Tire Review Magazine

APRIL 24, 2025

Economic uncertainty is prompting many car buyers to act quickly, which pushes up sales and vehicle prices. According to CARFAX , both car sales and prices are rising beyond typical seasonal patterns. This spring, used car price trends show nearly double the increase compared to the same period last year.

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AutoSuccess

JUNE 23, 2025

You’re a car dealer; such environments are made for your mentality, aptitude, creativity and long suffering. Consider these actions to reduce market risks to used car profitability. This is one of the most productive and simplest ways to better manage margin expectations on every used car you buy. Here we go again.

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AutoSuccess

MAY 13, 2025

Discover a smarter used car inventory sourcing strategy. The best cars dont hit the lane; theyre in someones driveway. Ever notice how the cars you really want low miles, high demand, fat margins never seem to hit the auction block anymore? Sellers think their cars are worth all the money. That much is clear.

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AutoSuccess

APRIL 10, 2025

How to Make Smarter Inventory Acquisition Decisions that Will Better Impact Your Bottom Line David Farmer, founder and CEO of Intice, recently stated, You make your profit the day you buy the car. This simple truth of buying cars right, often overlooked, is the key to unlocking higher profits in the car business. But reality?

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AutoSuccess

MAY 3, 2025

Its the cry of the frustrated manager: Wheres the car? They come from: Used car managers who cant locate keys for vehicles they need to move to the sales lot. The post Practicing the Precise Science of Key and Car Tracking appeared first on AutoSuccessOnline. Where are the keys?

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AutoSuccess

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Dealerships in 2024 will continue to face used car sourcing challenges. I recently read an article that netted the issue: “Dealers navigating a used-vehicle market that already allows little room for error are eyeing another obstacle: worsening used-car availability.”

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AutoSuccess

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Used vehicle acquisition is competitive, expensive and nuanced, even for the best car dealers. While some dealerships are happy sending their used car manager to the auction, others who aren’t satisfied with that approach need to get a little scrappy and think outside the box. Where Do You Find Them? More on this later.

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AutoSuccess

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Pros: o Complete Control: You pick the cars and the price. Bryan Bough, used car manager at one of the largest auto groups in Boise, Idaho, recently said to us: “If you’re not buying cars from the public, you’re making a huge mistake. You aren’t at the mercy of someone or something else. It’s really that simple.

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AutoSuccess

APRIL 21, 2025

What a car shopper cant find on them wouldnt fill a thimble so why should you consider adding digital vehicle portfolio (DVP) content to this fantastic marketing site? Thats a great question, and every dealer, GM and used car manager should ask it. Confidence in Pricing & Value A well-documented car means no surprises.

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AutoSuccess

APRIL 4, 2025

The adage time to line is always fashionable when reconditioning used cars so you can retail sooner and profitably. For over a decade, dealers have confirmed that a three-to-five-day time-to-line recon operation gets used cars frontline ready faster and improves inventory turn.

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AutoSuccess

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Yet, many dealerships continue to use spreadsheets or fragmented systems that fail to communicate across departments, leading to inefficiencies, miscommunication and missed opportunities. This lack of visibility delays the car’s journey to the sales lot, increasing holding costs and reducing potential profit.

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AutoSuccess

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

I mean growing sales margins, making more confident trade appraisals and working the used car operation to increase cash flow. More Efficient New and Used Vehicle Sales: Missing a service delivery promise chills retention. Now they meet customers on a level field, both able to discuss any used car on your lot intelligently.

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Tire Review Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

He sold anything from refrigerators to used cars to real estate. The post Jack Furrier Tire was Born from the Drive to Build Something Bigger appeared first on Tire Review Magazine. Building Jack Furrier Tire After serving four years in the U.S.

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Auto Remarketing

MARCH 6, 2025

As part of the inaugural Automotive Intelligence Awards , Cherokee Media Group is honoring a select group of outstanding auto industry analysts for their contribution to the knowledge base of the used-car retail, finance and remarketing industries.

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AutoSuccess

MARCH 20, 2025

Following their visits to NADA last month, we have a more thankful nation of car dealers. At the same time, without process improvement, the profitability per vehicle (PPV) of the used car will continue to evaporate. Every acquisition in this used car market must lead to a profit per vehicle outcome.

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Auto Remarketing

MARCH 13, 2025

As part of the inaugural Automotive Intelligence Awards, Cherokee Media Group is honoring a select group of outstanding auto industry analysts for their contribution to the knowledge base of the used-car retail, finance and remarketing industries. Roberts, who is from Detroit, has a deep family background in automotive.

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Auto Remarketing

MARCH 11, 2025

As part of the inaugural Automotive Intelligence Awards, Cherokee Media Group is honoring a select group of outstanding auto industry analysts for their contribution to the knowledge base of the used-car retail, finance and remarketing industries.

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Auto Remarketing

MARCH 12, 2025

He knows cars and The Cars. Also included in the magazine and conference recognition will be the Automotive Intelligence Awards: Emerging Companies program, which will recognize emerging companies and entrepreneurs charging forward to make their mark on the used-car industry.

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AutoSuccess

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

During the coronavirus pandemic, inventory was historically low, customers frequently paid above MSRP and financed cars at higher interest rates and for longer periods of time. This in turn has resulted in a surplus of new cars sitting on lots. To avoid holding costs, dealerships must sell new car inventory quickly.

