The digital solutions presented by the five teams ranged from the digital collection of vehicles to paperless vehicle applications. The concept of the "Innovation Safari" also included the special composition of the teams from car dealerships and start-ups. In a hackathon, the participants developed five customer-oriented, digital solutions for the vehicle trade and presented their ideas in the afternoon at the "German Remarketing Congress". The approximately 250 participants at the established industry event decided by voting, and the Botfriends can now look forward to prize money of 1,000 euros.

"New digital approaches for the used car business are vital for survival. The approach and brilliant ideas of the young start-ups can simplify many processes and solve well-known problems for used car dealers," says Silvia Lulei, editor-in-chief of the specialist magazine "Gebrauchtwagen Praxis".

The new "Innovation Safari" format was organized by "Gebrauchtwagen Praxis" together with "Santander Consumer Bank". Due to the high response, a summer hack will take place in Würzburg on August 23 and 24, 2018. Interested start-ups can already register now, here you can find the dealers' requests.

"Gebrauchtwagen Praxis" is the leading information service for the professional used car business. The topics covered by the monthly trade journal range from sales and purchasing, legal and tax aspects to preparation and service. www.gebrauchtwagenpraxis.de offers useful tools, a database with exclusive KBA data, as geodata with in-depth selection down to municipal level. The parent company Vogel Business Media is one of the leading German specialist information providers with 100+ trade journals, 100+ web portals, 100+ business events as well as numerous mobile offerings and international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg. The company celebrated its 125th birthday in 2016.