Experience THE Machine at NADA 2025 | Booth #803

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The Future of Automotive Sales: How CDPs are Transforming Dealerships

Today’s car buyers are no different than any other modern consumer – they expect a personalized experience. They’ve come to expect that the research they do online will translate into targeted ads and offers and that their interactions with your dealership, whether online or in person, will be tailored to what they want and who…

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Leveraging AI to Personalize the Dealership Customer Journey

Today’s car buyers expect a personalized experience, just like they get from companies like Amazon and Netflix. To keep up, dealerships need to harness the power of data and AI, and luckily, these tools are now within reach. Traditional dealership customer journey mapping was helpful, but it only showed you the past. Now, with AI…

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7 Vehicle Merchandising Strategies for Increased Sales and Profitability

Profit margins are tighter than ever in today’s car market. The days of easy $3,000+ profits on every used car are mostly gone. But the core principles of “buy low, sell high, and turn fast” are still key. To succeed, you need smart merchandising. What is Vehicle Merchandising? “Vehicle merchandising”—we hear it all the time,…

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2025 Automotive Retail Outlook: AI, Machine Learning, and Inventory Intelligence

As we move into 2025, AI and machine learning (ML) are set to transform automotive retail. Beyond customer interactions, these technologies are reshaping dealership inventory management, pricing, and operations. In 2024, AI expanded into back-office functions like credit processing and identity verification. This year, it will be deeply integrated into inventory management and operations. Click…

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Learn about Sentinel the VIN
Management Platform

Maximize your profits with our automotive technology solutions that execute VIN-specific strategies via innovative features, including real-time market analysis and inventory management that increases turn, reduces waste, improves margins, and controls risk.

Finding Silver Linings in a Buyer’s Market

“I had a great year last month.” Is your store still operating in this headspace?  Don’t get me wrong, October was one of the most lucrative sales months on record. Shoppers spent over $46 billion on new inventory alone. But, the automotive market is transitioning faster than I’ve seen throughout my 25+ years in the…

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10 Questions to Debunk “VIN-Specific” Vendors

“VIN-specific” marketing has become an increasingly popular and overused term. Countless companies are saying they have amazing VIN-level marketing platforms. But, the ugly truth is that not all marketing platforms are built the same. In fact, most haven’t been built at all. Many are carbon copies of the same SEM or Social Media platform in…

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Will the Hot Used Car Market Lead to Burns?

When the New car shortage began, dealers turned toward Used units to fulfill high levels of consumer demand. For months, dealers have hustled to acquire Used vehicles in order to capitalize on their record-breaking retail prices and transaction margins. The LotLinx Research Lab has kept a close eye on the latest Used inventory trends throughout…

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Why AI is Good for the Auto Industry with Len Short

LotLinx Founding Chairman and CEO Len Short sat down with DrivingSales to discuss the future of AI in the automotive industry.

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A Closer Look at LotLinx /AI/

LotLinx /AI/ uses shopper behavior and market data to drive consumer demand directly to priority VINs. To better explain how /AI/ powers the LotLinx VIN demand platform, Head of Product, Dan Legal, and Director of Machine Learning and AI, Maien Hamed, sat down to answer some of dealers’ most commonly asked questions: What data fuels…

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Mind of the Dealer: Smart Motors Toyota

Watch 2018 Toyota Presidents Awardee Tony Thorstad, E-Commerce Specialist at Smart Motors Toyota, share how his dealership leverages LotLinx technology to manage risk, avoid aged inventory, and double monthly turnover.

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Lotlinx was created to hand operational and fiscal control back to the dealer. We have been harnessing our AI and machine learning technology for over a decade, purely focusing on how dealers can move their inventory more efficiently and effectively.

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