To help optimize the online to in-store shopping experience for Kia.com website shoppers, Dealertrack Technologies (Nasdaq: TRAK) today announced that Kia Motors America (KMA) now features Dealertrack’s PaymentDriver® on the manufacturer’s website – Kia.com.
PaymentDriver is an intelligent first-pencil monthly payment calculator that provides flexible, realistic payment options, and uses advanced technology and functionality to deliver a unique shopping experience for customers.
With PaymentDriver, Kia.com shoppers will be able to explore lease and finance options side-by-side by shopper’s zip code. Dealertrack’s PaymentDriver delivers options using current Kia incentives and interest rates, as well as determines fair trade-in value for the shopper’s current vehicle. In addition, PaymentDriver allows online shoppers to send their selected vehicle and financing options directly to a local Kia dealer and request a follow-up from that dealer.
“Today, consumers are seeking out better information throughout the vehicle purchase process and are using digital resources first to find that information,” said Raj Sundaram, group president, Dealer Solutions, Dealertrack. “The use of PaymentDriver will help Kia dealers better capture opportunities, drive deeper digital engagement, and increase lead conversion, while presenting a better overall shopping experience.”
“Kia is moving to make the car-buying process a more convenient one using PaymentDriver, which will provide real-time results to each and every customer,” said Tim Chaney, vice president of marketing communications, KMA.
About Kia Motors America
Kia Motors America (KMA) is the marketing and distribution arm of Kia Motors Corporation based in Seoul, South Korea. KMA proudly serves as the “Official Automotive Partner” of the NBA and LPGA and surpassed the 500,000 annual sales mark for the second consecutive year in 2013 following the launch of seven all-new or significantly redesigned vehicles. KMA offers a complete line of vehicles, including the rear-drive K900[i] flagship sedan, Cadenza premium sedan, Sorento CUV, Soul urban passenger vehicle, Sportage compact CUV, Optima midsize sedan, Optima Hybrid, the Forte compact sedan, Forte5 and Forte Koup, Rio and Rio 5-door subcompacts and the Sedona midsize multi-purpose vehicle, through a network of more than 765 dealers across the United States. Kia’s U.S. manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia, builds the Optima* and Sorento* and is responsible for the creation of more than 14,000 plant and supplier jobs.
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About Dealertrack Technologies (www.dealertrack.com)
Dealertrack Technologies (Nasdaq: TRAK), headquartered in Lake Success, New York, delivers integrated web-based tools, services and technologies that drive efficiencies and profitability for automotive retailers, including dealers, lenders, OEMs, third-party retailers, agents and aftermarket providers. Currently, Dealertrack hosts more than 60 million unique visitors per month on 20,000 dealer websites, and operates the industry’s largest online credit transaction network, connecting more than 20,000 dealers with more than 1,400 lenders. Dealertrack’s market-leading suite of integrated solutions include Dealer Management Systems (DMS), Inventory, Sales and F&I, Digital Marketing, Registration and Titling, CRM, Fixed Operations and Independent Dealer solutions.