General Motors (GM) and DaimlerChrysler have signed an agreement with America Online (AOL) to provide low-cost Internet access to their US workers.
McCarthy Motor Holdings says its telephone and Internet Call-A-Car operation is proving so successful that a further R1.2 million has been spent modernising its Sandton-based hub.
ProcureTrade, the e-hub joint venture between McCarthy On-Line and the AST Group, has signed an initial agreement with Barloworld Motor Investments.
Smart card vendor On Track Innovations (OTI) Africa and BP Africa have signed an agreement to expand the FuelMaster network throughout 10 additional sub-Saharan African countries.
BMW SA unveiled five new models at the Auto Africa Expo at Nasrec last week, with the launch simultaneously streamed on the BMW Web site via Webcams through a streaming server hosted by UUNet SA.
BMW SA has launched its Vendue auctioning system, a Lotus Domino Web application, with the assistance of Lotus Development.
OTI Africa, a smart card company, has signed a three-year agreement with BP Southern Africa to co-operate in the marketing and support of FuelMaster technology to the fleet and private motorist markets.
New data from the US indicates a sharp increase in the role of the Internet in vehicle marketing, although there are warning signs that this rate of growth may be about to slow.
General Motors (GM) will begin a test pilot, e-price, in October to sell vehicles over the Internet.