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The Digital Journey of Krystal Roberts, Advantage Chevrolet

What’s it like to be on the ground floor of the digital revolution in automotive retail? We recently sat down with Krystal Roberts, director of sales at Advantage Chevrolet near Chicago, to find out. Krystal took over internet operations for her dealership in 2004 shortly after graduating from college. As she told us in an […]

Commuters Want Me-Time: New Cars.com Survey

Nearly nine out of 10 Americans commute to work in a private car – so understanding commuter behavior is essential to understanding car-owner behavior. In April, Cars.com examined behaviors of commuters nationally and regionally. We collected 1,636 responses representing both a national sample and an even distribution among five major metro areas: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los […]

Exciting News!

I’m excited to welcome more than 2,000 dealerships to the Cars.com family! As you may have heard, Cars.com announced an agreement with media company tronc, Inc., to convert tronc’s eight affiliate markets into Cars.com’s direct retail channel, effective February 1. As a result, more than 2,000 dealership customers have converted from tronc’s affiliate network into […]

Cars.com Drives It Forward for I Grow Chicago

On the afternoon of December 20, a Cars.com team made a special delivery to I Grow Chicago, an organization dedicated to igniting collective hope: a new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica filled with winter gear and toiletries. The moment created a connection that I know will endure for everyone who was there. I Grow Chicago provides social services, […]

How Major League Baseball Fans Surf Vehicle Inventory on the Second Screen

The start of the World Series marks another year of Americans practicing the time-honored art of watching television on one screen and surfing digital content on another — especially as they watch TV commercials and then jump on their second screens to explore the products they just saw in a commercial. What kind of cars […]