Nik Flegont | May 27, 2025 | Automotive, Real Estate, Horizontals, Auto E-commerce, PropTech / IBuying
The leading Kazakhstan-based classifieds Krisha.kz, Kolesa.kz and OLX.kz have started collaborating on fraud prevention with the prosecutor's office of the... Deb Stowe | May 27, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
A U.K.-based company has launched what it describes as the world’s first AI-powered car buying assistant. Developed over two years, Bobi is designed to make... Nik Flegont | May 27, 2025 | Automotive, Horizontals, Auto E-commerce
The online vehicle inspection service Autoteka of the largest Russia-based classified Avito has added toll arrears to vehicle history reports. Now prospective... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | May 23, 2025 | Auto E-commerce
Encar Trust is about to exceed 40,000 certified used vehicles available for buying completely online with 7-day refund guarantee and 7-day delivery services. Encar... Damian Shore | May 23, 2025 | Auto E-commerce
Spain-based hybrid auto retailer Clicars has opened a second reconditioning facility. Located in Valencia, it will employ 50 people. “With this project, we... Damian Shore | May 23, 2025 | Auto E-commerce, People
The board of France-based digital auto retailer Aramis Group has announced that it has co-opted Anne Abboud (above) as a director to represent carmaker Stellantis,... Nik Flegont | May 20, 2025 | Automotive, Horizontals, Auto E-commerce
The leading Kazakhstan-based automotive classified Kolesa.kz has introduced used car history reports that consolidate relevant information from multiple sources.... Damian Shore | May 20, 2025 | Auto E-commerce, Financials / Deals
Revenue at France-based digital auto retailer Aramis Group rose by 10.5% year on year (y-o-y) to €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion U.S.) in the six months to March (H1... AIM Group | May 20, 2025 | Auto E-commerce, Financials / Deals
Sylndr, the leading used-car digital dealer in Egypt, has closed $15.7 million U.S. of Series A equity round to improve digitization and transparency in buying,... Deb Stowe | May 15, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
Consumers, not dealers, should be the focus of auto marketplaces, argues Saleh Zarandah, co-founder of Uobo, an innovative online pre-owned vehicle marketplace... Deb Stowe | May 15, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
Imagine a world where the process of financing a new vehicle is fully digital, seamlessly integrated, and customer focused. This is the future of auto financing... Deb Stowe | May 13, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
How can autos marketplaces focus on selling a performance marketing product rather than a listing service? It’s a question that Simon-Kucher Partner Dr. Fabian... Deb Stowe | May 13, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
Shifts towards digital transformation, electric mobility and AI are creating opportunities for innovation and business growth in the automotive sector, and... Deb Stowe | May 12, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
Ajay Bhatia, CEO of Mobile.de, will take to the AutosBuzz stage as part of the closing panel, alongside Malcolm Myers, founder of European Internet Ventures, and... Deb Stowe | May 11, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
What features should auto marketplaces promote to potential buyers as recent new vehicles begin to enter the used-car market? This is the question that Nia... Deb Stowe | May 09, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
Worth around $50 billion in total, the Indian commercial vehicle (CV) market — for both new and used CVs and tractors — is the world’s third largest, a... Greg Spencer | May 08, 2025 | Auto E-commerce, Financials / Deals
Carvana chalked up a new sales record and a fifth straight quarter of profit in Q1, putting the digital auto retailer in a good position as it faces uncertainty... Deb Stowe | May 08, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce, Financials / Deals
The automotive industry is facing the biggest transformation we’ve ever seen — and this directly affects marketplaces, says Benedikt Middendorf, director of... Deb Stowe | May 06, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
What can car marketplaces learn from their real estate counterparts? This is the question on the mind of Frode Nordseth, advisor, board member and co-founder of... Nik Flegont | May 03, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
The automotive vertical of the largest Russia-based marketplace classified Avito has simplified the posting of car sale ads on the platform. Now private sellers do... Nik Flegont | April 30, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
Leading China-based hybrid auto retailer Uxin Ltd. is planning to open new superstores in 2025 to strengthen its integrated offline-online car retail ecosystem,... Nik Flegont | April 30, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce, Financials / Deals
Leading China-based hybrid auto retailer Uxin Limited has posted revenue of RMB597 million (US$81.8 million) for Q4 2024, up 45.4% year on year. This was Uxin's... Nik Flegont | April 28, 2025 | Automotive, Horizontals, Auto E-commerce
A leading China-based automotive marketplace Dongchedi (DoCar), owned by IT giant ByteDance, has pledged to increase its support for content creators with RMB500... AIM Group | April 25, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce
HeyCar, launched in 2017 to compete with Mobile.de, AutoScout24 and other European automotive marketplaces, is shutting down. Volkswagen Financial Services, the... Nik Flegont | April 23, 2025 | Automotive, Horizontals, Auto E-commerce
Avito’s proprietary neural network A-Vibe has learned to gauge a client’s readiness to buy a car, Russia-based Avito Auto vertical has announced. The large... Nik Flegont | April 22, 2025 | Automotive, Horizontals, Auto E-commerce
Dongchedi.com (DoCar), the automotive marketplace of China-based IT giant ByteDance has officially presented the National auto trade-in smart service platform. The... Nik Flegont | April 21, 2025 | Auto E-commerce, Financials / Deals
In the past year, a number of insiders at China-based hybrid auto marketplace AutoStreets Development Limited have sold a substantial stake in the company, Simply... Nik Flegont | April 17, 2025 | Automotive, Auto E-commerce, Financials / Deals
Revenue at China-based phygital/hybrid auto marketplace AutoStreets Development Ltd. declined by 16.9% year on year (y-o-y) to RMB409 million ($56 million U.S.)... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | April 16, 2025 | Auto E-commerce, Financials / Deals
Operating income at South Korea-based PRND, which operates used-car buyer and seller HeyDealer, surged by almost two-fifths year on year (y-o-y) in 2024, but its... Nik Flegont | April 15, 2025 | Automotive, Horizontals, Auto E-commerce, Financials / Deals
Dida Inc., China-based ride-sharing app has announced the completion of a connected transaction involving the subscription of Class A Ordinary Shares of Uxin... 
