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Driving Dealer Success: AI-Powered Strategies for Smarter Inventory Management

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Driving Dealer Success: AI-Powered Strategies for Smarter Inventory Management

Artificial intelligence is transforming how dealers manage inventory and stay competitive. In this episode of In the Driver Seat with Automotive News, Derek Henson, SVP of Dealer, Lender, and Inventory Management Solutions at Cox Automotive, explains how dealers are optimizing acquisition strategies across channels and leveraging AI-driven insights to appraise and price vehicles with precision. He shares […]

Best Practices for Leveraging the Power of AI at Auto Dealerships

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Best Practices for Leveraging the Power of AI at Auto Dealerships

Dealers face the challenge of unlocking AI’s full potential while managing its risks. Derek Hansen, SVP of Cox Automotive’s vAuto, Xtime, and Dealertrack, shares practical strategies for introducing AI to teams, defining the right balance between human and machine tasks, and resolving conflicts in decision-making. He also explains how AI can optimize used-vehicle inventory by […]

Going Beyond Look to Book to Measure Appraiser Performance

In this vAuto podcast, vAuto’s Dan Winchester highlights how appraiser Look to Book rates at some dealerships aren’t as good as dealers think. Winchester details the limits of LTB as a primary measure of appraiser performance, and why two new KPIs—appraisal effectiveness and appraisal completeness—offer a better way for dealers to maximize appraisal opportunities. Hear […]

Optimizing Profitability Across Diverse Acquisition Channels and Rooftops

With more used inventory coming from multiple sourcing channels, dealers now manage a diverse mix of vehicles with varying profit potential. The challenge is aligning sales volume and profitability objectives with the channels where you perform best. In this ASOTU Edge webinar, hosts Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier are joined by Derek Hansen of […]

Beyond the Buzz: From AI Hype to Real-world Impact

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Beyond the Buzz: From AI Hype to Real-world Impact

At DealerConnect 25, Cox Automotive leaders didn’t just talk about AI—they showed how it’s already working behind the scenes to help dealers make smarter, faster inventory decisions. On stage, vAuto’s AVP of Business Development, Patrick Janes, cut through the hype with real examples of how AI is quietly transforming the way dealers acquire, appraise, merchandise, and price vehicles. Forget the buzzwords. This isn’t about futuristic tech or […]

vAuto Digitization Guide blog post 2025

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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 […]

How vAuto Powers Mohawk Auto Group’s Strategy

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How vAuto Powers Mohawk Auto Group’s Strategy

The team at Mohawk Auto Group uses vAuto to power every stage of their used car strategy – from precise stocking and in-lane sourcing to reconditioning and retail. With tools like ProfitTime® GPS and iRecon fully integrated, their team moves faster, prices more competitively and stays aligned on high-value decisions. And, with their Mohawk Exchange […]

From Source to Sale: A Strategic Approach to Maximizing Used Vehicle Profitability

In this vAuto podcast, used vehicle director Drew Hall of Cloninger Automotive Group details how/why the group adopted a source channel-specific strategy for acquiring vehicles to reduce dependency on auctions. Hear how this strategy has reshaped the way the group acquires, appraisses and prices vehicles to maximize profitability. Get insights to help you establish vehicle […]

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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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How AI Powers Service Lane Appraisals, Acquisitions

In this vAuto podcast, used vehicle buyer Josh Kor of Richfield Bloomington (MN) Honda shares how UVeye’s AI-powered vehicle inspections and a new vAuto appraisal integration have made acquiring vehicles from service customers more effective and efficient. Kor details the process he follows that yields 1500 completed service lane appraisals and 40-plus vehicle acquisitions each […]