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Unpacking 3 Used Vehicle Lifecycle Opportunities for Dealers Jan 12, 2024

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In this vAuto podcast, a trio of the company’s thought leaders—Alison Spangler, Patrick Janes and Nathan Fox—outline opportunities for dealers in three distinct areas of used vehicle operations: Acquisition, your retail/wholesale exit decisions and merchandising. Get a clear understanding of how you can optimize your opportunity in each area and understand how new solutions vAuto will be featuring at the upcoming NADA 2024 convention in Las Vegas can help.

How to Grow Inventory When Supply is Down | vAuto | Used Car Week 2023 Nov 20, 2023

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While supply remains low, consumer demand is still high. That means you need to source creatively to stock the cars your customers want. Listen to vAuto's Derek Hanson and Patrick Janes discuss how multi-channel sourcing is the key to finding inventory. They also cover how the end of the UAW strike will ignite the new car market, creating an uptick in trade opportunities.

An Inside View of an Independent Dealer’s Playbook for the Current Market Nov 17, 2023

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In this vAuto podcast, Jeremiah Mowry, director of operations for independent dealer group, Atlanta Auto Brokers, shares how he’s managing his inventory and team to meet the challenges acquiring, pricing and selling vehicles in the current market. Mowry outlines how he aims to assess each vehicle’s best exit strategy in the retail or wholesale market, and the blend of art, science and technology that drives the decision. Mowry also provides an outline of the group’s efforts to reduce the share of auction acquisitions in favor of acquiring vehicles directly from customers. Looking ahead, Mowry offers a view of his key priorities for the months ahead, starting with a greater focus on supporting and scaling his team for future growth.

Finding Success Amid Uncertain Used Vehicle Market Conditions Oct 13, 2023

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In this vAuto podcast, Dale Pollak, vAuto founder and Cox Automotive executive vice president, discusses how used vehicle market conditions may evolve in the face of the United Auto Workers strike and affordability issues that can weaken retail demand. Dale shares how dealers can strengthen the performance of used vehicle operations with a more strategy-minded approach to pricing, appraising and acquisition. He also details why some dealers are finding opportunities with used EVs other dealers currently avoid.

A Marketing-Minded View of Today’s Vehicle Affordability Challenge Sep 22, 2023

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In this vAuto podcast, Daniel Salazar, corporate vice president for the Atlanta-based ALM Automotive Group, outlines how his dealership brand and marketing efforts have shifted to account for the rise of affordability challenges for new/used vehicle buyers. Salazar highlights how declining lead closing rates signaled the first signs of affordability issues and steps the group’s taken since to maintain sales volume and profitability even as it becomes more difficult to match finance customers with lenders.

An Exit-Minded Method to Secure More Inventory and Profit at Wholesale Aug 25, 2023

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In this vAuto podcast, hear from Micah Tindor of Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer and Matt Talbert of vAuto discuss how dealers build an exit-minded strategy for acquiring and disposing of consumer vehicles. Hear their market predictions for the rest of the year and how dealers can get ahead of the game by using new tools to know their profitable exit at the point of acquisition.

Best Practices for Sourcing Inventory on the Money in Any Channel Aug 03, 2023

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In this vAuto podcast, Patrick Janes of vAuto and Micah Tindor of Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer share best practices to help dealers source inventory more effectively and profitably in non-traditional acquisition channels. Get pointers to establish a standard (and measurable) appraisal process you can deploy in your service drive, private party and other sourcing channels. Find out how new tools provide metrics to manage appraiser performance and manage the money-making potential of vehicles sourced in specific channels to meet your stocking strategy and used vehicle department objectives.

Inside a Dealer's 90-Day Pricing Alignment Challenge Jun 16, 2023

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In this vAuto podcast, James Skop, general sales manager at Fletch's Buick, GMC, Audi in Petoskey, MI, details the results of his experience during a 90-day challenge to maintain 85 percent pricing alignment or better in ProfitTime GPS. Hear how Skop and his team reversed a trend of low grosses and losses on Bronze vehicles, while making even better grosses on Gold and Platinum cars, during the three-month challenge. Skop also details the car-specific circumstances that he believes signal a need to go above or below ProfitTime GPS pricing recommendations to achieve optimal outcomes.

How Rohrman Auto Group Makes its Vehicle Merchandising Stand Out May 12, 2023

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In this vAuto podcast, Jeremy Nowling, director of sales, digital retailing and implementation for Rohrman Auto Group, shares how he/his team make their new/used vehicles show up and stand out for vehicle shoppers to capture their business. Nowling details the elements that drive merchandising success—the right mix of photos, complemented by specific call-outs in billboards and overlays and more—for new and used vehicles. Plus, he outlines how he measures merchandising efficiency and effectiveness, while overseeing merchandising-focused managers at individual rooftops in the group.

What happens when a 100 year old dealership must reinvent itself in a volatile market? Apr 28, 2023

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In this episode of the vAuto podcast Mark Thompson, Used Car Operations Director at Bergey Automotive, joins Mike Boyd, Senior Director of Business Development and Founder of vAuto’s iRecon, to discuss how Bergey’s has reinvented itself in an unpredictable market. They’ll discuss how Bergey’s changed their merchandising approach, tightened up reconditioning and got creative with acquiring inventory – all while keeping the customer experience at the forefront.

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