a newly launched nationwide new and used vehicle search Web site, has selected the University of South Carolina versus the University of Tennessee football gam ... Continue reading

The New Design of GM Media Sites

The New Design of GM Media Sites

October 25, 2009; GM media sites have been redesigned to take advantage of new technology and to improve the user experience including improved global navigation and faster access to news releases, vehicle information, photos, video, and social media resources. Automatic language and location detection takes most first ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Appoints Deutsch LA as Advertising Agency of Record In U.S.

Volkswagen Appoints Deutsch LA as Advertising Agency of Record In U.S.

HERNDON, Va., Oct. 23 -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that it has selected Deutsch LA as its new advertising agency of record for the U.S. In this capacity, Deutsch LA will have full advertising responsibility for the Volkswagen brand and its family of products. Effective November 1, 2009, Deutsch LA rep ... Continue reading

New Ad-ology Automotive Survey: Shows Car Buyers Influenced By All Media - Some More Than Others

New Ad-ology Automotive Survey: Shows Car Buyers Influenced By All Media - Some More Than Others

WESTERVILLE, Ohio--Thirty-eight percent of U.S. auto buyers are willing to drive more than an hour for their best deal, highlighting the importance of aggressive advertising by dealers. The Fall 2009 Ad-ology Media Influence on Consumer Choice survey also found online media is now more influential than social or tradit ... Continue reading

DriverSide.com to Provide Lead Generation for GM Dealers

DriverSide.com to Provide Lead Generation for GM Dealers

SAN FRANCISCO--DriverSide.com, the first and only website dedicated to the car owner, today announced a new relationship with General Motors’ Service and Parts Operations that will increase visibility of its franchise dealer network, by providing tools for its customers to access maintenance and tire services at G ... Continue reading

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