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

• New GM Financial loans up despite retailer limitations
  Big incentives from General Motors helped its captive lender increase originations by double digits in the second quarter, even as […]
• Publics see room to improve F&I online
  Despite working for years on these efforts, public groups say the finance-and-insurance component requires a fresh approach. 
• Captives helped support customers, sales
  Serving customers and dealership partners rapidly was no easy task for large organizations that switched to virtual operations in a […]

Automotive Industry News

• Hyundai set to turn Ioniq name into a global EV brand
  Hyundai plans to release three electric vehicles under the new brand in the next four years, starting in early 2021 […]
• As Ford CEO, Farley must nail key vehicle launches
  Jim Farley's gambit to leave a flourishing Toyota career to help save a foundering Ford at the outset of the […]
• Next-gen Tahoes, Suburbans reach dealerships at critical time
  Redesigned versions of the high-profit large SUVs began shipping in recent weeks, just as GM needs a boost to its […]
• BMW readies iNext for planned EV wave
  The brand is gearing up for several electric vehicles including the i4 sedan, iNext crossover and battery-powered variants of its […]
• U.S. judge denies bail to 2 men accused of aiding Ghosn escape
  Judge Indira Talwani rejected bail for U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, after Japan […]
• Consumers more likely to consider used than new
  The study by McKinsey & Co. finds that used-vehicle consideration remains down compared with pre-pandemic levels, but it is stabilizing, […]
• The king of off-road goes electric, reaches upscale, thinks bigger
  Jeep is on a new-product wave, reaching into new segments as it expands its global presence.
• Audi's electrification blitz gets underway
  The expansion of the luxury brand's battery-electric lineup will begin next year and will continue for at least the next four […]
• Schaefflers enjoyed $35 billion fortune, then things unraveled
  Georg Schaeffler and Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann's combined fortune has been diminished to $8.5 billion during the coronavirus pandemic, which has hurt […]

Fixed Operations Industry News

• Using the slowdown to refine processes, adjust operations
  Too often people forget that turbulent times can be a chance to innovate and make changes.
• COVID-19 moves pickup and delivery into mainstream brands
  Pickup and delivery of customers' vehicles has emerged as one of the most effective ways fixed ops directors can keep their service bays busy while […]
• Employees will find new processes and mindsets are required post-COVID
  Furloughed fixed ops employees who return will likely find their jobs are quite different from the ones they left. Furthermore, the work will demand new […]