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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 […]

Turning Data into Decisions: How AI is Transforming Inventory Management

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Turning Data into Decisions: How AI is Transforming Inventory Management

Join industry leaders Jade Terreberry, Patrick Janes, Noah Lee, and Dennis Gingrich from Niello Company as they discuss the evolving role of AI and data in automotive inventory management. This Dealer Connect panel explores how cutting-edge technology is helping dealers optimize inventory, streamline pricing, and make smarter, faster decisions. Panelists share actionable insights on leveraging […]

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 […]

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Driving Transparency: Derek Hammond on Modern Merchandising Strategies at the Q4 Ted Ings Roundtable

Join Derek Hammond, Business Development Director at vAuto by Cox Automotive, as he shares actionable insights on the evolving landscape of automotive merchandising at the Q4 Ted Ings Fixed Ops Roundtable. In this timely discussion, Derek highlights the critical importance of transparency in showcasing reconditioning work on used vehicles, backed by industry data and consumer […]

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How AI is Transforming Inventory Management

Discover how AI is revolutionizing automotive inventory management in this Q&A with Patrick Janes, Associate VP of Operations at vAuto. Learn how AI automates merchandising, supports smarter pricing, improves decision-making, and helps dealerships adapt to electric vehicles—all while enhancing, not replacing, human expertise.

vAuto Quarterly Quick-Takes - Winning 'Today’s Race to the Customer' in New and Used Vehicles

Winning Today’s ‘Race to the Customer’ in New and Used Vehicles

In this vAuto Quarterly Quick-Takes video, strategic planning director Bethany Johnson summarizes inventory and sales trends for Q3, and how dealers can maintain sales and profit objectives as the year closes.

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 […]

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; […]

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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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From Gut Instinct to Data-Driven Decisions: The Rise of Centralized Inventory Management

Inventory management in today’s used car market is a high-stakes challenge for dealership groups. The difference between profit and loss often hinges on how quickly—and strategically—you move vehicles across rooftops. In a recent Car Dealership Guy Industry Spotlight podcast, host Sam D’Arc sat down with Patrick Janes, vAuto’s associate vice president of inventory solutions, and […]