Vanguard Dealer Services News

• Mickey Quinn and Mike Vierzchalek featured in Spiro’s latest Case Study talking about accurate sales forecasting
• Mickey Quinn is featured on Dealership News July Podcast
• Mickey Quinn and Neil Brennan featured in the P&A 2019 Industry Trends for 2019 article
• James Polley quoted in Automotive News – How vendors avoid ineffective overload
• Vanguard Dealer Services has been the honored recipient of EasyCare’s Globe Award for 10 years in a row!
• Pitching products in the service drive works. Just ask Nestor.
• ‘Why F&I is so critical’
• Using Tech in Down Economy
• Vanguard Dealer Services Celebrates 10th Anniversary Providing F&I Products, Dealership Consulting
• Vanguard Dealer Services Improves Dealerships’ Profitability By Offering MOTOR TREND® Recommended Best Buy F&I Products
• Vanguard Dealer Services Named Automobile Protection Corporation’s Largest Agency For Seventh Consecutive Year
• Vanguard Dealer Services Celebrates 15 Years of Dealership Profitability
• Vanguard Dealer Services Launches New State-Of-The-Art Website

F&I Industry News

• N.Y. Honda store to pay $1.5 million for racial discrimination, deceptive practices
  Bronx Honda settled with the Federal Trade Commission and agreed to establish a fair lending program that includes a cap […]
• F&I companies plan to resume in-person training
  Many finance-and-insurance training companies are looking to resume dealership visits and reopen classrooms in the coming weeks, though some are […]
• Dealers see access to auto loans tightening
  As lenders tighten credit access to mitigate risk from the coronavirus pandemic, dealerships are anecdotally reporting difficulty getting customers approved […]

Automotive Industry News

• Alliance finding an individual way forward
  Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi pledge to revive their struggling alliance by divvying up markets and technologies to achieve a smaller, […]
• Virus disruptions get shorter at UAW plants
  Each of the Detroit 3 has had cases of the virus within their plants since they reopened, but new guidance […]
• Range Rover at 50: The birth of luxury SUVs
  The legendary nameplate succeeded against the odds — and changed the industry.
• How Zoox may fit into Amazon's grand plans
  Amazon's reported interest in self-driving startup Zoox likely has less to do with ride-hailing and more to do with assembling […]
• GM's BARRY ENGLE: Priorities unchanged by crisis
  GM's North American president says the automaker demonstrated its strength through higher market share for its pickups in the first […]
• Remote work will broaden talent pool, Toyota exec says
  Chris Reynolds says that in addition to the profound impact COVID-19 has had on manufacturing, it may have opened the […]
• Toyota's RAV4 Prime priced from $39,220
  The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid will start at just under $40,000 — a $12,150 premium over the base […]
• Kentucky dealership fires lockdown protester
  Neil Huffman Auto Group said it would not allow "hate or intolerance" after its employee hung an effigy of Gov. […]
• FCA to offer buyouts at Canada minivan plant
  With Fiat Chrysler's decision apparently final, executives from the union and automaker met Friday to discuss terms of the upcoming […]

Fixed Operations Industry News

• Better than a new tool
  Yes, new gadgets and software are useful. But something much cheaper can be a better guarantee of fixed ops success.
• ?Be bold and think to the future'
  It may be all about survival now. But a veteran of the fixed ops scene says this is the time to imagine the opportunities that […]
• Now's the time for reinvention
  The game has changed. Service departments need to use this moment to innovate.