Market Scan® Enters Data and Calculation Technology Solutions Agreement with General Motors

Market Scan supplying industry data and payment calculation technology to enhance GM’s Shop.Click.Drive digital retailing platform.
Market Scan supplying industry data and payment calculation technology to enhance GM’s Shop.Click.Drive digital retailing platform.
Participation in General Motors’ DVIM program means Inventory+ can now syndicate inventory to any GM-participating website provider or program.
For the fifth year in a row, auto sales in the U.S. are expected to top 17 million vehicles.
Ford, Toyota and GM are enlarging their already hefty vehicle lines.
The 3.1% year-over-year increase in new-vehicle sales in December was more than enough to push the industry’s annual sales tally above the 17.5 million-unit mark for 2016, according to Autodata Corp.
After two years of negotiation, Bomnin Chevrolet has acquired Grand Prize Chevrolet. The acquisition of the West Kendall, Fla.-based dealership expands Bomnin Chevrolet’s footprint in the Miami area, allowing the operation to offer service to customers in more than one location.
The industry sold 1.38 million new units in November, a 3.7% increase from a year ago, according to Autodata Corp. November's seasonally adjusted annual rate was 17.87 million, which was slightly lower than last November’s SAAR of 18.25 million.
General Motors Financial Company Inc. broke ground on a new financial servicing center in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday. When completed in the Spring 2017, the 100,000-square-foot facility will represent the fifth servicing center in North America for the captive finance company.
The two-year/24,000-mile program covers four service visits in a 24-month period. It’s also transferrable to subsequent owners.
After pulling a reported $10 million annual ad spend with Facebook last May, General Motors is back on the social media site. This time, the automaker is testing mobile ads.