Klarna’s Pay in Full, Pay in 4 and longer-term financing solutions are now available to dealers using Tekion’s AI-powered service scheduling platform. +
A new Protective Asset Protection survey finds car buyers are experiencing financial anxiety driven in part by fears over the high cost of unexpected repairs. +
Healthy March and April sales improved many dealers’ moods, but Cox Automotive’s Q2 survey finds growing anxiety over factors beyond their control. +
Car Wars has integrated its AI-powered Cari Scheduler with UpdatePromise’s service scheduling and communications platform for franchised dealerships. +
Impel announced an industry-first pairing of AI-generated videos with AI sales agents, delivering introductions and ongoing conversations at any hour. +
Dealers improved F&I profit per vehicle, products per deal and income in the first quarter despite a seasonal slowdown in deal counts and front-end gross. +
Point Predictive has integrated with Stellantis MarketCenter, offering franchised dealers access to BorrowerCheck and Driver’s License Scan. +
S&P Global Mobility will offer its FeeSync platform to all U.S. dealers for no charge, providing a single, secure interface for fee structure changes. +
An Urban Science/Harris Poll survey finds 74% of U.S. auto dealers are unsatisfied with their ability to track sales leads but only 14% believe AI tools can help. +
EFG Companies announced the launch of Reinsurance Health Check, a diagnostic review for dealers concerned about program performance amid rising claims severity, higher repair costs and delayed reserve adjustments. +
