AutoTrader

Experian vehicle history reports to appear in AutoTrader.com starting in September

3:46 pm U.S. ET | May 23, 2013
Starting in September, dealers will be allowed to post used vehicles on AutoTrader.com with Experian Automotive's AutoCheck vehicle history reports in addition to reports from Carfax.... Read More »

 

AutoTrader's VinSolutions buys Haystak Digital Marketing

5:14 pm U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
VinSolutions, a unit of the AutoTrader Group, has agreed to buy Haystak Digital Marketing.... Read More »

 

Poll: Deal trumps tech for shopper

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 15, 2013
For all the effort automakers lavish on new sheet metal and technology, 79 percent of U.S. car shoppers would rather get a good deal on an older model than wait a few months for a redesign, according to a new survey.... Read More »

 

AutoTrader CEO Perry to resign

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 1, 2013
Chip Perry, AutoTrader.com's only CEO since the company began operating in 1997, will resign effective May 1.... Read More »

 

AutoTrader CEO Perry to resign May 1

11:41 am U.S. ET | March 25, 2013
Chip Perry, AutoTrader.com's only CEO since the company began operating in 1997, will resign effective May 1. His duties will be handled by Sandy Schwartz, who will become president of AutoTrader Group and will remain president of vehicle auction giant and sister company, Manheim. Perry, 59, was the first employee of AutoTrader.com, the largest third-party Internet vehicle shopping site.... Read More »

 

AutoTrader acquires incentive-tracker Automotive Information Systems

2:40 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2013
AutoTrader Group's stable of online classified properties and software companies just got bigger. Dale Pollak, founder of vAuto, a unit of AutoTrader, said AutoTrader has acquired Automotive Information Systems, an Ann Arbor, Mich., tracker of new-vehicle incentives, for an undisclosed price.... Read More »

 

Shopping sites to dealers: Show us some love

4:31 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 8, 2013
AutoTrader, Edmunds, Cars.com and other online shopping sites are rolling out products to get dealers noticed by car shoppers. Now, if they could only get more credit from dealers for their efforts. A study funded by AutoTrader found that Internet sites tend to play a bigger role in the way car buyers end up at a specific dealership than dealers give them credit for.... Read More »

 

AutoTrader says it's business as usual following withdrawal of IPO

4:24 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 28, 2013
AutoTrader Group, the nation's largest online vehicle shopping site, said it would be business as usual for auto dealers following the company's decision Friday to withdraw its $300 million registration for an initial public offering of stock.... Read More »

 

DAVID BARKHOLZ

Car-shopping site execs take aim at Google

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 17, 2012
Two big digital auto-shopping sites, AutoTrader.com and Cars.com, are trying to use Big Data to puncture Google's reputation as the premier online advertising source for dealers. But they'll need lots of luck and some very persuasive arguments to wrestle that 800-pound gorilla to the ground David Barkholz is a reporter for Automotive News.... Read More »

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Honda dealer takes all ads online

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 17, 2012
Ted Davis advertises vehicles almost exclusively online these days. The dealer manager of Parker Johnstone's Wilsonville Honda outside Portland, Ore., has seen the store vault to No. 2 in the state in new Honda sales, in large part because of a shift from print and radio advertising to digital, he says.... Read More »

 

How Carfax locks up car history

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 10, 2012
West-Herr Automotive Group of Blasdell, N.Y., believes vehicle history reports sell used vehicles. It chooses Carfax Inc. reports -- even though its used-car director, Jack Anderson, says they are overpriced. By making itself the brand consumers know, Carfax has become the dominant player in used-vehicle history reports. Exclusivity deals with third-party classified sites, such as Cars.com and AutoTrader.... Read More »

 

Study: Web shopping cuts dealership visits

12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 5, 2012
Car shoppers are doing so much research online these days that 58 percent of car buyers visit just one or two dealerships before purchasing their vehicles, a study commissioned by online shopping site AutoTrader.com has found.... Read More »

 

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Bloggers blast AutoTrader's pre-IPO payout

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 25, 2012
AutoTrader Group took a few hits from the financial press last week after announcing plans for a $300 million initial public offering. Some bloggers accused insiders of recently borrowing $400 million to pay themselves a one-time dividend.... Read More »

 

AutoTrader plans IPO to raise funds, reduce debt

3:41 pm U.S. ET | June 18, 2012
AutoTrader Group, looking to raise funds and reduce debt after several acquisitions, is planning an initial public offering for the second time in 12 years. Proceeds from the $300 million stock sale will be used for general corporate purposes, to reduce debt and acquisitions, the company said.... Read More »

 

FINANCE & INSURANCE

Young consumers lead drive to online financing

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 4, 2012
More consumers are submitting their own credit applications online rather than letting a dealership F&I manager do it for them, auto lenders and industry observers say.... Read More »