EPIC and RockED have partnered to offer an education and certification pathway for loan payoff, lien release and title transparency workflows. +
Dealers set a new quarterly record with $1,769 in average F&I income per vehicle retailed, partially offsetting an 11.8% slide in franchised dealership profitability. +
VisionAST’s newly launched Novella Intelligence Suite allows dealers and agents to engage and converse with “Cassandra,” an AI-powered data analyst. +
Dealer Digital Intelligence was designed to create a competitive advantage as AI-powered searches proliferate and regulatory pressure intensifies. +
Conversica has launched Ignite, an AI-native platform built to unify valuable customer, vehicle, sales, service and conversation data from existing dealer systems. +
A major platform update gives Phone Ninjas users new insights — including performance gaps — based on their actual conversations with customers. +
The owner of Aaron Automotive Group claims a dealer services provider made false promises to deliver training, consulting and process implementation. +
The latest quarterly VIN-based inventory report from Lotlinx finds rebounding sales driven by new launches but offset by persistently aged inventory. +
A nonbinding proposal from Penske’s largest shareholders would take one of the “Big 6” publicly traded dealer groups private at $210 per share. +
Edmunds reports the Toyota Tundra led all trade-ins in average negative equity in a Q2 list filled with models regarded as strong residual value performers. +
