AutoSuccess

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Pros: o Complete Control: You pick the cars and the price. When using a private-party management software, dealers see up to an 84% reduction in acquisition costs and two to three times total purchases per month. The post Mastering Used Car Acquisition: Lead Generation Basics appeared first on AutoSuccessOnline.

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AutoSuccess

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

During the coronavirus pandemic, inventory was historically low, customers frequently paid above MSRP and financed cars at higher interest rates and for longer periods of time. This in turn has resulted in a surplus of new cars sitting on lots. To avoid holding costs, dealerships must sell new car inventory quickly.

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AutoSuccess

JULY 3, 2024

In response to the recent security breach crippling CDK Global customers, ABCoA, a trusted provider of dealership management software (DMS) since 1983, is extending a helping hand to automotive dealerships nationwide. Decades of Experience: ABCoA has been providing dealership management software to automobile dealers since 1983.

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Tomorrow's Technician

JUNE 27, 2024

Although the dust has settled on the VW Diesel gate scandal, the story is still not over for diesel cars that were bought back by VW. You may have noticed that there are a lot of 2009-2015 diesel Jettas, Bugs and Golfs hitting used car lots. In late 2019, they started selling the fixed cars at auction to dealers.

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AutoSuccess

JANUARY 18, 2024

The latest book from Rapid Recon founder Dennis McGinn, “ASPIRE to Predictable,” outlines ways the dealership reconditioning software company brings predictability to a general manager’s day. This problem has been – and continues to be — a challenge for used car profitability, particularly regarding mechanical repairs.

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Auto Remarketing

JUNE 3, 2024

Used-car sales have surged since the end of 2023 thanks to trends that offer long-term opportunities for dealers, according to a new eBook from marketing and data software firm ZeroSum. The report, “Driving Profits: The Importance of Data-Driven Decisions in the Used Car Market”, showed used-car movement is up 16.6%

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AutoSuccess

JUNE 6, 2024

If you want to manage inventory holding costs and bolster your earnings per share, consider how your used car reconditioning operates. Cars get sale-ready within three to five days of acquisition. Managing the recon operation to manage holding costs is a car dealer’s best offense against margin compression.

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AutoSuccess

JANUARY 4, 2024

Dealers today enjoy more predictable used car results because they leverage strategic reconditioning software’s robust efficiency metrics called time-to-line or T2L, a process we introduced to the market in 2010. The profitability of used cars has been, until now, primarily determined by demand and availability.

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AutoSuccess

JULY 17, 2024

Inter-departmental cooperation is more importance than ever, so here we provide actionable strategies for improving communication and efficiency, and highlight the benefits of using reconditioning software designed from a fixed ops perspective. Using handheld devices for early detection can bridge this gap.

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AutoSuccess

JUNE 3, 2024

This enhancement introduces new solutions focused on Used Car Pricing, Service Management, and New Car Sales Negotiation, further empowering dealerships to optimize their operations and profitability.

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AutoSuccess

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This profit per vehicle strategy couldn’t have come at a better time,” said Jared Ricart, president of the Ricart Automotive Group, whose used car operation sells 600 to 800 used cars monthly. Increase profits from parts, customer-pay services, and used cars. Eliminate chargebacks to sales.

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AutoSuccess

APRIL 29, 2024

The software suite includes a user-friendly dashboard that offers analysis and reporting across key dealership areas including digital marketing, inventory retailing, lead handling, sales performance and finance performance. .”

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AutoSuccess

JANUARY 24, 2024

After pouring countless amounts of energy into the never-pretty process of getting used cars through the shop faster and on the lot for sale — then what? It’s common knowledge that the real rewards and internal gains only come when the car finds its new owner. Plus, selling them quicker means more in the profit column.

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AutoSuccess

APRIL 9, 2024

Rapid Recon has announced in a press release a new complimentary feature for users of the company’s T2L used car reconditioning workflow software. Custom Forms is designed to help auto dealers personalize, customize and digitize the many forms used in fixed and variable operations.

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Meister Werks European & Import

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

When purchasing a used car from either the dealership or used car lot, they may offer you a warranty for an additional fee. Most used cars are ‘As Is’ with no warranty. with Ice-Cube promoting CarSheild uses a third party entity. A used car will eventually need a large repair.

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AutoSuccess

MAY 4, 2024

New VIN-scan tools that integrate with reconditioning software can provide deep, rich mechanical systems data and accurate reconditioning parts and labor costs for the vehicle make, model and year. This is critical information to have in hand when used by any dealer — and especially by public groups — seeking to bolster earnings per share.

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AutoSuccess

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Car Dealer’s Daughter Church was born into a family of dealers. The Environmental Protection Agency accused Volkswagen of equipping its diesel vehicles with software designed to manipulate emissions tests, and while litigation was pending, Volkswagen dealers had to issue a stop sale on all their TDI vehicles.

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Auto Service World

MARCH 14, 2025

Similarly, a sudden drop in used car prices from post-COVID highs resulted in many vehicles not being repaired. For instance, as vehicles become more complex, the cost of repairing crash parts with all the added sensors and technology might lead to higher total loss ratios as these cars depreciate.

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