Daily Drive

By Desiree Homer And What the Rental Car Industry Downturns Are Doing to Used Inventory The travel and leisure industries have taken a hit during the...

By Desiree Homer Another Victim of Coronavirus May Be Electric Vehicle Plans Before the pandemic hit, it seemed the automotive headlines were all about electric vehicles,...

By Desiree Homer Dealers Looking to Liquidate the Used Car Inventory In a recent Dealer News Today podcast, Dale Pollak, the founder of vAuto and Executive...

And How it Will Affect Dealerships By Desiree Homer Everyone has safe reopening strategies on their minds these days. There is an eagerness to return to...

By Desiree Homer  One Dealership’s Mailer Oversight That Resulted in Customer Backlash With marketing on your mind and plans to reopen your showroom soon, you might...

By Desiree Homer  One Dealer Thinks Outside the Box to Lure Car Buyers As your dealership prepares to reopen the showroom, whether it be over the...

By Desiree Homer Many automakers and lenders have launched new vehicle purchasing incentives during the pandemic. But some dealerships are taking a page from the manufacturer playbook...

Some parts of the country are reopening already, and the media headlines are focused on strategies the states are taking to return to normal...

By Desiree Homer Back in February, CDK Global, Inc announced that it had signed an agreement to sell the business to Ansira Partners, Inc., a...

By Desiree Homer Many dealerships adapted quickly to the necessary changes and safety requirements for their service drives. As we head toward the coming weeks...

Updated April 20, 2020. With the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic hitting the U.S. many franchised dealerships have questions about how to prepare and respond in...

By Desiree Homer The New Rules of Customer Engagement Dealers are hustling online to offer touch-less car-buying experiences, but there’s another piece to the customer journey...

By Desiree Homer The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revised its essential workers guidance last Friday, and it affects dealers nationwide....

By Desiree Homer Dealers nationwide are looking for ways to connect with their customers, despite the current mitigation strategies in place. One automaker is providing...

By Desiree Homer Part 2: Creating the Digital Walkaround and Other Key Messaging Strategies In yesterday’s Daily Drive topic, we shared some of the video marketing...

By Desiree Homer Part 1: Tools Available Right Now to Help Dealers Create Video Engagement Dealers recognized before this pandemic, the importance of using video strategies...

By Desiree Homer DealerSocket has recently launched a new app that may offer some guidance to dealers looking to take advantage of government-sponsored assistance. The...

By Desiree Homer A Look Beyond Today, to the Rush of Car Buyers to Come Many of the experts, leading automotive dealer executives, and consumer groups...

By Desiree Homer With many of the nation’s dealers forced to temporarily close their doors, either entirely or on the sales side, one state has...

By Desiree Homer Part 2: Action Steps Dealer Owners Can Take Today Yesterday, we offered some insight and resources for dealer owners and managers to help...

By Desiree Homer Part 1: FAQ & Unraveling the Guidelines Some dealers have already attempted to navigate the application process for the Paycheck Protection Program relief...

By Desiree Homer Many automakers halted their production lines and closed plants in response to the mitigation efforts of COVID-19. General Motors, Ford, and even...

By Desiree Homer According to J.D. Power, estimates show that 1.8 million lease agreements are slated for expiration from March through July. That’s 1.8 million...

By Desiree Homer Dealerships nationwide continue to reinvent their operations, to maintain support and connection within their communities while everyone shelters in place. Over the...

By Desiree Homer The Digital Sales Process Continues to Take Hold Carvana, the company behind the car-buying vending machine, has made a pivotal move to join...

By Desiree Homer An Industry Trend to Offer Vehicle Pick-Up & Delivery Service Volvo announced this week it was launching Volvo Valet, a concierge style pick-up...

By Desiree Homer The Trump administration is planning to roll back the Obama-era fuel economy and emissions standards. While critics cite this as an environmental...

By Desiree Homer The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act has been signed, unleashing $2 trillion in funding across various individual, business, and...

By Desiree Homer The numbers are coming in, and it’s no secret that dealers nationwide have been forced to limit or halt their in-person engagements...

By Desiree Homer In our current, ‘everyone has to do their part,’ market, we’re seeing reports of various companies switching gears to contribute to an...