Vanguard Dealer Services News
The 2020 pandemic saw shoppers who have stockpiled essential items, dramatically increased online buying, and changed the way they spend their dollars. The market had to adapt to these changes quickly and concisely. Its projected that post-pandemic buying behaviors will be adopted as the new normal and remain the same, with consumers requiring digital access […]
Mickey Quinn and Mike Vierzchalek featured in Spiro’s latest Case Study talking about accurate sales forecasting
Automotive Industry News
- Nvidia touts new generative AI auto partnerships
- Nissan offers some U.S. dealers cash to take inventory in 11th-hour wholesale push
- Auto executives are bracing for substantial disruptions from EV, software shifts, survey finds
- Audi pads EV lineup in U.S. with Q6 E-tron
- Chinese EV battery maker sues Michigan township over $2.4B factory plan
- Franchised used car dealer sentiment lowest since pandemic, Cox survey shows
- Banks unlikely to loosen up on auto loans in 2024, Fed survey finds
- Honda Canada to slash dealer margins by up to 44%, several dealers say
- No limits: Small dealers go national with video streaming ad pilot
- UAW says workers at VW Tenn. plant file for union election
- EV startup Fisker idles production, warns it may need to seek bankruptcy
- China's Gotion sues Michigan township for breach of contract over $2.4 billion plant
- Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Chinese cars made in Mexico
- Hertz’s CEO to step down as car renter unwinds EV bet
- ‘Trust, but verify' helps dealer group cut customers' service wait times
F&I Industry News
- Technology and AI can help new and veteran F&I managers alike overcome process pain points
- Guest commentary: How captives and banks should respond to buyers' evolving tastes
- Column: How to combat the fraud problem in the auto finance market
- Finance companies’ leasing not optimal
- Asbury battling FTC allegations of violations related to F&I product sales
- ‘Artificial paydown' fraud from customers can leave car dealers, auto lenders with losses
Fixed Operations Industry News
- Guest commentary: Strategies for success in a changing fixed ops landscape
- Customers waiting too long for F&I, study finds
- 1 Thing We're Talking About: Cancer diagnosis prompts outpouring of support
- Guest commentary: How AI can improve the vehicle exchange process
- Column: Turning the page on Fixed Ops Journal
- Fixed in time: Auto repair in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1943