ATLANTA and GRAPEVINE, Texas — Cox Automotive Inc. (CAI) today announced the acquisition of Intersection Technologies Inc., which does business as F&I Express. The deal furthers Cox Automotive’s mission to transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars.

Both companies have a history dating back to spring 2013, when Autotrader and Intersection Technologies leaders first met and decided to work together to further an initiative known today as digital retailing. F&I Express will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cox Automotive Inc. (CAI). While terms of the transaction were not disclosed, the two companies said all F&I Express employees will remain in their current roles, and the business unit will continue operating out of its Grapevine, Texas, location.

“Combining assets, including a vast F&I providers network and unbeatable new technology, will create a competitive advantage driving continued value for dealers, agents, providers, and lenders,” said Mike Barrington, senior vice president of Cox Automotive’s retail solutions group sales, digital retailing and F&I solutions. “As both pioneers and innovators, they’ve done an outstanding job of giving lenders and dealers who use multiple providers one place to go to rate, contract, and register F&I products. Together, F&I Express and Cox Automotive will continue to deliver the services and solutions F&I Express has been delivering to the market.”

With digital marketing, financial, retail and wholesale solutions for consumers, dealers, manufacturers, finance sources and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide, the Atlanta-based Cox Automotive has 34,000-plus team members in more than 200 locations worldwide, and partners with more than 40,000 auto dealers as well as most major automobile manufacturers.

“F&I Express has developed innovative solutions via its technology, to connect the automotive marketplace to F&I providers,” said F&I Express co-founder and CEO Brian Reed. “Joining Cox Automotive gives F&I Express deeper resources and broader talent to deliver innovative technology solutions and superior service that will help position F&I Express as an unbeatable contender in this industry.”

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