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Jaguar Cars Tops Blast Radius Best UK Online Experience Survey 2007

Jaguar Cars Tops Blast Radius Best UK Online Experience Survey 2007

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Quantum's Fisker Automotive Joint Venture Releases First Images of Plug-In Hybrid Four-Door Premium Sports Sedan

Quantum's Fisker Automotive Joint Venture Releases First Images of Plug-In Hybrid Four-Door Premium Sports Sedan

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 13 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. and Fisker Coachbuild, LLC have released a preview of the first production vehicle to be launched from Fisker Automotive, Inc. -- the green American premium car company. Fisker Automotive, Inc. is a joint venture between Quantum and Fisker, an ... Continue reading

MyDealerReport.com Opens the Gates to Free Auto Dealership Reports

MyDealerReport.com Opens the Gates to Free Auto Dealership Reports

Improved Data, Functionality and Search Capabilities Boost Site's User-Generated Auto Dealership Ratings and Reviews ATLANTA, Nov. 12 -- Clear Intelligence Media, Inc., an automotive market intelligence company, today announced free access to auto dealership reports on MyDealerReport.com, the first 100 percent user-gen ... Continue reading

Chrome Systems Delivers Vehicle Data for New U.S.News Car Rankings Website

Chrome Systems Delivers Vehicle Data for New U.S.News Car Rankings Website

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 12 -- Chrome Systems, Inc., an industry leader in collecting, enhancing, and distributing best-in-class automotive data, announces a partnership with U.S.News Rankings & Reviews to deliver vehicle pricing, fuel economy data, and configuration services for the Automotive category of its new Internet ... Continue reading

AutoTrader.com Classified Ads to Be Included in Kbb.com Used Car Listings - So Much For Being An Unbiased Third Party

AutoTrader.com Classified Ads to Be Included in Kbb.com Used Car Listings - So Much For Being An Unbiased Third Party

ATLANTA--AutoTrader.com (www.autotrader.com), the ultimate automotive marketplace, continues to build on its dominance in online car listings for dealers and consumers by partnering with The Trusted Resource®, Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com® (www.kbb.com), the leading provider of new and used vehicle information ... Continue reading

Study Reveals America's Love Affair With...Vanity License Plates

Study Reveals America's Love Affair With...Vanity License Plates

Survey Reveals More than 9.7 Million Drivers Sport Vanity License Plates ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 9.7 million American and Canadian motor vehicles are embellished with personalized vanity license plates, according to a recent survey(1) conducted by the American Association of Motor V ... Continue reading

Study Reveals New Online Advertising Strategies for Reaching In-Market Automotive Consumers

Study Reveals New Online Advertising Strategies for Reaching In-Market Automotive Consumers

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--ValueClick, Inc. today announced that its ValueClick Media division, in conjunction with interactive agency Goodway 2.0, has published the results of a multi-campaign study demonstrating new online advertising strategies for automotive marketers in a white paper entitled “Cost-Effectively ... Continue reading

Study Highlights Changing Landscape in Auto Buyer Research and Shopping

Study Highlights Changing Landscape in Auto Buyer Research and Shopping

ATLANTA (October 31, 2007) – AutoTrader.com, the ultimate automotive marketplace, was once again rated as the most useful automotive site among used-car buyers who visited the site in the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Used Autoshopper.com study, released October 25. This marks the fourth consecutive year AutoTrad ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book Announces Carfax Integration for KARPOWER Online

Kelley Blue Book Announces Carfax Integration for KARPOWER Online

Co-Branded Window Stickers Allow Dealers to Build Consumer Trust and Sell More Cars IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 23 -- Kelley Blue Book (http://www.kbb.com/), the leading provider of new- and used-vehicle information, announces the integration of Carfax Vehicle History Reports seamlessly into its pricing, management and market ... Continue reading

carsales.com.au is the Recipient of the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Advertiser Satisfaction Award

carsales.com.au is the Recipient of the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Advertiser Satisfaction Award

SYDNEY, Australia--carsales.com.au is the proud recipient of the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Advertiser Satisfaction Award for Online Classifieds Advertising. The recognition follows Frost & Sullivan’s latest online classified advertiser survey published in May 2007. The survey, which is the first ever detailed study of ... Continue reading

72 Percent of Consumers Report Having ``Search Engine Fatigue,'' Reports Autobytel

72 Percent of Consumers Report Having ``Search Engine Fatigue,'' Reports Autobytel

IRVINE, Calif.--According to a new, independent Kelton Research survey commissioned by Autobytel Inc. and released today on the “state of search,” a whopping 72 percent of online searchers are experiencing “Search Engine Fatigue,” meaning they become impatient or frustrated when they are unable to q ... Continue reading

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: As Automotive Manufacturers Shift Marketing Dollars Online, New-Vehicle Shoppers Follow

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: As Automotive Manufacturers Shift Marketing Dollars Online, New-Vehicle Shoppers Follow

Consumer Ratings and Reviews, Enthusiast Sites and Blogs Are Helpful Information Sources to Shoppers WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Oct. 10 -- Automotive manufacturer Web sites are gaining ground on independent Web sites, as the percentage of new-vehicle shoppers who initially visit manufacturer sites achieves parity, accor ... Continue reading

Edmunds.com Reports True Cost of Incentives for September: Incentives Low as Automakers Hold Fast to "Value Pricing" Strategy

Edmunds.com Reports True Cost of Incentives for September: Incentives Low as Automakers Hold Fast to "Value Pricing" Strategy

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, estimated today that the average automotive manufacturer incentive in the U.S. was $2,293 per vehicle sold in September 2007, down $176, or 7.1 percent, from August 2007, and down $267, or 10.4 percent, from September 2006. Edmun ... Continue reading

Compete and Google Automotive Study to Reveal Shrinking ''In-Market'' Window of Opportunity for Marketers

Compete and Google Automotive Study to Reveal Shrinking ''In-Market'' Window of Opportunity for Marketers

BOSTON--Compete, Inc., a leading web analytics company, today announced that it will release the findings of its latest automotive study, “The Automotive Buying Process; A Search Perspective,” in a webinar co-hosted with Google on October 11th, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Compete and Google will reveal insights fro ... Continue reading

Internet Lead Scoring Drives Sales; Polk, MileOne Release Results of Successful Pilot Program

Internet Lead Scoring Drives Sales; Polk, MileOne Release Results of Successful Pilot Program

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 24 -- Lead scoring, a much anticipated tool for automotive Internet marketers, is available and ready to help move cars off dealership lots, according to David Metter, chief marketing officer for dealer group MileOne. Over a two-month period, 14 MileOne dealerships used Polk Lead Scoring to det ... Continue reading

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