CarExpert has appointed financial services expert Jo-Anne Hendricks as its new marketing director. Hendricks brings more than 20 years of marketing experience, most recently as Head of Marketing at Discovery Bank in South Africa. She led marketing across health, insurance, and banking.
EV enthusiasm is on the wane; new car buyers have longer shopping lists but are making quicker purchase decisions, and a single test drive can be the defining moment for buyer and seller groups, according to CarExpert IQ. As brand competition heats up, 2025 will be a “fierce and fascinating year” for the Australian new car space.
Online marketplace CarExpert.com.au believes the current buyers’ market will continue in 2025 as intenders expand their consideration sets to include more cars.
New vehicle platform CarExpert says it has further improved its product offering for its network of Australian dealers. The platform says that it remains committed to offering the pay-per-sale business model, which it launched to dealers earlier this year.
CarExpert.com.au has appointed Michael Graham as commercial director - marketplace to oversee the business’ sales operation across Australian dealerships. He starts on August 28 and will be based in the Brisbane head office.
CarExpert.com.au is appointing Tania Hillman as its new chief financial officer effective September 11, as it focusses on an initial public offering (IPO) and international expansion.
Three-year-old automotive content platform, CarExpert, has published its video audience figures for the first time, revealing it was more than double its nearest competitor over FY23 (Jul 2022 – Jun 2023).
CarExpert co-founder Paul Maric has taken out the Entrepreneur of the Year award at the 2023 Commonwealth Bank Young Hero Awards. CarExpert.com.au was nominated in the "Startup of the Year" and "Entrepreneur of the Year" categories at the 2023 Commonwealth Bank Young Hero Awards.
CarExpert.com.au has surpassed four million Australian visits within a 28-day period for the first time, according to globally used analytics tool SimilarWeb. Australia’s new-car only marketplace has increased its audience reach substantially since the beginning of 2023.
New car marketplace, CarExpert.com.au, has overtaken Drive to become the largest Australian new car automotive review channel on YouTube. According to CarExpert, it hit 300,000 subscribers on YouTube over the weekend, overtaking a string of media-backed players to become number one.