Why a Pre-Sold New Inventory Process Is Quietly Costing You Deals
Fifty-four percent of new vehicle sales happen within the first 48 hours of hitting your lot. That means the clock starts the moment a unit arrives at your deal...
Why Lease-End Protection Product Sales Is Quietly Costing You Deals
How many lease-end customers walk out of your finance office without buying a single F&I product, even though they're sitting right in front of your menu? Most...
Why Credit Stipulations Handling at Funding Is Quietly Costing You Deals
Most dealerships handle credit stipulations the same way they always have: the finance manager gets the lender's conditions, checks them off, and moves on. Soun...
Why State-Specific F&I Menu Disclosures Are Quietly Costing You Deals
Your finance manager is probably leaving money on the table every single day, and your state's disclosure rules might be the reason why. Most dealers know that ...
Why Deal Contract Errors and Lender Kickbacks Are Quietly Costing You Deals
Why Deal Contract Errors and Lender Kickbacks Are Quietly Costing You Deals In 1956, the first captive finance company in automotive retail launched with a sim...
Why Your Generic F&I Menu Strategy Is Quietly Costing You $150K+ Annually
You're sitting in your dealership on a Tuesday afternoon, and your finance manager just walked a customer through the numbers on a $28,000 used sedan. Solid fro...
Why Tire and Wheel Coverage Sales Is Quietly Costing You Deals
Most dealers treat tire and wheel coverage like a checkbox item on the F&I menu. Bump it up, mention it real quick, and move on to GAP insurance and extended wa...
Why Prepaid Maintenance Program Design Is Quietly Costing You Deals
The Silent Deal-Killer: Why Your Prepaid Maintenance Program Isn't Selling You know that moment when a customer is sitting across from your finance manager, th...
Why Soft-Pull to Hard-Pull Credit Workflow Is Quietly Costing You Deals
You've got a customer sitting in the finance office. They've test-driven the car twice. They love it. The sales team already knocked out the walk-around, and pa...
Why Your Dealer Participation Rates Are Silently Killing Your Back-End Gross
Why Your Dealer Participation Rates Are Silently Killing Your Back-End Gross How many deals walked out your door last month because a customer got financing ap...
The Powersports Service Checklist That Actually Prevents Disasters
The Powersports Service Checklist That Actually Prevents Disasters How many service advisors at your powersports department are working from a checklist that h...
The Trade-In Restoration Checklist That Stops You From Buying Junk
When a Trade-In Walks Through the Door, Your Spreadsheet Needs to Know the Score Back in the 1980s, most dealerships made their trade-in decisions the same way...