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Autotrader.com was founded in 1997. [2] It was derived from Auto Trader magazine, first published by Stu Arnold in 1973. [5] Freelance photographers would travel to the address of a customer to photograph their vehicle.
CarGurus is an automotive research and shopping website that assists users in comparing local listings for used and new cars and contacting sellers. CarGurus uses algorithms to analyze and compare prices and features on cars for sale. [7]
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In April 2011 a group called the Motor Traders Advertising Union launched an online petition and proposed a mass pull out by auto dealers who objected to an increase in the fee for a dealership to advertise a car, from £7 to £8.50, before any discounts for bulk advertisers. [11] [12] [13]
[18] [19] In response to those notices, TrueCar overhauled its pricing structure, [16] and moved from a pay-per-sale model to a performance-adjusted subscription model for dealers in some states. [20] In August 2011, TrueCar purchased ALG, a company that provides information on future residual values of vehicles, for an estimated $83 million. [21]
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is an American trade organization representing nearly 16,500 franchised new car and truck dealerships, both domestic and foreign. Established in 1917, the organization is based in Tysons Corner, Virginia .
CARFAX was founded in Columbia, Missouri in 1984 by Ewin Barnett III and Robert Daniel Clark. In 1986, by working closely with the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association, the company offered an early version of the CARFAX vehicle history report to the dealer market.
The company reports market value prices for new and used automobiles of all types, as well as motorcycles, snowmobiles and personal watercraft. [16] For both new and used automobiles, Kelley Blue Book provides a fair market range and fair purchase price, based on actual transactions of what others are paying for a vehicle and adjusted regularly as market conditions change.