A new partnership with Administrative Management Solutions gives F&I Direct the ability to directly administer F&I programs for dealers via the AMS platform. +
A growing approval rate helped the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index improve to 102.4 in March, its highest reading since June 2022 and a 6% year-over-year increase. +
Sales of full-size SUVs and pickups — and a decreased appetite for small cars — pushed the average U.S. new vehicle transaction price to $49,275 in March. +
Cox Automotive analysts say higher prices and longer purchase cycles helped dealers secure service business from 80% of new car buyers last year. +
EasyCoach powered by Siro is a new training platform designed to leverage AI to identify gaps, opportunities and risks to improve insights and performance for groups, dealerships and individuals. +
A diverse group of experts and innovators will bring agents up to speed on new and emerging technology and compete for their votes in a series of rapid-fire pitches. +
The manual review process is the last great bottleneck for dealers and auto finance sources. Attorney Tom Oscherwitz is counting on agentic AI to clear it. +
Average amounts financed, monthly payments and repayment terms all grew on a year-over-year basis in the first quarter, putting auto finance on shaky ground. +
Factories sharing new vehicle sales reports with the Automotive News Data Center suffered a roughly 5% drop in total volume in the first quarter, driven in large part by a double-digit decline in March. +
A new integration adds ImpactMenu data to Reahard’s F&I Insight platform, giving agents and dealers a “game tape” they can review and use to improve F&I performance. +
