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CarGurus made car prices clearer. Then came the wholesale bill.
The car-shopping marketplace turned price comparisons into a subscription business. Its retreat from CarOffer shows how much harder the job becomes when software has to move the metal.
JATO Dynamics knows what’s hiding in the options list
A model name tells you surprisingly little about a car. JATO turns specifications, finance offers and registration records into a working map of the automotive market - for the businesses deciding what to build, sell and finance.
Before you buy the car, cap hpi prices the risk
A used car has a price, a past and a future bill. By joining valuations to vehicle history, cap hpi has made a business out of the questions a shiny bonnet cannot answer.
John Heinlein Learned to Market the Machine
A Stanford-trained computer architect became a marketer without abandoning the engineer in him. At Sonatus, John Heinlein now makes the case that a car should improve long after it leaves the factory.
Hideo Esaka Sells the Data That Runs Every Car You Never Think About
He trained in physics and psychology, then spent 25 years learning to explain complicated software to the people who buy it. At Solera, the product is the data quietly steering the auto and insurance industries.
Solera Holdings, LLC.
Solera sits behind the moments when a car is claimed, repaired, sold, tracked, or returned to the road. Its advantage is not one famous app, but a deep reservoir of vehicle data wired into the daily work of insurers, shops, dealers, and fleets.