Automotive

In India, CarTrade may acquire CarWale

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...

CarDekho of India acquires ZigWheels

As competition heats up between the vertical and horizontal classified sites in India, there’s consolidation in the automotive field. CarDekho, the leading...

Motors.co.uk gets new MD

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,...

BitAuto Q2 revenue up, profit down

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...

India’s major auto portal relaunches

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...

CarWow launches its first TV campaign

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,...

Carsales ups stake in ICar Asia

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...

Bauer enters car comparison market

Hamburg-based magazine publisher Bauer Media has entered the digital automotive marketplace with a new car comparison site, WhichCar, leveraging the publisher's...

Cheki redesigns website

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...

BitAuto CFO adds COO responsibilities

As Chinese companies become more globalized, executives with international experience and knowledge of accounting practices overseas are becoming increasingly...

TrueCar: FTC dealer probe closed

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...

CaravansForSale.co.uk gets revamp

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...

Former AutoTrader exec takes CFO job

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...