Open the Test Drive Tab Before You Buy Another Tool

vAuto just gave dealers a place to test emerging AI and inventory features inside the platform they already use. Before adding another vendor to the stack, I would spend ten minutes seeing what is already sitting in the dashboard

You Already Paid for the MPI

You Are Still Talking Like It Is 2014

Your Sales Floor Is a Nonprofit. F&I Is the Store

Front gross has collapsed while F&I is producing almost eight of every ten gross dollars per deal

Your Next Customer May Never Visit Your Website

AI is becoming another front door to the dealership. The problem is most of us are still measuring whether the customer walked through the old one

The 84 Month Loan Fixed the Payment. It Didn't Fix Affordability

A record share of buyers are stretching new car loans to seven years. The payment works today, but dealers may be creating a much harder trade three years from now

Lotlinx: The Tool That's Fine, and That's the Problem

Rooftop Insider Vendor Review Series

Your Pricing Tool Knows the Market

It Doesn't Know Your Market

I Used AutoHub to Buy Cars Out of My Service Drive. Here's What Nobody Tells You

Auctions cost $1,000+ a unit. Your next trade is in the waiting room

The $87 Billion Lesson

What Carvana Knows That Your Dealership Doesn't

AI for Salespeople

The Lowest Hanging Fruit on the Lot

The MRI for Cars

Why UVeye Is the Most Exciting Machine on the Lot

The 30,000-Foot View: Where AI Actually Stands in the Dealer World

Rooftop Insider | Issue #1

The 84-Month Loan Isn't Predatory. The Way Most Stores Sell It Is

A third of trade-ins are now underwater. Consumer media blames the seven-year loan. I'm going to show you — whether you sell cars or buy them — that they're aiming at the wrong target.

Amazon Selling Cars Isn't the Threat. It's the Proof

The biggest retailer in history just spent two years and serious money trying to sell cars — and ended up needing your dealership to do it. Here's what that actually tells us.

The Chip Shortage Is Back. Here's Why I'm Not Worried — and Why Dealers Might Actually Want This

Carvana Selling New Cars Isn't the Threat. It's the Proof

Dear Dealerships

It's 2026

One in Three Shoppers Starts Brandless. Your Site Still Acts Like They Don’t

Most dealerships think customers show up knowing what they want

You Don’t Need a BDC — You Need Better Salespeople

The stores winning right now didn’t hire more people. They removed the handoff

Amazon Just Took the Front Door of Your Dealership

You still sell the car. But you’re losing the customer.

The 40% Faster Close Your Competitors Just Enabled

Your CRM is now a liability. And you paid for the upgrade

The FTC Just Sent Warning Letters to 97 Dealership Groups — Is Yours Next?

The "addendum sticker" era is ending. Here's what changed in March 2026 and how to protect your store

Your service department is bleeding $40K a month

Your Service Department Is Bleeding $40K a Month (And You Can't See It)

The Service Department Is Your New Showroom — And You're Treating It Like a Cost Center

The dealers winning right now aren't chasing lot traffic. They're monetizing the customers already in their bays.

The $4 Gas Panic Is Creating a Hybrid Gold Rush

While dealers obsess over EVs, hybrid inventory is flying off lots—and the dealers who saw it coming are making $800 more per unit.