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 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...
Mar 25, 2026 | Dealer Intelligence
Salesperson as Content Creator Walk into almost any dealership today and you’ll find the same unspoken expectation: every salesperson is now a content creator. They’re posting walkarounds on Instagram, “hot deal” alerts on Facebook, and quick inventory clips on...
Mar 13, 2026 | Dealer Intelligence
A Reminder That Transparency Is No Longer Optional The Federal Trade Commission delivered a pointed message to the auto retail industry this week: price advertising must be clear, complete, and available to every consumer who walks through the door. On March 13, the...
Feb 27, 2026 | Dealer Intelligence
Protected by Law, Transformed by Code: Why AI Is More Tailwind Than Threat for America’s Auto Dealers By Stephen Fasano For more than a decade, the auto retail industry has been told that technology would eventually bypass it. First came online marketplaces. Then...
