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

• Election outcome likely to impact auto finance landscape
  Three factors will be pivotal in shaping the automotive industry's trajectory, according to Cox Automotive Chief Economist Jonathan Smoke: the […]
• Digital tools still require dealership support
  Lithia Motors executives said last week that in-store F&I managers provide the best behind-the-scenes support for virtual car deals.
• Digital auto selling and lending has a weak spot: Fraud
  Auto finance has been hit particularly hard with fraud spiking by 30 percent each week since March, despite a drop-off […]

Automotive Industry News

• Fisker closes deal to go public via merger
  The electric vehicle maker said the transaction will fund development of the Ocean SUV through the start of production in […]
• Carvana shrinks net loss, gross profit per vehicle sold hits high
  Top-line growth at the online used-vehicle retailer, like its peers and competitors, remained strong but below the pace of prior […]
• Government agencies question FCC plan to shift auto spectrum to Wi-Fi
  The Transportation and Treasury departments argue the spectrum shift could jeopardize safety and put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage […]
• Continental CEO Degenhart to step down, citing health reasons
  Degenhart is likely to be succeeded by the head of the supplier's automotive operations, Nikolai Setzer, Bloomberg reported, citing people […]
• Visteon's adjusted profit, sales up in Q3
  The supplier said it launched a record 23 new products in the quarter as it worked to control costs.
• Judge delays extradition of Ghosn escape plot suspects
  Lawyers for the men sought the last-minute delay after the State Department approved handing them over to Japan, where they […]
• Geely's Polestar recalls all EV sedans again
  The second recall in a month at the upstart EV brand will cover the replacement of faulty inverters on most […]
• Group 1 reports record Q3 earnings on cost efficiencies
  The dealership group said net income more than tripled to $126.4 million even though revenue fell 2.5 percent to $3 […]
• Ford to pool CO2 emissions with Volvo to avoid EU fine
  Ford said it would need to take the step after it was forced to stop sales of its key low-emissions […]

Fixed Operations Industry News

• Virus delays dealership construction projects
  Public and private dealership groups paused work on expansions, renovations and new stores in the uncertain early days of the pandemic. Many restarted once confidence […]
• Express lane consistency, the Toyota way
  For express lanes to run properly, techs have to perform each task at the required time exactly the same way on every vehicle, every time. […]
• Customers' target: Gone in 60 minutes
  What factors will lure a customer to a dealership express service? Speed, location, price? And how long do customers expect to wait for those services […]