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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing startup run by Scott Painter, is launching a new site today focused on used car pricing. The new site ClearBook.com , offers us a used car vehicle index, aggregating used car marketplace sales to provide pricing guidance for consumers and dealers.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, has scored a new, equity investment and partnership with direct marketing firm Guthy-Renker , the firm announced today. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Santa Monica-based online auto pricing and sales site TrueCar said it is l‌ooking to improve services to dealers and strengthen relationships with its dealers, through the appointment of a new executive. TrueCar said it has named Brian Skutta as its new Executive Vice President of Dealer Sales and Service.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Santa Monica-based TrueCar said over the weekend that it has made a major overhaul to its user experience, adding a number of features which specifically reach out to dealers, in addition to helping out its consumers. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online new car pricing and buying site, jumped in its IPO Friday morning, trading up 16 percent in early trading this morning. per share, up around 16 percent over its pricing at $9.00 truecar southern california technology exit merger acquisition true' per share late last night.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, reports this morning that it has now sold more than 200,000 cars through its online car buying and pricing platform. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar announced Monday that it has added two more, AAA clubs to its list of customers using its services. TrueCar said that it will power the online car buying programs for AAA Oklahoma/South Dakota and AAA Hoosier, the 21st and 22nd AAA organizations using TrueCar's services.

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MAY 3, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has acquired Honk.com , an automotive social media website. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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JUNE 25, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar said Monday that it has named an automotive industry executive to its board. TrueCar operates an online site which allows users to get detailed quotes on new automobiles from dealers, and also provides information on automobiles and pricing details. The firm is headed by Scott Painter.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the provider of online car buying software and pricing information, said today that it is powering the online car buying programs for VroomGirls.com , a new, Los Angeles-based website targeting automotive information for women. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , which provides real-life pricing data on new cars, based on actual dealer sales, said Tuesday that the firm has begun showing guaranteed upfront pricing from local dealers. The partnership brings TrueCar--which is a spinout of Zag and also run by Zag CEO Scott Paitner--full circle.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online publisher of new and used vehicle pricing that is headed by Scott Painter, said Tuesday that it has acquired ALG, Inc. , Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, TrueCar said that DealerTrack will receive an equity interest in TrueCar as part of the deal.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Auto maker Honda is taking direct aim at Santa Monica-based TrueCar , with threats to pull advertising allowances from dealers who list below invoice on the site, according to a report from the LA Times. In the report, the Times says that TrueCar is now on track to reach $100M in revenues this year.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online auto buying site led by Scott Painter, said Monday that it is addressing compliance issues and concerns with its service with a change to its billing model. TrueCar said Virginia has been okay with flat fee billing since January of 2001.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar said Friday that it has hired a new Vice President, Dealer Development, to bolster its efforts to retain and grow its network of dealer partners. Potter was responsible for Internet Brands' CarsDirect.com site, and served at the firm for 11 years.

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MAY 9, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing website headed by Scott Painter, has added "Black Book" used car values to the site. TrueCar said the prices will be available on Clearbook, the firm's used vehicle pricing website. Financial details of the deal between the firms was not announced.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the auto pricing data firm headed by Scott Painter, announced Friday that it is looking to measure the ratings of the "hottest" vehicles from its data, with a new web service called TrueBuzz. Tags: truecar vehicle pricing data prediction software automobile. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

E-commerce giant Amazon has made a move into the automotive research area this morning, challenging such local automotive information providers like Santa Monica-based Edmunds.com , Irvine-based Autobytel , Santa Monica-based TrueCar , Irvine-based Kelley Blue Book , plus El Segundo-based CarDirect. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site--which has made its name from revealing the full pricing details behind local car purchases--said this week that it had acquired a brand, new domain-- True.com. However, the company didn''t announce the price it paid for its shiny new domain name.

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APRIL 8, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing spinout of Zag, said today that it is targeting dealers with a new web site, to help dealerships price vehicles based on market data. Pricing on the new dealer-centric offering was not disclosed. Tags: truecar automotive. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing spinout of Zag Automotive, disclosed Wednesday that the firm has inked distribution deals with five automotive websites. According to TrueCar, it will provide its price reports on Pricequotes.com , Carbuyingtips.com , Carzen.com , Carpricesecrets.com , and Cardevotion.com.

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JULY 23, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing spinout of Zag Automotive, is expanding the depth of its vehicle data today, saying that it is licensing information on new vehicles from Chrome Systems, which is a part of DealerTrack Holdings. Tags: truecar online pricing license. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar announced today that it has snagged an executive from Edmunds.com for its new Vice President of Product Management. The company said Cleckler will work on aiding in development of car pricing tools on the site. Tags: truecar edmunds executive automotive auto. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. The consumer product they’ve created is called TrueCar.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

According to TrueCar and Zag, the three-year agreement includes a deal for Motor Trend Radio to broadcast and record its coverage from the TrueCar.com suite. TrueCar operates an online site which provides pricing data on cars, based on the actual sales prices from local dealers.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has named Stephen Hansen as the firm's new President and COO. Tags: truecar executive president automobile pricing. Hansen has also been at Universal Studios and KPMG. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2013

I researched the pricing of the car at TrueCar – not because we’re an investor – but because it gives you complete price transparency over what other people in your area paid for a car. “Invoice price” is an equally meaningless marketing tool. As many air bags as possible. But I digress.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. But, it turns out, there are not any automotive sites specifically geared towards women.

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