Wednesday, August 1, 2018 - 5:07pm

Joe Overby, Senior Editor

In the late 1990s, an idea sprung from an independent dealership on a dirt lot in Vermont and a team of five individuals. The brainchild of founder Mark Bonfigli and his team, Dealer.com began as a car dealership website builder. But Dealer.com is not the same as it was 20 years ago and neither, for that matter,... Read More

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 - 11:51am

AuSM Staff

Rapid Recon announced Wednesday that it has appointed Bridget Townsend to serve as the company's new vice president of development. Townsend, a leader in automotive software development, who most recently served as chief operating officer and co-founder at Vin Voyager was recognized as a 2014... Read More

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 2:15pm

AuSM Staff

Cars.com has unveiled a new social solutions product that is designed to help dealers share their Cars.com used-car listings with active shoppers on Facebook Marketplace. Cars.com announced Tuesday that its new Facebook Marketplace-integrated product, Social Sales Drive, can directly connect dealer's inventory to... Read More

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 11:45am

AuSM Staff

On Tuesday, HyreCar reported preliminary financial results for the second quarter, and the carsharing start-up appears to be on quite a trajectory. After recently rolling out a successful initial public offering, HyreCar shared that its estimated revenues for the quarterly period that ended June 30 are expected to be... Read More

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 11:43am

AuSM Staff

Hertz is looking to make a safe bet on autonomous vehicles in Sin City. Coming on the heels of the rental car company hiring a new chief information officer, Hertz and its fleet management subsidiary, Donlen, on Tuesday announced a new strategic partnership with Aptiv, a global technology company enabling the future of... Read More

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 9:00am

AuSM Staff

Cox Automotive’s HomeNet Automotive said Tuesday it is launching a rebranding campaign. The project is designed to help dealers and HomeNet partners improve online vehicle merchandising efforts, the company said in a news release. It plans to take “a more prominent role in providing services that help... Read More

Monday, July 30, 2018 - 3:51pm

AuSM Staff

eCarOne and Essence Maserati, Alfa Romeo are the latest dealerships to employ the Flexdrive car subscription platform. And eCarOne is the first independent dealership to offer Alfa Romeo vehicles using the service. This news comes on the heels of Flexdrive’s recent expansion in South Florida... Read More

Monday, July 30, 2018 - 2:05pm

AuSM Staff

Since partnering with Princeton University to make the Enterprise CarShare service readily available to commuters who are interested in on-demand transportation, popularity for the service has tripled in size since its inception, the company announced recently. At a time when Princeton is looking to cut down on the... Read More