A week after adding a former dealer association exec to its management team, TrueCar announced that it has forged a relationship with SunTrust Bank to provide the bank’s customers with direct access to its auto buying service.
Read More →From outrage over factory-mandated image programs to TrueCar, ‘Da Man’ delves into the hot-button issues on dealers’ minds at NADA 2012.
Read More →The Obama Administration unveiled a proposed “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” in a federal report last Thursday. It's part of a blueprint to ramp up consumer privacy protections on the internet, but it could also add additional requirements for dealers when it comes to protecting customer data.
Read More →With TrueCar drawing the ire of some dealers, the editor wonders if the rest of the industry is beginning to share his long-held contempt for the Internet.
Read More →TrueCar Inc. announced a nationwide strategy to tackle regulatory compliance issues in an effort to demonstrate its commitment to state regulators, state dealer associations and its dealer partners.
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TrueCar is taking fire from dealers, trainers and state motor vehicle boards, but its embattled founder says the company will survive.
Read More →Oklahoma became the latest state to put the brakes on TrueCar, with the state’s motor vehicle commission deeming the service in violation of the state’s dealer licensing laws.
Read More →The Virginia motor vehicle dealer board ruled yesterday that TrueCar’s business model is in violation of the state’s dealer licensing laws, which prohibit third-party services from acting on behalf of the dealer in the sale of a motor vehicle.
Read More →After hitting an impasse with auto industry skeptics, TrueCar is facing another setback. The embattled company and its dealers were notified by the Colorado Department of Revenue that they could be in violation of five of the state’s advertising rules.
Read More →The editor offers a few excerpts from his conversation with TrueCar founder Scott Painter.
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