Over the past three months, new-vehicle day supply has climbed from roughly 59 days at the close of Q2 to about 72 in late August, while new inventory grew from 2.76 to 2.92 million units, and the instinct has been to treat that as simply more cars to sell. But the more useful question is not how many vehicles are on the lot. It is how many of those vehicles are actually being seen by shoppers before they become the next round of markdowns. 

The…

Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index: Digital Adoption Broadens Across the Auto Finance Ecosystem in Q2

eContracting volume rises 7 percent quarter-over-quarter as growth spreads across captives, fintech lenders, and dealer connectivity networks; digital securitization volume climbs 61 percent year-over-year on expanding credit union participation.

NEW YORK – July 30, 2026 – Wolters Kluwer…

In the automotive industry, trust rarely disappears overnight. 

A dealer signs a new F&I administrator. An agency partners with a service provider. A fleet operator awards a roadside contract. The kickoff meetings go well, expectations are high, and everyone believes they've found the right long-term partner. 

Then something changes. 

A customer receives conflicting answers about a…

For decades, the driver's license check at a dealership meant a photocopy dropped into a deal jacket or a salesperson snapping a photo on a personal phone. Most of the industry conversation about this process has focused on fraud, on the fake IDs slipping past the front desk. That conversation matters, but it skips the step that comes first. Before a dealership can worry about whether a license is real, it must solve a more basic problem: how the license is captured in the first place, and…