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“It’s like having the answers to the test before you take it.” That’s how some dealers now regard the art and science of used car inventory management. The comment reflects how AI and predictive data science, when used to determine each used vehicle’s investment value potential, fundamentally changes how dealers acquire, appraise and price their […]

How York Automotive Establishes, Executes its Used Vehicle Inventory Strategy

Six Best Practices for Improving Appraisals

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Solving the Inventory Puzzle: How AI and Data Are Transforming Dealership Strategy

Recorded live at ASOTU CON 2025, this session, led by Nick Askew, features Derek Hanson and Patrick Janes from Cox Automotive. Discover how AI-driven insights and predictive analytics are revolutionizing inventory management for dealerships. Learn how tools like vAuto are helping dealer groups optimize vehicle placement across rooftops, reduce aged inventory, and boost profitability. Whether […]

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Modern Strategies to Combat Declining Profitability

Independent dealers are facing a slew of new challenges as they head into the second half of the year—tight inventory, shrinking margins, and affordability concerns that are reshaping how consumers shop. While used vehicle sales are forecasted to be up this year, compared to last year, the path to profitability is anything but straightforward. That’s […]

5 Key Opportunities for Any Dealer Group

In this vAuto podcast, vAuto’s Senior Director of Customer Program Management, Dan Winchester, addresses five performance improvement opportunities for groups. The opportunities flow from his work advising dealer groups on ways to improve their businesses. The specific opportunities include ways to bring more consistency to appraisals across group rooftops; how to ensure each vehicle retails […]

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From the Service Drive to the Sales Lot: Why Dealers Must Rethink Vehicle Sourcing Now

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years working at dealerships and with dealers across the country, it’s this: the best opportunities are often right under your nose. And right now, that opportunity is sitting in your service drive. At the recent Fixed OPS Roundtable, I had the chance to speak alongside Micah Tindor […]

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Driving Dealer Success: Strategies for Sourcing Inventory in a Shifting Market

In this dynamic panel from the Fixed OPS Roundtable, Micah Tindor and Patrick Janes of Cox Automotive join Ted Ings and Sarah Vantine to explore how dealerships can thrive amid rising tariffs and affordability challenges. Learn how to turn your service drive into a high-value inventory source, align fixed and variable operations, and leverage integrated […]

Live Market View Q2 2025 – Build on the Momentum

Maintain your momentum as spring turns to summer In the Q2 Live Market View, Derek Hanson and Jessica Stafford explore consumer shopping behavior, sales trends, and inventory dynamics in early spring 2025. They highlight how new car leads surged in March and April, how dealers adapted to tariff uncertainties, and how AI-driven tools are helping […]

Quarterly Quick-Takes: A Torrent of Tariff-spurred Sales in Q1 2025