Volkswagen SA is allowing customers to design, finance and insure their new VW Citi Golf on the Web.
BMW SA has gone live with its Virtual Centre, a Web site designed to aid customers` pre-purchase research. The site offers a number of options to customers, but falls short of incorporating true e-commerce.
SalesBid, a provider of auction-focused Web applications, has auction-enabled Hertz Rent A Car's Web site to assist it in auctioning its rental services online.
Business-to-business (B2B) portal Autospares.com has invited local motoring businesses to join its online marketplace, which is expected to have a monthly turnover of between R35 million and R65 million by the end of the year.
A US car rental company has rolled out a travel information kiosk system running on Sun technology. The multilingual kiosks will be deployed in over 50 locations in the US within the next two years.
CCH Software Development, local Iona representative, says the Ford Motor Company has chosen Iona`s Orbix e-business infrastructure as the integration platform for its applications.
Nokia says the Kerridge Dealer Management System has gone online with the Customer Online Module to allow users to access it via Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phones.
Plasma touch-screens, 3D images and scent emitters are seldom associated with a parastatal, yet this is what you will find pervading the carriages of Spoornet`s moving marketing platform.
PQ Africa, through Q Data Consulting, assisted Hire Purchase Information (HPI) to develop Autocheck, a centralised vehicle information system.
Global Technology Business Intelligence, local JetForm representative, says PenOp and JetForm have announced an agreement to provide legally binding handwritten signatures for automated forms.
Siemens Telecommunications has developed WAP Intershop, a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) shopping application designed to make e-shopping location-independent and easily accessible.
Delta Motors has implemented the SAP R/3 management system, which will give it e-commerce capabilities. The implementation took 14 months and saw the entire organisation re-cabled.