AIM Group | September 21, 2015 | Automotive
It looks like more consolidation under way among automotive classified sites in India. CarTrade.com is in talks to acquire rival CarWale Group, including CarWale...
Cristina Costa | September 17, 2015 | Automotive, Marketplaces
As in many other countries, classifieds and e-commerce businesses are moving closer together in Switzerland. As we reported at the end of August, Weko, the Swiss...
AIM Group | September 16, 2015 | Automotive, People on the Move
Jared Rowe is back in charge of Kelley Blue Book, KBB.com. But he’s also remaining president of Autotrader.com. Cox Automotive announced yesterday that Rowe is now...
Luke Smith | September 13, 2015 | Automotive
An elaborate scam targeting Auto Trader U.K. buyers was reported by the Daily Star. Its investigation reveals that online users are at risk of handing over large...
AIM Group | September 12, 2015 | Automotive
As competition heats up between the vertical and horizontal classified sites in India, there’s consolidation in the automotive field. CarDekho, the leading...
Luke Smith | September 04, 2015 | Automotive
Auto Trader has rolled out a new TV campaign aimed at growing families that want to upgrade their vehicles. The campaign promises to reach over 20 million ABC1...
Luke Smith | September 03, 2015 | Automotive
Cox Automotive appoints Phill Jones (pictured) as Managing Director of its car search business Motors.co.uk and increases its connection to U.S. parent company,...
Brian Blum | September 01, 2015 | Automotive
EBay Motors has long soothed customers with its Vehicle Protection Program, giving car and truck buyers the security they won’t get caught with a lemon when buying...
Luke Smith | August 26, 2015 | Automotive
Online auto finance broker Zuto, formerly known as CarLoan4U, has signed a two-year deal to be the sole provider of Auto Traders consumer finance products. Zuto...
Don Gasper | August 23, 2015 | Automotive
BitAuto Holdings Ltd., operator of one of China’s two leading automotive websites, almost doubled during Q2 of 2015 year-over-year, but its profit fell. Revenue...
Don Gasper | August 22, 2015 | Automotive
Autohome Inc., which describes itself the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, saw a healthy increase in its net revenue and net income...
Lars Herlin | August 21, 2015 | Automotive
When Per Brilioth, CEO of Vostok New Ventures, announced that his company invested $7.5 million U.S. in an investment company Merro, he left the audience with one...
Adegoke Seun | August 21, 2015 | Automotive
OLX Nigeria just scored a big one through a new partnership with Mandilas, one of the country’s oldest and leading auto merchants and service centres, in a bid to...
Brian Blum | August 20, 2015 | Automotive
Could classified advertising resolve the tensions between Israel and the Arab world? A Dubai-based online marketplace announced last week that it would now be...
AIM Group | August 20, 2015 | Automotive
CarWale, India's largest automotive portal, owned by Automotive Exchange Pvt. Ltd. and part of the Axel Springer Group, unveiled a new look for its website, mobile...
Luke Smith | August 19, 2015 | Automotive
CarWow, the site for Britain’s new-auto buyers, started a TV ad campaign, which will run from August to September. The ad features the voice of U.K. star of stage,...
AIM Group | August 19, 2015 | Automotive
Carsales has topped up its shareholding in South East Asian automotive portal ICar Asia Limited, in which it has a minority holding. This gives Carsales a 20.2...
AIM Group | August 19, 2015 | Automotive
Hamburg-based magazine publisher Bauer Media has entered the digital automotive marketplace with a new car comparison site, WhichCar, leveraging the publisher's...
Adegoke Seun | August 18, 2015 | Automotive
Cheki.com.ng, leading Nigerian auto classifieds site, announced a partnership deal with Manheim Inc., the world’s largest automobile auction company, at the Cheki...
Luke Smith | August 18, 2015 | Automotive
Friday-Ad Motors teamed up with auto insurance provider 1st Central to help its customers find auto insurance deals. 1st Central is one of the top ten most popular...
Adegoke Seun | August 17, 2015 | Automotive
African auto classifieds leader, Cheki has redesigned its website to a clean and more functional look in an attempt to enable users transact with greater ease on...
Don Gasper | August 14, 2015 | Automotive
As Chinese companies become more globalized, executives with international experience and knowledge of accounting practices overseas are becoming increasingly...
Adegoke Seun | August 13, 2015 | Automotive
MoboFree, a leading African mobile-based general classifieds site, announced that the total value of goods listed on its Nigerian platform, increased by 274...
AIM Group | August 12, 2015 | Automotive
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has closed an antitrust investigation into whether auto dealers conspired together against car-buying website TrueCar in 2011 and...
Luke Smith | August 11, 2015 | Automotive
CaravansForSale.co.uk, a Friday Media Group brand, redesigned its site to speed it up and streamline the process of buying and selling caravans. CaravansForSale is...
Don Gasper | August 07, 2015 | Automotive, Financials / Deals
Autohome Inc. and BitAuto Holdings Ltd., operators of two leading Chinese automotive websites, announced their unaudited financial results for the second quarter...
Christo Volschenk | August 07, 2015 | Automotive
Stuffle.it, the Hamburg-based general classifieds platform which started life out as an app-only flea market, signed an unusual cooperation agreement with a...
AIM Group | August 07, 2015 | Automotive
Alibaba and Chinese luxury auto dealer Yongda have teamed up offer online purchases of luxury – and “ultra-luxury” cars. As a “loss-leader,” they’re offering...
AIM Group | August 07, 2015 | Automotive
Shango Oseitutu, a former employee of AutoTrader.com in Atlanta, has joined Flight Display Systems as CFO. A CPA and MBA, he was previously SVP of finance at...
AIM Group | August 06, 2015 | Automotive
Scott Painter, founder of car-shopping site TrueCar, will step down as CEO some time this year, the company said upon release of its second-quarter report...
