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How to Choose the Right Inventory Management Solution for Your Dealership

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How to Choose the Right Inventory Management Solution for Your Dealership

The best inventory management solution isn’t necessarily the one with the most features. It’s the one that helps your team: Dealerships have access to more inventory data than ever before. The most effective inventory management solutions help dealers translate market conditions into actionable decisions, from acquisition and pricing to inventory exit strategies. When you’re evaluating […]

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Building a Competitive Advantage Through Inventory Merchandising

Most vehicle shoppers form their first impression online. Before they ever contact your dealership, they’re comparing vehicles, evaluating value, and deciding which inventory deserves a closer look. Strong merchandising helps shoppers find the information they need and move forward with confidence. Here are four practical ways to strengthen your inventory merchandising and create a better […]

Automated Pricing for Dealers: What You Need to Know

Every dealer wrestles with the same two pricing questions: Is someone actively managing pricing on every vehicle, and are those pricing decisions protecting my investment? These questions have driven the rise of automated and AI-driven pricing tools designed to eliminate stale inventory pricing while preventing dealers from giving up gross margin too quickly. In this […]

Q2 2026 Dealer Insights: Inventory, Pricing & Profitability Trends | vAuto Quick Takes

Vehicle Inventory & Affordability Trends for Q2 2026 | vAuto Quick Takes Podcast

In this Q2 2026 episode of vAuto Quick Takes, host Lance Helgeson sits down with Bethany Johnson, Director of Strategic Planning for vAuto, to unpack the quarter’s biggest dealership trends. Topics include: Tune in for actionable strategies on inventory management, equity mining, and service-to-sales conversion to keep your dealership ahead of Q2 2026 market shifts.

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How a Dealer Group Lifts its Trade Appraisal/Capture Rate

In this vAuto podcast, Ken Fisher, West Coast director of inventory optimization for the Holman Automotive Group, shares how he/his team are working to achieve a new KPI: Capture 50 trade-ins for every 100 vehicles they sell. The effort’s helped Ken/team go beyond traditional Look to Book metrics and rely less on auction-purchased vehicles. Find […]

New AI-Driven Innovations: A Workflow Playbook for Connected Dealership Operations

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New AI-Driven Innovations: A Workflow Playbook for Connected Dealership Operations

Move from insight to action with a preview of vAuto dealership solutions.

How vAuto’s AI is Better: It Starts with Data

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How vAuto’s AI is Better: It Starts with Data

Derek Hansen, SVP, Dealer, Lender, and Inventory Management Solutions at Cox Automotive, explains why trusted inputs matter before AI can deliver trusted outputs.

How vAuto AI Transforms Dealership Workflows and Efficiency

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How vAuto AI Transforms Dealership Workflows and Efficiency

Featured at Access Innovation, vAuto’s exclusive event, this session shows how dealerships can use AI and curated automotive data to make smarter inventory and pricing decisions. Reduce guesswork, increase efficiency, and drive profitability with purpose-built AI.

Distilling What Predictive Pricing Tells You About a Vehicle

Distilling What Predictive Pricing Tells You About a Vehicle

In this vAuto podcast, lead Performance Manager Michael McMullen discusses how predictive data science-based pricing recommendations help dealers make the most from individual used vehicle investments. McMullen shares how the recommendations help dealers capture the price premium a vehicle might deserve based on past history, performance; address the varying degrees of price sensitivity an individual […]

NADA 2026 Preview: A Quick Rundown What’s New in Las Vegas

NADA 2026 Preview: A Quick Rundown What’s New in Las Vegas

In this vAuto podcast, Derek Hansen and Patrick Janes provide a preview of the AI-enabled innovations vAuto will debut at the NADA Show in Las Vegas to help dealers achieve greater success. Hear how the combination of AI and integrations with other Cox Automotive solutions can help you build and scale a customer-focused service lane […]