August 24, 2010
BlueSky Marketing Group, a marketing and leads provider, has partnered with Auto Funding Services, a nonprime auto finance lender, and integrated its Real Leads program with AFS.
Tags: BlueSky Marketing Group, lead generation, nonprime finance
Jumpstart Automotive Group says Ford Motor Company's recent Facebook unveiling of its 2011 Ford Explorer scored big with in-market car shoppers, spurring a 104 percent increase in the number of visitors to the automotive media and marketing organization's Ford Explorer pages.
Tags: Facebook, Ford, online marketing, social media
Warranty Inspection Services LLC, a provider of mechanical breakdown inspection services to the vehicle service contract industry, introduced VeriScan, a tool designed to increase the accuracy, timeliness and thoroughness of mechanical breakdown inspection reports.
Tags: vehicle inspection, vehicle warranties
August 17, 2010
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced today that independent automobile finance company AmeriCredit Corp. will utilize its AppOne platform to help further expand loan originations in the auto finance market.
Tags: AmeriCredit, General Motors, loan platform, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
August 10, 2010
DealerTrack Inc., a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings Inc., a software provider for the U.S. automotive retail industry, announced that the number of active financing sources connected to the DealerTrack network has reached 900.
Tags: DEALERTRACK
August 6, 2010
BarNone Inc., a provider of special finance leads, today launched its new Internet lead program, LiveLead. Through the program, BarNone verifies leads with multiple phone calls from its live-call center.
Tags: Internet leads, special finance
August 3, 2010
Open Dealer Exchange LLC has partnered with Westlake Financial Services to allow credit application integration directly within the dealer’s dealership management system (DMS).
Tags: dealer management software, DMS, Open Dealer Exchange, Westlake Financial Services
July 30, 2010
Chrome Systems Inc., a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings Inc., introduced its “Accessories Essentials,” an online accessories selling solution that can be integrated with any dealer’s Website to create a virtual accessories department.
Tags: Accessory Market
VINtek, a provider of auto finance services and solutions for lenders, was selected as the exclusive service partner by the Nebraska Credit Union League (NCUL) to provide electronic lien and title (ELT) services to the league’s nearly 425,000 members.
Tags: electronic lien and title, VINtek
To promote its "Protection Selector" menu, SMART has launched the “$10,000 Menu Challenge.” SMART will pay any dealer $10,000 if his or her PVR doesn't increase after using the new menu for 30 days.
July 20, 2010
Auto Point Inc., a provider of vehicle lifecycle management services, released today a series of video e-mails dealers can use to drive more service business.
Tags: fixed operations, online marketing, service department
July 19, 2010
MPK Automotive recently earned KIA Motors America’s factory integration certification for its Microsoft-based dealer management system (DMS).
Tags: dealer management system, DMS, Kia
izmocars, a business solutions provider for the automotive industry, released an upgraded version of its web-based iCRM system, which fully integrates social networking with an automotive customer relationship management solution.
Tags: customer relationship management, social-networking sites
July 13, 2010
CUDL, the administrator of the nation’s largest auto lending network for credit unions, announced the roll-out of its new CUDL AutoSMART application for the Apple iPhone.
Tags: credit unions, CUDL, mobile applications
July 9, 2010
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services said the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted a U.S. patent for its AppOne solution, which automates indirect lending, credit approval and compliance processes for independent automobile dealers and the lenders that serve them.
Tags: independent dealers, indirect loans, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
Open Dealer Exchange LLC formed an agreement with Hauppauge, New York-based Teledata Communications Inc. (TCI) to provide direct integration services with the loan origination system (LOS) provider’s DecisionLender solution.
Tags: credit application, DMS, loan origination system, Open Dealer Exchange
July 6, 2010
Software provider DealerTrack Inc. struck an agreement with Experian Automotive to serve as a value-added reseller for Experian’s AutoCount market share reports.
Tags: DEALERTRACK, Experian Automotive
June 25, 2010
The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing Inc. has signed a letter of intent to become the sole DMS solutions provider for Asbury Automotive Group Inc.
Tags: ADP Dealer Services, dealer management software, DMS
June 22, 2010
AutoUSA, a provider of Internet leads to auto dealers nationwide, today launched POWER Listings, a pre-owned inventory marketing program powered by Cargigi.
Tags: online inventory, online marketing, used car sales, used vehicle sales
June 21, 2010
Software provider DealerTrack Inc. launched its DealerTrack Mobile AAX solution for use on smartphones using the Android 2.0 operating system.
Tags: DEALERTRACK, inventory management, mobile applications, used vehicle sales
June 11, 2010
CarLocate.com, a nationwide new- and used-car search portal, added the “Socialize” page on its Website to make it easier for consumers to join in the car-buying conversation with CarLocate.com and other consumers on the site.
Tags: online marketing, social media
CalAmp Corp., a provider of wireless products, services and solutions, has unveiled a new tamper-resistant vehicle tracking product, called Aercept PLUS, for the automotive finance market.
Tags: BHPH, buy-here, pay-here , vehicle recovery
June 9, 2010
Dealer.com has named Rick Gibbs, who founded the company in 1998 and currently serves as CTO, as its new president.
Tags: online marketing
June 8, 2010
British Columbia-based Quantech Software.com announced Monday that it completed the Web version of its menu software program, QMenus.
Tags: F&I menu
June 4, 2010
Automotive Credit Corporation (ACC) struck an agreement with Open Dealer Exchange LLC to provide a direct connection from a franchised dealership’s dealer management system (DMS) to ACC’s loan origination system.
Tags: CREDIT APP, Software
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