NY Automotive Dealership Website and Data Management

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Client

Nicholas Lam
Email: <nicholas5252@gmail.com>

Additional client contact

Wayne Dong
Email: <wj900319@gmail.com>

The clients are two of the founders of New York Auto Depot, Inc., an entrepreneurial automotive dealership consisting of young automotive enthusiasts.

Student contact

Jean Liu <jl3556@cornell.edu> is setting up a team for this project. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact her.

Currently the group has 5 people, including 1 UX designer/researcher and 4 developers. The group will need another 1 UI/UX designer/researcher, 1-2 people who have experience or are interested in web front-end development, and 1-2 people who have excellent verbal and oral communication skills.

Background

New York Auto Depot, Inc. is an entrepreneurial automotive dealership founded in 2012 by a group of college graduates who are also automotive enthusiasts. The company aims to provide personalized vehicle purchase consultation for college students at a lower price than traditional dealerships by making use of e-business technologies and new media platforms. It also connects car enthusiasts in various colleges and create a network of people who love or hope to learn about cars.

The first version of the company website was completed in early 2016. During the past year, the company has collected feedback from company employees and customers on their website experiences. In order to better introduce itself and serve its customers, the company is looking forward to a revised design of its website based on this feedback and a new build of its internally-used vehicle data management system.

Project Summary

The minimum requirement of the project are:

1. redesign and develop the client side of the website on both desktop and mobile platforms based on previous feedback and newly conducted user experience research,
2. develop the vehicle data management system for company employees allowing different levels of accesses.

Extra functionality would be to design and implement new features for the website. Existing but unimplemented ideas include an interactive vehicle body repair price estimator and visualizer, a simple vehicle recommendation system based on customer’s life habits and preferences, etc.