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Priced to Move, Not to Hope: Three Data-Driven Strategies

Efficiency is a profit lever. And for today’s top-performing dealerships, AI, automation, and digitization aren’t just buzzwords—they’re business drivers. According to the 2024 Digitization of Automotive Retail Study, dealers using omnichannel tools see a 53% greater positive impact on close rates from digital retailing compared to others. In this article, we’ll break down how Cox […]

Rules of the Road: Move Cars Smarter, Not Just Faster

Rules of the Road: Move Cars Smarter, Not Just Faster

In this ASOTU Edge webinar, learn how to stop playing musical chairs with your used inventory and start making smarter, more strategic moves. Patrick Janes from vAuto and Paul Golias from Modern Automotive Network share proven tactics for transferring vehicles between stores—covering when and why to move a car, how to keep transfers fair, and […]

vAuto Live Webinar - Vehicle Acquisitions: Making It Rain in the Service Lane

Vehicle Acquisitions: Making It Rain in the Service Lane

Get practical pointers to help you acquire more vehicles from service customers in this Automotive News webinar, featuring Patrick James, associate AVP of Operations at vAuto. Janes outlines best practices from top-performing dealers, including parameters to prioritize customers and vehicles for offers; how to scale a soft-sell, “opt-in” offer to customers prior to service visits; […]

Mining Your Misses to Make Deals and Win Inventory

This ASOTU Edge Webinar features Patrick A Janes of vAuto and Adam Claiborne of Mike Shaw Kia as they unpacked how dealers can turn missed appraisals into winning deals and inventory. The conversation explored how Mike Shaw Kia built a process-driven pipeline that re-engages customers through CRM integration, enabling them to proactively pursue previously appraised […]

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Transforming Vehicle Appraisals: How AI and vAuto Drive Transparency and Accuracy

In this Fixed Ops Roundtable segment, Patrick Janes joins Ted Ings and Sarah Vantine to explore how dealerships can bring AI into their appraising process to minimize variances and speed up vehicle condition assessments and customer offers. Janes shares how vAuto’s AI-powered data and solutions, including integration with AI imaging technology, helps dealers acquire more […]

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Smarter Decisions: How AI Is Transforming Inventory Management at Dealerships

In a recent Automotive News webinar, Derek Hansen, Vice President of Operations at vAuto (a Cox Automotive brand), joined host Emma Hancock to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping inventory management in automotive retail. Here are some key highlights from the webinar, which you can view in full here. The Evolution of AI in […]

vAuto Quarterly Quick-Takes: An “Up and Down” Retail Automotive Market in Q2 2025

In this vAuto Quarterly Quick-Takes video, strategic planning director Bethany Johnson summarizes key take-aways from Q2, which saw a series of ups and downs across new and used vehicle departments for dealers. Get pointers to help you turn a new vehicle bright spot—improving trade-in equity—to your advantage to address slow-moving inventory; diversify your used vehicle […]

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Doing Business the Way Today’s Customers Prefer

With customer expectations evolving and technology advancing faster than they have in the past, dealerships face a pivotal moment to reimagine they do business to better engage buyers the way they prefer. This blog explores how dealers can build stronger connections with customers to sell more vehicles and deliver better experiences that seed future business. […]

Raising Rooftop Results to Optimize your Dealer Group’s Performance

Discover research-based best practices for performance and process improvements in automotive dealer groups! Learn how to align decision-making at individual rooftops with your group’s strategic objectives. Optimize your ROI on used-vehicle investments and see how new technology can help identify and correct decision-making deficiencies.

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Why Hello Auto Uses Intelligent Promotion