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…

AIADA Welcomes Protective Asset Protection as Official Vehicle Service Contract Sponsor

Sponsorship Delivers Expanded F&I Solutions to America’s International Nameplate Dealers

July 8, 2026 (KIRKLAND, WA) The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) today announced a new sponsorship agreement with Protective Asset Protection, naming Protective as the official vehicle service contract…

For years, automotive retail has approached digital advertising as a volume game. The prevailing assumption has been that more traffic, more impressions and more leads naturally translate into more sales.

However, as inventory costs rise, margins tighten and consumer demand fluctuates across segments, many dealers are discovering a difficult reality: not every vehicle on the lot needs the same level of marketing support.  In many dealerships, marketing dollars are still distributed…

The first quarter of 2026 continued to reflect a challenging operating environment for auto lenders and their dealer partners. New vehicle sales declined during the quarter as affordability pressures remained, loan terms continued to rise, and lenders managed operational efficiency alongside changing borrower patterns.

Vehicle sales transaction data and digital adoption trends from the most recent Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index point to a changing market in the early part…

More than three-quarters of lending professionals rate modernization as extremely or very urgent, yet cost constraints, limited resources and disruption concerns continue to slow progress

SOUTH BEND, IN (June 2, 2026) — Carleton, a leading provider of compliant loan calculation and disclosure solutions, today released findings from its inaugural Platform Migration and Modernization Survey, revealing…

The rhythm of a modern dealership still feels familiar: vehicles arriving on transport trucks, showroom deliveries, digital leads coming in overnight, and teams working to keep metal moving. But underneath that steady cadence, something more structural is happening. Demand has not disappeared—it has moved. And it has moved faster than many inventory strategies have been able to follow. 

This is no longer a question of whether…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

NSD Joins Fixed Ops Week 2026 as Strategic Partner, Advancing Its Position as a Technology-Enabled Performance Partner for Dealers and Agents 

CRO Anthony Giagnacovo and SVP John Michener to Lead Panels and Q&A Sessions on F&I Performance, Dealer Profitability, and the Future of the Agent Relationship 

BOCA RATON, Fla. - (May 5,…

AI-native platform introduces a new class of distributed AI systems that move the industry beyond dashboards to real-time, autonomous action that improves uptime and lowers total cost of ownership

Jackson, Wyo. – (April 20, 2026) – Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), an AI-first fleet and vehicle middleware platform serving both fleet and auto retail environments, today announced the…

New Lotlinx Survey Reveals the “AI Gap” in Automotive Retail and Why Dealers Are Demanding Inventory-Intelligent Solutions

DETROIT (April 7, 2026) — The era of one-size-fits-all artificial intelligence is over for auto dealers, at least for the ones paying attention. A new industry survey in March of roughly 215 executives from franchise and independent dealerships across the U.S., and conducted by Lotlinx, delivers…

For the past two years, the automotive industry has been locked in a debate about interest rates. When will the Fed cut? Will lower rates unlock demand? Will relief at the macro level translate into traffic on the showroom floor? These are reasonable questions on the surface, but new data suggests the industry has been arguing about the wrong problem entirely.

An…

84-Month Auto Loans Are Trapping Consumers and Threatening the Dealer Trade-In-Cycle; Industry Leveraging the Wrong Tools to Combat High MSRPs  

ORLANDO, FL - (March 24, 2026) – AutoPayPlus, a pioneering automated financial concierge service, today announced the findings from an industry-wide survey revealing deep concern over the long-term…

Jacksonville, Fla: LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS (Launcher), a technology provider of loan origination technology for automotive and consumer lenders, announced today a strategic product integration between its appTRAKER™ Loan Origination System (LOS) and CarletonDocs® from Carleton, Inc.’s compliant document generation platform.

By incorporating CarletonDocs® into the appTRAKER™ platform, Launcher further strengthens its comprehensive loan…

New website reflects the company’s evolution into a disruptive, AI-first platform built for modern vehicle and fleet operations

Jackson, Wyo. – Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), an AI-first vehicle and fleet middleware platform serving both fleet and auto retail environments today announced the launch of its new website marking a key milestone as the company steps out from behind the…

Dealers will get an up-close look at how Revive helps sales teams re-engage closed-lost shoppers when they return to the market, transforming missed opportunities into renewed sales conversations

DETROIT (January 29, 2026) — Lotlinx,  the auto industry’s first and only VIN Performance platform built to help dealers maximize profitability, announced today the launch of…