Car dealer software and used-car marketplaces

Software for car dealers 9 companies

These companies make the software a dealer uses to sell cars, follow up customers, run the workshop and show cars online.

Dealer management systems

The core system a dealer runs on, for sales, service and parts.

Tekion Corp.Tekion, with engineers in Bengaluru and Chennai, sells a cloud dealer management system built to replace the older ones. Much of its engineering is done in India.Bengaluru · ChennaiHiring now

Solera HoldingsSolera, with engineers in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, sells dealer management and customer software, and Audatex and Qapter, through which insurers and repairers estimate the cost of repairing a crashed car.Bengaluru · HyderabadHiring now

CDK GlobalCDK Global, with engineers in Hyderabad and Pune, sells the dealer management system on which many American dealers run.Hyderabad

Customers and the service department

Finding buyers, and running the workshop.

LeadVentureLeadVenture, with engineers in Delhi, sells dealer software for motorcycles, boats and caravans, the homes on wheels that people tow on holiday.

automotiveMastermind Inc.automotiveMastermind predicts which customers are ready to buy their next car.

myKaarmamyKaarma, with engineers in Delhi, runs a dealer workshop's scheduling, payments and video inspections, in which the mechanic films the problem and the customer approves the repair from their phone.

Showing the car online

3D showrooms, studio-quality photos and configurators.

Metadome.aiMetadome.ai, with engineers in Bengaluru, builds 3D tools in which buyers put together a vehicle and its parts.Bengaluru

izmo ltdizmo, with engineers in Bengaluru, builds online showrooms where buyers can view cars in 3D.

SpyneSpyne, with engineers in Delhi, uses AI to turn a phone picture of a car into an image that looks as if it was taken in a studio.

The tech, explainedDealer management system (DMS)Car configurator Dealer service software

Auctions and used-car marketplaces 3 companies

These companies run the auctions and marketplaces through which used and damaged cars change hands.

ACV AuctionsACV Auctions, with engineers in Chennai, runs online auctions through which American dealers buy and sell used cars, and lends to dealers against the cars they hold.ChennaiHiring now

CopartCopart, with engineers in Hyderabad, auctions cars that insurers have written off.HyderabadHired recently

CarTrade TechCarTrade Tech, with engineers in Mumbai, runs CarWale and BikeWale and an auction exchange for used vehicles. It also owns OLX India.

The tech, explainedOnline car auction Used car marketplace

How it all worksAutomotive retailTest drive, loan, every service, then the auction.

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What's changing

The car sold without a salesperson.

AI models now answer a buyer's questions, price a trade-in from photos and book the test drive, and dealer systems are being built for a sale that happens partly online. In the workshop, an AI model can read a car's fault codes and history and write the repair order before the car arrives.