vAuto’s ProfitTime GPS is the industry’s only solution that brings data-driven insights about each vehicles value to every retail pricing and every sourcing decision you make — in every channel you make them.
vAuto’s Provision inventory management software uses vAuto’s Live Market View to help used car dealers stock, appraise, price and list more precisely than their competitors.
Dealers are feeling a profitability pinch in new and used vehicles as new vehicle supplies grow and potential buyers face their own pocketbook pressure. Watch now as we share practical pointers to help dealers manage new vehicle profitability.
Conquest gives you a Live Market View of new car inventory in real time, resulting in better new car strategies.
There’s a proven way to reach a larger audience of in-market shoppers and hold on to your market share with Autotrader and vAuto.
vAuto’s Stockwave wholesale sourcing software gives you access to vehicles from 300+ marketplaces with the most accurate, up-to-the-minute Live Market View of today’s used car values and pricing.
The proven way to profit at wholesale.
Watch Stockwave’s Glance in action in this product demo video. Stockwave delivers live market data you can’t get anywhere else.
Intelligent Promotion allows your dealership to merchandise more efficiently with attention-grabbing VDP content and promotions you can scale across your inventory.
Vehicle Intelligence 360 allows you to easily create a superior VDP experience that differentiates and showcases each used vehicle’s value online.
The goal of your digital merchandising is to show shoppers that the value of your vehicle matches – or exceeds – the price you’re asking for. So, how do you convey enough value online to convince shoppers they’re getting a great deal?
iRecon reconditioning software allows your dealership to efficiently communicate with reconditioning partners, reduce holding costs and get vehicles in front of customers sooner.
Building a more efficient process with iRecon can help increase your ROI. Use this calculator and see how much additional profit you could expect each month.
Managing inventory is a matter of making sure every decision makes money for your dealership. Provision® helps decision-making look easy, increasing efficiency and turn even in the toughest times.
Many dealers feel like their inventory — and their success — is limited. Dealers who use Conquest™ feel differently and have as much as a 39% increase in new car sales to show for it.
Battling a more challenging auction environment than ever, many dealers come home with cars that don’t gross. Dealers who use Stockwave are seeing as much as a 40% increase in gross profit.
Watch Gary Wexler’s full interview to hear why he moved to ProfitTime when he already had one of the most profitable dealerships in the country.
Learn how vAuto’s Stockwave solution streamlined this dealers entire wholesale buying process.
Hear how one dealer used iRecon to identify and address flaws in their dealership’s reconditioning process that resulted in rapid growth in their pre-owned departments across the country.
Dealers are feeling a profitability pinch in new and used vehicles as new vehicle supplies grow and potential buyers face their own pocketbook pressure. Watch now as we share practical pointers to help dealers manage new vehicle profitability.
Dealers are feeling a profitability pinch in new and used vehicles as new vehicle supplies grow and potential buyers face their own pocketbook pressure. Watch now as we share practical pointers to help dealers manage new vehicle profitability.
Dealers are feeling a profitability pinch in new and used vehicles as new vehicle supplies grow and potential buyers face their own pocketbook pressure. Watch now as we share practical pointers to help dealers manage new vehicle profitability.
Dealers are feeling a profitability pinch in new and used vehicles as new vehicle supplies grow and potential buyers face their own pocketbook pressure. Watch now as we share practical pointers to help dealers manage new vehicle profitability.
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Dealers are feeling a profitability pinch in new and used vehicles as new vehicle supplies grow and potential buyers face their own pocketbook pressure. Watch now as we share practical pointers to help dealers manage new vehicle profitability.
Dealers are feeling a profitability pinch in new and used vehicles as new vehicle supplies grow and potential buyers face their own pocketbook pressure. Watch now as we share practical pointers to help dealers manage new vehicle profitability.
Dealers are feeling a profitability pinch in new and used vehicles as new vehicle supplies grow and potential buyers face their own pocketbook pressure. Watch now as we share practical pointers to help dealers manage new vehicle profitability.
Three market conditions have converged to cause dealers and used vehicle managers to return to inventory age management policies that call for immediate wholesaling of vehicles that reach 45 or 60...
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It seems as if nearly everyone in the industry, especially dealers, wants answers to two important questions: When will the current chip shortage, which is affecting new vehicle production levels...
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I believe we’re about to reach a similar moment in the used vehicle market, particularly for dealers who have been stocking their inventories to achieve a 60- or even 90-days supply of vehicles.
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As I was leaving Las Vegas yesterday, it occurred to me that I hadn’t shared much on new vehicle market conditions and what they may mean for dealers. Of course, everyone knows the industry will...
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I recently did an interview with CBT News where host Jim Fitzpatrick and I discussed three things dealers should do to better manage their new vehicle inventories. We talked about keeping a...
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Franchised dealers are in a bit of pickle these days. As Automotive News reported this week, new vehicle inventories have risen to their highest level since July 2017. The estimated tally of 4.2...
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There was a time not long ago when selling used vehicles and making money were synonymous. Those were the days when you could take a used vehicle into inventory, price it to achieve your gross...
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It’s been a bit of a dream come true for independent dealer Dan Oakes in Kansas City. In 2010, Oakes acted on his curiosity and interest in the car business. His job as an energy trader provided...
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Perhaps it’s telling that, as of today, no one has commented on the Automotive News piece that discusses how dealers will face a “tough slog” in the months ahead in new cars. The reason, I...
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For many dealers, margin compression in used vehicles has been a bit like a leaky water line. The truth is, the line’s been slowly dripping for years. But no one really noticed it until now—after...
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If today’s used vehicle market was a house, it’d have a serious structural problem. Let’s say the house had eight-foot ceilings 10 years ago. Today, the ceiling height is probably closer to seven...
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In the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a troubling trend in dealers’ used vehicle inventories. The inventory turn rates at these dealers is slowing down. Last year, the dealers consistently...
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A new year brings much discussion about goals, resolutions and to-dos. That’s certainly the case with a lot of dealers, judging from conversations and e-mails the past few weeks. Collectively, the...
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There appears to be good news and bad news on the horizon in used vehicles. The good news first: The healthy pace of used vehicle sales, particularly in near-new segments with good-credit buyers,...
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It’s here—the slowdown in new vehicle sales that many dealers and industry observers have expected to arrive for some time. As one analyst puts it, “the new car market is no longer growing, which...
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I’ve noticed a troubling trend in used vehicle inventories for dealers across the country in recent weeks. The problem: The average Market Days Supply for many dealers’ used vehicle inventories is...
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For many dealers, the new car business is increasingly all about volume. This reality doesn’t hold for every new vehicle—particularly in cross-over and truck segments that continue to be...
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