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AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM April 7, 2018

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM April 7, 2018

The Longest Continuously Streaming Automotive Radio Show In the World. Auto Lab Talk Radio on New York City's WNYM Radio AM 970 and Streamed Worldwide On The Auto Channel ... Continue reading

Toyota and Porsche Take Home Brand-Level Honors in the Edmunds 2018 Best Retained Value Awards®

Toyota and Porsche Take Home Brand-Level Honors in the Edmunds 2018 Best Retained Value Awards®

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 5, 2018 -- Edmunds, the car shopping experts, today announced the 2018 Edmunds Best Retained Value Awards®, recognizing the new 2018 vehicles and brands with the highest projected residual values after five years. Toyota and Porsche took home brand-level honors in the standard and luxury ca ... Continue reading

Cox Automotive (They Insisted On Becoming Just A Stock Car Racing Site, Until The Auto Channel Showed Them The Light and Our Business Plan) Goes All-In on AWS

Cox Automotive (They Insisted On Becoming Just A Stock Car Racing Site, Until The Auto Channel Showed Them The Light and Our Business Plan) Goes All-In on AWS

SEATTLE--Today, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company , announced that Cox Automotive Inc. is moving its infrastructure to AWS—going all-in on the world’s leading cloud. Cox Automotive is already running several business-critical applications on AWS, and will migrate the majority of its more than 20 ... Continue reading

Carvana Used Cars Opens in Lexington KY

Carvana Used Cars Opens in Lexington KY

e-commerce platform for buying used cars, launched in Lexington today, offering its online car buying solution and free delivery service in its 57th market to date and second market in the Bluegrass State. Customers can shop more than 10,000 vehicles on Carvana.com, finance, purchase, schedule as-soon-as-next-day vehic ... Continue reading

Dealerships Now Able to Sell Cars Seamlessly Across In-Store and Online Channels

Dealerships Now Able to Sell Cars Seamlessly Across In-Store and Online Channels

-Motoinsight, today announced the launch of a new version of its digital retailing platform MotoCommerce™ for franchised and independent automotive dealers. This technology was previously available to automotive OEMs exclusively but can now enable individual dealerships and dealership groups to deliver best-in-class ... Continue reading

Digital Dealer: AdTaxi Survey Reports Car Shoppers Conduct Online Research Before Visiting a Dealership

Digital Dealer: AdTaxi Survey Reports Car Shoppers Conduct Online Research Before Visiting a Dealership

78% listed something other than price as the motivating factor for shopping online, showing that, although price matters, both convenience and transparency are more important to an internet shopper ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book Names Honda 'Best Overall Brand,' 'Best Value Brand' and 'Most Refined Brand' in 2018 Brand Image Awards

Kelley Blue Book Names Honda 'Best Overall Brand,' 'Best Value Brand' and 'Most Refined Brand' in 2018 Brand Image Awards

TORRANCE, Calif., March 28, 2018 -- Honda was named the "Best Overall Brand" by the experts at Kelley Blue Book, who also recognized Honda as the "Most Refined Brand" and, for the fourth consecutive year, as America's "Best Value Brand." In naming Honda the "Best Overall Brand" in its 2018 Brand Image Awards, Kelley Bl ... Continue reading

2018 Honda Accord Named as an Autotrader 'Must Test Drive Award' Winner

2018 Honda Accord Named as an Autotrader 'Must Test Drive Award' Winner

Calling the new Accord the "best-ever" version of the model and noting its impressive fuel efficiency, the editorial experts at Autotrader chose the all-new Accord as one of only 12 award recipients. ... Continue reading

PNC Bank Partners With Scam Artist TrueCar

PNC Bank Partners With Scam Artist TrueCar

PITTSBURGH, March 27, 2018 -- PNC Bank is putting car buyers in the driver's seat with the launch of a seamless end-to-end digital car buying experience designed to empower them with the knowledge of how much a car will cost before they go to the dealership – check in hand – so they can complete their purchase with ... Continue reading

CarGurus, Inc. Appoints Greg Schwartz to its Board of Directors

CarGurus, Inc. Appoints Greg Schwartz to its Board of Directors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 26, 2018 -- CarGurus, Inc. , a leading global online automotive marketplace, today announced the appointment of Greg Schwartz to the company's Board of Directors, effective March 22, 2018. Schwartz is chief business officer of Zillow Group , where he leads sales and B2B strategy across Zillow's ... Continue reading

Ally Financial Spreads Their Name

Ally Financial Spreads Their Name

LAS VEGAS - Ally Financial made a pair of moves this week to enhance its position as a provider that can cater to shoppers who are looking to complete at least some of the financing process online. First, Clearlane — Ally’s online auto financing platform — announced the development of Clearmatch, a digital servic ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM March 24, 2018

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM March 24, 2018

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM March 10, 2018

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM March 10, 2018

Auto Lab is a 29 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC SATURDAY MORNING! 7-9 AM FEBRUARY 17, 2018

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC SATURDAY MORNING! 7-9 AM FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart car ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC SATURDAY MORNING! 7-9 AM FEBRUARY 10, 2018

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC SATURDAY MORNING! 7-9 AM FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart car ... Continue reading

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