Vanguard Dealer Services News

• How to Build Customer Loyalty Proven Steps to Engage Customers to repeatedly buy from your dealership
• Mickey Quinn and Neil Brennan Promotions at Vanguard Dealer Services
• New Business Strategies for the Post-Pandemic Shopper by Mickey Quinn
• 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

F&I Industry News

• California cracks down on auto loan GAP coverage
  Senate Bill 1311 would reduce GAP sales to military consumers, Guaranteed Asset Protection Alliance Executive Director Tom Keepers said.
• Feds: Stolen IDs used in deals for 3 Range Rover Sports
  Suspects' photos allegedly appeared with stolen victim information on drivers' licenses used in deals for $297K worth of late-model Range […]
• FTC sending $415K to Tate's Auto Group dealership customers
  The Federal Trade Commission reached a $7.2M settlement with the four-dealership group itself in 2020, but Tate's Auto Group had […]

Automotive Industry News

• Nikola founder Milton bought Utah ranch with 'worthless' stock options
  Investor told the jurors in federal court in Manhattan that he was wary because he had never heard of Nikola […]
• U.S. light-vehicle sales expected to stagnate with pent-up demand 'quickly disappearing'
  Cox Automotive lowered its sales forecast for the third time this year as rising interest rates now threaten to stall […]
• Toyota output rises for the first time in 5 months
  Toyota still faces a chip shortage, but the situation has improved from 12 months ago when COVID cases were causing […]
• Porsche makes robust trading debut in landmark IPO
  The listing will raise 9.4 billion euros for VW Group amid some of the most challenging market conditions in years.
• Dealerships close in Florida as Hurricane Ian unleashes ‘catastrophic' conditions
  Shuttered dealerships moved vehicles inside ahead of life-threatening storm surges, hurricane-force winds.
• How Mercedes is using software to rewrite product development playbook
  Mercedes and other automakers are rethinking workflow and investment to emphasize speed and collaboration.
• It will take time for federal tax credits on used EVs, PHEVs and fuel cells to gain traction
  Starting next year, consumers buying used electric vehicles from car dealers could save up to $4,000 under a new U.S. […]
• Lilium aims to build 400 air taxis a year
  German air taxi developer Lilium plans to set up industrial capacity to make some 400 of its electrically powered Lilium […]
• Ford and Tesla boast high brand loyalty rates, but do they attract buyers?
  S&P Global Mobility goes beyond loyalty rates to evaluate the conquest and defection ratios of brands, which analysts say paints […]

Fixed Operations Industry News

• An ‘aggressive' approach to client care
  The Week 1 Fixed Ops Journal Forum panel covered a lot of good territory on how to better retain service customers.
• How dealerships can prep to service EVs
  Peter Kahn of CDK Global talks with Automotive News about a recent study that examined what dealership service departments need to be doing to get […]
• Research: Efforts to stop right to repair futile
  Ducker Carlisle's research shows right to repair laws likely to pass despite automakers spending millions on lobbying efforts; dealerships won't lose customers if it passes.