May 22, 2026 | Auto Industry News
Dealerships Still Hold the Advantage in Service — But Speed and Convenience Are Becoming More Important Than Ever For years, the automotive industry has heard the same narrative: aftermarket service centers are stealing customers away from dealerships because they’re...
May 20, 2026 | Dealer Intelligence
Service Department · Automation A Robot Tire Tech Just Showed Up to the Service Drive. Here’s what dealers should actually take from it — an AutoIntelligence brief on Automated Tire’s SmartBay, and the labor math underneath the headlines. By Stephen Fasano...
Apr 27, 2026 | Dealer Service/Technicians
Verified compensation data, real progression paths, and what separates the dealerships worth working for from the ones that aren’t. For most of the last fifty years, the franchised auto dealership has been one of the largest employers in America that almost no...
Apr 3, 2026 | Dealer Intelligence
By Stephen Fasano Dozens of Options-One Decision There are roughly 16,700 franchised new-car dealerships in the United States. If you live in a reasonably populated part of the country, there are probably four or five stores within a 30-minute drive that will...
Apr 2, 2026 | Dealer Intelligence
A landmark settlement exposes the anatomy of dealership deception — and signals a new era of federal accountability for auto retailers who play games with advertised prices. For years, the playbook was simple and, frankly, effective. Advertise a price low enough to...
