Auto Retail News

Sacramento, CA – March 10, 2015 – California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA) announced that DealerVault has been selected as a licensed vendor with their organization. CNCDA is the country’s largest state association of franchised new c

AT&T Introduces Three New Applications to the AT&T Drive Connected Car Platform, from AT&T. Almost two-thirds of drivers surveyed after learning about Connected Car services consider them an important feature in their next car. AT&T 

Apple CarPlay coming to over 40 new car models in 2015, from CNET. After a sluggish first year, Apple’s in-dash smartphone software is finally picking up steam. It looks like Apple’s CarPlay in-dash connectivity is finally picking up st

Service and Millennials: The Keys to Winning Their Business, from Dealer Marketing. Keeping the service bays full along with a constant flow of customers in the service drive is key to the profitability of any dealership. Many dealers choose a predic

6 Tips for Creating Effective Prospecting Emails, from Salesvue. Whether you’re reaching out to new prospects or nurturing a long-standing client relationship, you need to think about how you construct prospecting emails. Language, tone and other d

6 Necessities for Achieving Your Full Potential as a Leader, from Entrepreneur. Many leaders and entrepreneurs are sold on the idea that hard work and paying your dues will guarantee future success. Indeed, the idea of pulling yourself up by the boo

Are You Tracking Your Dealership’s Business In “Real-Time”?, from Charter Software Inc. In a world where we’ve gotten quite used to knowing about and responding to an event almost immediately as it occurs, it only makes sense to u

The Five Things Dealers and OEMs Can Do Today to Stay On Top During the Next Downturn, from dealerelite. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the next down market in automotive retail is coming. No one knows precisely when – and none of us is c

The auto industry’s top dealers and thought leaders will come together for North America’s first ever Formula E race on March 14th in Miami, Florida as part of the 2015 Automotive Leadership Roundtable & Awards (ALR). As part of this year’