Sharon Hill | November 13, 2013 | Automotive
Massachusetts-based startup ISeeCars.com aggregates new and used vehicle listings not only from classified sites but also from dealership websites. At least...
Christo Volschenk | November 11, 2013 | Automotive
In what could be the start of a new direction for Motor Presse Stuttgart, the Stuttgart-based publisher of special interest magazines acquired the Polish auto...
AIM Group | November 11, 2013 | Automotive
AutoTrader Group introduces location-based analytics for dealers, to enhance social media, online marketing and reputation management services. This is enabled by...
AIM Group | November 07, 2013 | Automotive
Autohome Inc., the parent company of two Chinese automotive websites, has filed for an initial public offering of up to $120 million. Telstra, the Australian...
AIM Group | November 07, 2013 | Automotive
Kelley Blue Book , an AutoTrader Group subsidiary, is moving into the growing China automotive market, through a collaboration with the China Automobile Dealers...
Christo Volschenk | November 06, 2013 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment, Marketplaces
In recent weeks it became clear that Berlin-based start-up expert Rocket Internet (RI) has serious intentions about becoming the next, big emerging markets...
Sharon Hill | November 04, 2013 | Automotive
The story of the Double Eagle Motors fraud grows. We saved a prospective Canadian truck buyer almost $2,400 because he found the story of the rip-off on our site,...
Talal Abu Issa | November 04, 2013 | Automotive
Alwaseet International (AWI) recently launched an automotive news and reviews portal called Arabsturbo.com. It doesn't accommodate trading. The new portal has...
AIM Group | October 30, 2013 | Automotive, Marketplaces
Boston-based MojoMotors now offers its used-vehicle pricing alerts to shoppers in the metro Philadelphia area. The service is also live in the Mid Atlantic, New...
Sam Wakoba | October 28, 2013 | Automotive
Berlin-based Rocket Internet today launched auto portal Carmudi in five countries around the globe, a move that the world's biggest startup incubator expects to...
Sharon Hill | October 28, 2013 | Automotive
Fake Cars.com, AutoTrader.com, EBay and CycleTrader.com ads for cars, motorcycles and boats selling for $45,000 or more, along with Rolex watches and other luxury...
AIM Group | October 27, 2013 | Automotive, Real Estate
Two classified sites took top honors in the 2013 Australian Mobile Awards (the “Mobies”) for their engagement with mobile commerce during the past 12 months. Under...
AIM Group | October 25, 2013 | Automotive
In a study of buyer engagement, automotive research firm Datiaum found that live chat has replaced email as a strong lead generator for auto dealers. Visitors to...
Sharon Hill | October 24, 2013 | Automotive
Using a Phoenix, Ariz., address that doesn't exist, DoubleEagleMotorsArizona.com is trying to cheat Canadian online car shoppers out of thousands of dollars,...
AIM Group | October 22, 2013 | Automotive, Real Estate
At a recent Chicago-based event Gannett Company CEO Gracia Martore told the panel's audience that the traditional-media giant would be interested in buying Tribune...
AIM Group | October 22, 2013 | Automotive
Former Knight Ridder Digital president Tom Mohr recently founded CEO Quest, a training service for tech firm CEOs. Mohr has hardly been resting on his laurels...
AIM Group | October 22, 2013 | Automotive
Digital Air Strike, the company founded by former Knight Ridder Digital president Tom Mohr as ResponseLogix, has just announced a consumer-review collaboration...
Talal Abu Issa | October 21, 2013 | Automotive
Used vehicle site 3glcom.com (which means "your wheel") launched in Jordan earlier this year. The platform helps users to buy and sell used autos. In Jordan people...
Andrzej Sowula | October 21, 2013 | Automotive
Sanoma Oyj informed that its SanomaVentures invested in Mijn Autocoach, an advice service to Dutch consumers when they buy used vehicles. The new service is to...
AIM Group | October 21, 2013 | Automotive
Car shoppers are willing to travel farther than ever before in their quest for just the right car, found Automotive News. If they have a particular car in mind and...
AIM Group | October 16, 2013 | Automotive
In its recent Multi-device Car Shopping Study of 2,500 multi-device users, AutoTrader.com determined a number of interesting patterns: 23 percent of vehicle...
Sharon Hill | October 15, 2013 | Automotive
After our coverage of the car-sales scam perpetrated by Double Eagle Motors on AutoTrader.ca, we got a call from Lorenzo Reia, owner of Stonegate Metal Fabricating...
Sharon Hill | October 09, 2013 | Automotive
General Motors has made plans for all its 4,300 U.S. auto dealers to offer their customers vehicle sales completed online start to finish, including payments and...
Christo Volschenk | October 02, 2013 | Automotive
You have your own page, with your personal history (timeline), photos and circle of friends with whom you exchange notes on things that happen in your and their...
AIM Group | September 30, 2013 | Automotive, Real Estate, Marketplaces
In 2011 buying and selling homes became legal for the first time in Cuba. What had not been legal until now, however, was for anyone to make money helping owners...
Talal Abu Issa | September 27, 2013 | Automotive
The used-vehicle buyer SellAnyCar.com launched portals in several Middle East countries recently. It buys used vehicles from consumers who want to avoid the hassle...
Cristina Costa | September 25, 2013 | Automotive
Switzerland's automotive classifieds market is a battle ground for several established international online classifieds players, including Tamedia/Schibsted...
Talal Abu Issa | September 24, 2013 | Automotive
Yallamotor.com launched a used-vehicles portal recently in Saudi-Arabia (here), United Arab Emirates (here) and Egypt (here), to enable both dealers and...
AIM Group | September 20, 2013 | Automotive
AutoRef.com, a car-sale site that seeks to “bridge the gap between car dealerships and customers,” is shutting down --- just five months after an $850,000 funding...
AIM Group | September 19, 2013 | Automotive
According to a recent AutoTrader.com study, millennials want vehicles that are unique and have the latest technology. They also rely on word-of-mouth far more than...
