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Capital One's Sanjiv Yajnik: Dealers who open financing talks early win long-term customers

Sep 23, 2025

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4 min read

Capital One's Sanjiv Yajnik: Dealers who open financing talks early win long-term customers

Encouraging customers to utilize digital tools to learn more about their financing options can play an important role in building customer confidence. (3 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

Daily News

‘If you have an electric vehicle in your inventory, get rid of that thing,’ says Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH)

Sep 11, 2025

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4 min read

‘If you have an electric vehicle in your inventory, get rid of that thing,’ says Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH)

After federal EV tax credits sunset in a few weeks, Moreno expects EV demand to collapse to just 5–7% of sales. (3 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

Insights & Trends

Credit card fees are gaining traction in auto retail, but missteps can trigger penalties

Sep 10, 2025

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3 min read

Credit card fees are gaining traction in auto retail, but missteps can trigger penalties

Dealer Pay CEO Julie Douglas joined the Daily Dealer Live show to discuss the complexities of managing compliance concerns with credit card fees. (4 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

Daily News

Q2 dealership profits rebounded for the first time in years — report

Sep 4, 2025

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4 min read

Q2 dealership profits rebounded for the first time in years — report

Vehicle demand surged in Q2, while fixed operations remained strong and the dust from tariff announcement had (mostly) started to settle. (2 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

Daily News

Infiniti VP Tiago Castro on simplifying operations and improving dealership profits

Aug 29, 2025

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4 min read

Infiniti VP Tiago Castro on simplifying operations and improving dealership profits

“If it doesn’t help client experience or make anybody make money, we should not be doing it,” says Infiniti VP of Americas Tiago Castro. (3 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

Daily News

This aggressive used car inventory strategy helps dealers stay profitable, says David Spisak

Aug 21, 2025

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4 min read

This aggressive used car inventory strategy helps dealers stay profitable, says David Spisak

CarMax last year wholesaled nearly 600,000 vehicles because their data showed they wouldn’t offer a profitable outcome within 30 days, explained Spisak. (3 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

Daily News

South Dakota dealer shares blueprint for smarter call tracking

Aug 13, 2025

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4 min read

South Dakota dealer shares blueprint for smarter call tracking

"If it didn't happen in the CRM, it didn't happen," said Frankman Motor Company CEO Cole Frankman. (3 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

Daily News

How one Texas dealer is handling the new metal license plate mandate

Jul 10, 2025

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4 min read

How one Texas dealer is handling the new metal license plate mandate

“We might be a little bit ahead of the game of some people, but, yeah, we've put a process together for just about any hiccup that we've run into so far,” says Justin Villa, GM of Clay Cooley Ford in Texas. (3 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

Daily News

Nearly 20% of car buyers elected for $1,000+ monthly payments in Q2, reaching record high

Jul 4, 2025

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5 min read

Nearly 20% of car buyers elected for $1,000+ monthly payments in Q2, reaching record high

Monthly payments continued to trend upward last quarter, and so did the total amount buyers financed. (3 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

Daily News

Tesla robotaxis might mean fewer service customers for everyone else, says EV Auto’s Alex Lawrence

Jun 30, 2025

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5 min read

Tesla robotaxis might mean fewer service customers for everyone else, says EV Auto’s Alex Lawrence

Tesla’s robotaxi program could steal market share from dealership service centers down the road, though it could provide additional revenue streams if dealers are strategic. (3 min. read)

Zachary Visconti
Zachary Visconti

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