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Auto Remarketing

MARCH 10, 2025

As part of the inaugural Automotive Intelligence Awards, Cherokee Media Group is honoring a select group of outstanding auto industry analysts for their contribution to the knowledge base of the used-car retail, finance and remarketing industries.

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AutoSuccess

MAY 1, 2025

The general narrow-minded focus we all suffer in conducting our day-to-day job helps us forget and neglect the basics of the car business we need to remember. OK, I do not want to be Chicken Little crying that the sky is falling, but I hope to encourage you to look at the reconditioning practices of your used car department.

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Automotive Fleet

JUNE 13, 2025

The average used vehicle listing price dropped to $25,470, down from the revised $25,490 at the beginning of May, representing a 1% decrease compared to the levels observed a year earlier. Affordability remains challenging for consumers, and the used-vehicle supply is more constrained at lower price points.

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AutoSuccess

MARCH 28, 2024

A 2022 Bureau of Labor Statistics report reminds us that from the 2007 to 2009 recession — and through the onset of the pandemic in 2019 — “car and truck dealerships faced an economic shock and compressed profit margins on new vehicles.” CarEdge Data pointed out that February inventory supply ranged from two weeks to two years.

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AutoSuccess

JUNE 27, 2025

Today’s current economic climate has forced auto dealers to buckle in for a wild, unpredictable ride with their car shoppers. The presidential tariffs are expected to cause manufacturers to raise vehicle and parts prices, which will inevitably put more affordability pressure on car shoppers and consumers.

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AutoSuccess

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

cars or roughly two vehicles, according to Money Geek. This means the average household spends over $2,000 per month to own and maintain their cars. Purchase Prices : The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index highlights that used vehicle prices have skyrocketed due to supply constraints and increased demand.

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AutoSuccess

DECEMBER 17, 2024

AI is a tool in a larger toolkit, but its important to know when to use it. If you want to produce unique descriptions for all your used cars, someone can easily train generative AI to do that at the dealership level, with great effect. Need to format a page and your website vendor takes a month to get anything done?

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AutoSuccess

JUNE 21, 2025

A lot of dealers are starting to look at generating profit not just from the number of cars they sell, but from a first-principles approach: focusing on buying the right inventory. It sounds obvious on paper — if you buy the car right, everything else tends to fall into place: service, sales, customer experience and, ultimately, retention.

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AutoSuccess

JANUARY 14, 2025

By securing a VSC post-sale, dealers can lock in this relationship, encouraging repeat business for future car purchases. Additionally, a well-maintained car with a solid service record becomes a valuable trade-in option, presenting an opportunity to enhance the dealerships used car inventory with well-cared-for vehicles.

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AutoSuccess

MARCH 17, 2025

Giron says the dealerships used car manager can view the videos and pictures on his phone to check the work thats being done to recon cars, allowing him to effortlessly approve a vehicle for use. The videos and pictures that the technicians upload to the Dealerlogix platform even provide transparency for other employees.

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AutoSuccess

MARCH 20, 2024

But I do because my company’s products and services interface with the GM at a crucial point: used car profitability. I know enough GMs, fixed ops directors and used car managers in all sizes of dealerships and groups to understand how important vendor and product trust is to them.

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AutoSuccess

JUNE 3, 2025

Learn how tariff news affects car buying behavior, creates urgency and affects seasonal sales cycles, and why SEO alone wont cut it. But maybe not for USMCA-compliant cars Ah, heck, pause them for 90 days and just pile all the tariffs on China! There is no consumer search happening for no tariff cars or anything similar to that.

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AutoSuccess

AUGUST 6, 2024

He ran the used car department for his grandfather’s dealership, Chuck Patterson Toyota. For every single decent car in your market that you don’t buy, you’re not just losing a sale; you’re losing a customer, and you’re potentially creating a competitor. If you don’t think this works, ask our CEO, Nick Patterson.

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AutoSuccess

JANUARY 4, 2024

Dealers today enjoy more predictable used car results because they leverage strategic reconditioning software’s robust efficiency metrics called time-to-line or T2L, a process we introduced to the market in 2010. The profitability of used cars has been, until now, primarily determined by demand and availability.

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AutoSuccess

JANUARY 12, 2024

Are you really 98% to market for that specific car or are you 98% to market within 100 miles for that model? For example, when you bought the car you planned $1,000 for recon. Not only does this take up time, but even after looking at comps, it’s still very difficult to make an accurate appraisal.

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AutoSuccess

MAY 14, 2025

With the potential for new vehicle prices to skyrocket, more shoppers may turn to used vehicles as a more affordable option. Ensuring a robust selection of high-quality F&I options that cater to used cars and trucks can help dealers meet this demand and maintain sales volumes while keeping customer service levels in place.

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AutoSuccess

MARCH 22, 2025

Car makers spend billions of dollars yearly on vehicle design and new model advertising. Slick and visual new-model-year brochures were a car dealerships best point-of-sale desire-builders for many years. Across all dealers use of these DVPs, 57% of customers who opened them bought a car. billion this year.

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AutoSuccess

MARCH 15, 2024

This stands in sharp contrast to dealers who often face the challenge of uncertainties in used car acquisitions due to a lack of comprehensive data. Stock investors have long benefited from a wealth of information and advanced technological tools, supporting them in making data-driven decisions.

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