Jul 5, 2005
FAIRFAX, Va. July 5, 2005: Carfax today celebrates the one-year anniversary of its exclusive used car listing service, Carfax Hot Listings. Since its launch, Carfax-subscribing dealers have made nearly six million used cars available to shoppers through Hot Listings. Each vehicle comes with a free Carfax Vehicle Histor ... Continue reading
ADESA, Inc. Partners with Escrow.com to Provide Inspection Services to Online Vehicle Purchasers
Jul 1, 2005
CARMEL, Ind., June 30 -- ADESA, Inc. announced today that one of its subsidiaries, AutoVIN, has partnered with Escrow.com to provide vehicle inspections for potential online purchases of used cars and trucks. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040708/DETH017LOGO ) AutoVIN, the Automated Vehicle Information Ne ... Continue reading
Auto Trader Gives Selling Tips
Jun 30, 2005
ATLANTA, June 30 -- With more consumers shopping on the Internet, how do you make the products you're selling online stand out? It's important to take advantage of the space you have online to creatively merchandise your ad, turning potential buyers into real customers. Sites such as AutoTrader.com have found, for exam ... Continue reading
Kia Web Site Ranks Highest in Usefulness According to J.D. Power and Associates Study
Jun 29, 2005
Kia.com Becomes First Web Site to Earn Top Honor Twice IRVINE, Calif., June 29 -- Kia Motors' Web site, www.kia.com, was ranked the most useful automobile manufacturer Web site in the recently released J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Manufacturer Web Site Evaluation Study -- Wave 2 (MWES). Kia ranked first overall among ... Continue reading
Web Closes 1 in 6 New Vehicle Sales for International Nameplate Auto Dealerships
Jun 21, 2005
AIADA-NCM iDealer Dashboard Finds Internet Increasingly Important Sales Tool ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Alexandria, VA (June 21) -- It’s no secret that the internet is a major source of information about new and used vehicles. But the internet is increasingly ... Continue reading
Automotive Ads on Auto Websites Dramatically Increase Purchase Intent
Jun 20, 2005
Recent analysis of Dynamic Logic's MarketNorms® (Q4/2004) shows that auto ads can build Brand Awareness very well on just about any type of website, but can dramatically increase Purchase Intent when running on auto sites. The chart below shows an indexing of the average delta, or impact, on Brand Awareness and Purcha ... Continue reading
OSRAM Unveils Joule Lighting System on 2006 Mercury Mountaineer
Jun 20, 2005
HILLSBORO, N.H., June 20 -- OSRAM SYLVANIA today unveiled their Joule(TM) LED lighting system on the 2006 Mercury Mountaineer. The 2006 Mountaineer is the first vehicle to feature Joule, making standardized LED technology available to consumers for the first time. "OSRAM is the pioneer of LED standardization," said Jim ... Continue reading
CarsDirect Selects Internet Brands, Inc. as Its New Parent Company Name
Jun 16, 2005
LOS ANGELES--June 16, 2005--CarsDirect, a leader in the online automotive category, today announced that it has selected Internet Brands, Inc. as its new parent company name, effective immediately. The name reflects the company's ongoing and aggressive expansion into "big ticket" consumer transaction categories, such a ... Continue reading
ZAP Begins Auction of U.S.-Compliant Smart Car on eBay
Jun 16, 2005
SANTA ROSA, Calif.--June 15, 2005--ZAP (OTCBB:ZAPZ), pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, has announced that a live auction is now underway on eBay for a Smart Car Americanized via ZAP, marking the first time a U.S.-compliant model would be available for purchase by the gen ... Continue reading
Jun 14, 2005
IRVINE, Calif., June 14 -- Experian Automotive studied new car purchase requests generated on kbb.com during the first nine months of 2004 and found that 64 percent of consumers submitting vehicle purchase requests on kbb.com ultimately purchased a vehicle during the analysis time frame. And while more than half of kbb ... Continue reading
First GLBT-Focused Automotive Site Launches at Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade
Jun 10, 2005
Gaywheels.com, the First Automotive Web Site Specifically Targeted to the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender (GLBT) Buyer, Is 'Coming Out' On June 12th at the 35th Annual Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade in West Hollywood, CA WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 10 -- Gaywheels.com, the first automotive Web site specifically ... Continue reading
Autobytel Inc. Wins Stevie Award in 3rd Annual American Business Awards(SM)
Jun 10, 2005
Creators of Autobytel's Dealership Customer Retention Product - RPM(R) 2.0 - Named Nation's Best Product Development Team IRVINE, Calif., June 10 -- Autobytel Inc. won a Stevie Award for Best Product Development Team in the 2005 American Business Awards on Monday. The company was recognized for its outstanding multicha ... Continue reading
MSN Autos Expands to Include Content From Consumer Reports
Jun 9, 2005
New Content to Help Consumers Make More-Informed Decisions About Buying a New Car REDMOND, Wash. and YONKERS, N.Y., June 9 -- Buying or leasing a car is one of the biggest decisions families make. Luckily, it's not a decision people have to make alone. Today the MSN(R) network of Internet services and Consumer Reports ... Continue reading
Harris Interactive(R), Kelley Blue Book Release Complete Set of AutoVIBES Demographic Reports
Jun 7, 2005
Complete Set of Studies Reveal How Americans View Car Shopping Based on Generation, Ethnicity, Lifestyle IRVINE, Calif., June 7 -- The AutoVIBES Demographic Reports, a complete set of 12 studies now available from online vehicle market research leaders Harris Interactive(R) and Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research, prov ... Continue reading
Autobytel's Search Engine Strategy Revs Into High Gear
Jun 6, 2005
Autobytel Page Views and Purchase Requests Through Search Engines Soar, Generating Steady Stream of High-Quality Customers for Dealers and Advertisers IRVINE, Calif., June 6 -- Autobytel Inc. reports that the number of customers who came onto Autobytel sites through search engines and then submitted a new vehicle Purch ... Continue reading
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