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The investment will benefit Cox's Manheim by creating a partnership that will provide Manheim with 3D, 360-degree images, of the vehicles available on Manheim's online marketplace.
CloudOne is specifically designed to seamlessly facilitate new and used vehicle sales, while also providing conquest digital marketing services and credit-based lead generation through its wholly-owned subsidiary, CreditYes.
LeasePlan Canada will be partnering with Alliance Inspection Management (AiM) for its off-lease vehicle inspections within the Canadian market to increase transparency and trust in transactions.
Ben Flusberg, associate vice president of Manheim's new M Logic suite of products, will speak at the 2019 CAR Conference on March 26 about ways to optimize reconditioning spend.
ADESA has launched VirtuaLane auctions, a live in-lane auction virtual marketplace for customers at 20 of its physical auction locations.
The Virginia Auto Dealers Association has named Manheim Express a partner program. Directors said the mobile app will help VADA’s approximately 450 dealer members gain wholesale efficiencies and make more money.
Manheim is adding personalized features to its online platforms in 2019.
Online sales of used vehicles in the wholesale market likely exceeded 2 million in 2018, as remarketing technology made it easier for dealers to evaluate, bid, and buy vehicles beyond physical auction locations.
The new technology — Lot Vision — is a GPS-based wireless device placed in a vehicle's on-board diagnostics port. The tracking device can also be attached to a steering wheel in the event that a vehicle does not have an on-board diagnostic port.
TradeRev will condense its auction time frame from the current one-hour auction and one-hour closing period to a 45-minute auction and 15-minute closing period beginning Feb. 5, 2019.
Manheim unveiled its updated Express mobile app at NADA 2019 that allows dealers to gain quick access to view, bid on, and purchase vehicles from inventory listed on Manheim's marketplace digital platform.
Cox Automotive's dealer technology unit vAuto has acquired iReconCars and relaunched the reconditioning management platform as iRecon to help dealers and other partners improve used vehicle reconditioning efficiency and speed, the company announced.
The Manheim Adjusted MMR is a wholesale vehicle valuation rating that includes aspects such as a vehicle’s AutoGrade condition, exterior color, mileage, and region.
Auto Auction Services Corp., which is also known as AutoIMS, has named Venkat Krishnamoorthy as its new chief executive, following the retirement of Mike Broe.
KAR Auction Services, Inc. has consolidated its management team for two of its businesses — Recovery Database Network (RDN) and Clearplan — in order to improve synergies for the complementary business units.