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NewsFebruary 10, 2016

GM's Online Used-Car Purchasing Site Goes Live

The automaker Factory Pre-Owned Collection portal is now live. The site, which will open up the automaker's remarketing channel to consumers, contains more than 30,000 used cars with less than 37,000 miles on the odometer.

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NewsJanuary 14, 2016

GM to Launch Online Shopping Portal for Low-Mileage Used Cars

General Motors' decision to open up its remarketing channel to consumers through an online car-buying portal may give dealers pause, but officials said the move is designed to help GM dealers compete with third-party sites that are disrupting the used-car market.

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NewsJanuary 7, 2016

Edmunds, CUneXus Partner to Develop New Car-Buying Solutions

Edmunds is teaming with CUneXus to build new shopping and purchasing solutions. The latter offers a “click-to-accept” consumer loan platform that allows finance sources to deliver loan offers to in-market consumers through their mobile devices.

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NewsDecember 16, 2015

(UPDATED) Vroom to Acquire Texas Direct Auto

The online startup looking to reinvent how cars are bought and sold has agreed to purchase the pioneer of selling vehicles online. According to officials, the two brands will co-exist and continue to operate online separately.

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Articlesby Brittany-Marie SwansonNovember 25, 2015

Agents of Change

Studies show that change is coming to the finance department, and dealerships like Northwest Honda and Southern Chrysler-Jeep are making sure their F&I offices are ahead of the digital curve.

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Articlesby Gregory ArroyoOctober 12, 2015

Vroom Service

Vroom is one of a handful of firms attempting to prove that cars and F&I products can be sold online, with one major difference: The company was founded by former AutoNation executives.

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NewsMay 26, 2015

Larry H. Miller Dealerships Introduces Online Buying Experience

The dealer group will now allow customers to select and reserve vehicles online, accelerating the car-buying experience. The new service is initially launching in select stores, but will be available at every location by late summer.

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Newsby Brittany-Marie SwansonApril 23, 2015

AutoNation's PVR Average Surpasses $1,500

For the first time, the public dealer group’s F&I profit per deal average surpassed the $1,500 mark. Officials said the company will continue to emphasize F&I product sales as it preps for the launch of an AutoNation-branded maintenance contract later this year.

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Articlesby Stephanie ForsheeJanuary 21, 2014

Online Checkout

Though the fate of Tesla’s attempts to break away from the dealer franchise model remains to be seen, there’s one piece of its business model dealers are gradually getting on board with.

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