Yesterday at the Apple 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference (WDC), Apple announced the forthcoming iOS 7 along with a slew of new features (including a UI overhall).
Jun 11 2013
Topics: Auto Manufacturers, Automotive, Vehicle Equipment
Apr 9 2013
Online quotes have revolutionized the world of car insurance, by providing multiple quotes, quickly, from different carriers. This has created an environment where consumers shop around for the lowest premium possible and may do so as frequently as once or twice a year. As a result, there is a consistent demand for online quoting, both from the insurers directly as well as from third party sites that provide quote comparison tools, and an increase in competition.
Topics: Auto Portals, Automotive Data, Vehicle, VIN, Insurance, Auto Manufacturers
Mar 8 2013
VIN Decoding Large Commercial Vehicles
The medium-duty and heavy-duty truck segments offer unique challenges to VIN decode properly. Almost all commercial trucks offer many options to significantly customize and up-fit the vehicle. These options and up-fits include everything from engines and transmissions to axles, cab types and body types, all of which can substantially change the details and specifications of the vehicle. (For more information on the challenges of decoding large trucks see our article “VIN Decoding Outside the Light-Duty Segment”.) The customized nature and complexity of these vehicle segments has contributed to their being few commercial VIN Decoding solutions available for large trucks.
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Jan 23 2013
Never before have there been more ways for auto dealers to market inventory to customers - who are able to take advantage of unprecedented availability of vehicle data and methods of comparison shopping.
Topics: Automotive Data, Marketing, VIN, Safety, Vehicle Valuations
Jan 18 2013
Like an individual fingerprint unique to each person, the Vehicle Identification Number is unique to each individual vehicle. And just like the federal government maintains a database of fingerprints in order to access information on individuals registered in the system quickly and accurately, a VIN database can also access a wealth of information on each vehicle in the system in a quick, organized, and easy manner.
Read MoreTopics: Logistics, Automotive Data, Vehicle, VIN
Jan 11 2013
Wikipedia defines a "car dealership" as a business that sells new or used cars at the retail level. If you asked most people who own or work for dealerships, or even consumers, to define what dealerships do, the majority would start by saying "They sell cars". It is the selling of new and used vehicles that defines a dealership and is it greatest source of revenue. Most of the effort put forth by the business is to capture vehicle sales, and with good cause.
Topics: Parts & Services
Jan 2 2013
In the effort to turn a lead into a car sale, the most important thing a used car dealer can do is inspire trust. The customer buying the vehicle is considering an expensive purchase, and is looking for reliability and predictability in the automobile they seek to buy. More then likely, they are also a little distrustful of the sales process and looking for ways to "protect" themselves from getting taken advantage of.
Dec 31 2012
It wasn't too many years ago that the continued existence of American car manufacturing was in peril. All of the Detroit 3 looked weak and ready to tumble amidst an unstable and receding US economy. Sales were down across the industry, but even more so among the US manufacturers. Brand consideration and perceived quality were remarkably low among the few new vehicle purchasers that were out there searching for a new car. Fuel prices were rising quickly and none of the US manufacturers had a strong offering in the small car segment. Chrysler and GM had to accept bailouts from the US Government to survive while Ford narrowly avoided having to do so. What a difference four years make.
Dec 19 2012
Since 1981 the global vehicle manufacturing community has used the 17 digit VIN as a means to uniquely identify a vehicle. The VIN captures basic vehicle information as part of an international standard, and in some countries, like the US, it is used to capture additional data. In the US, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, is tasked with regulating the information the VIN must capture, how it is assigned and to whom. Some of the many benefits of the VIN system include being able to identify and recall vehicles with safety issues, track vehicle's accident and maintenance history, and identify vehicles that have been stolen.
Topics: Automotive Data, VIN, Safety, Powersports
Nov 21 2012
After nearly three decades of production, Suzuki has announced its departure from the U.S. automotive market. Suzuki first began manufacturing automobiles for the U.S. market in 1985 and will stop selling automobiles once their current supply runs out. They will however continue to produce motorcycles, ATV’s, and watercraft here in the U.S.
Topics: Support, Auto Portals, Automotive Data, Vehicle, Marketing, Auto Manufacturers, Automotive, Dealers
