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Tekion Approved by Toyota Motor North America in Its Toyota DMS Integration Program

Toyota and Lexus franchise dealers can now leverage Tekion’s Automotive Retail Cloud to provide best-in-class, seamless experiences for sales and service consumers.

September 9, 2021
Tekion Approved by Toyota Motor North America in Its Toyota DMS Integration Program

Toyota and Lexus franchise dealers can now leverage Tekion’s Automotive Retail Cloud to provide best-in-class, seamless experiences for sales and service consumers.

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PLEASANTON, Calif.— Tekion, a transformative cloud-native platform company currently focused on the automotive retail industry, today announced its newest integration with original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA).

With this approval, Toyota and Lexus dealers in the United States can now select Tekion’s Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) as their dealer management system (DMS) provider. ARC is the first and fastest cloud-native platform including all functionalities of a DMS and accompanying tech stack to run a seamless retail business. ARC modernizes the end-to-end automotive retail journey, improves consumer experiences and brings the highest efficiencies to retailers by connecting consumers, dealers and OEMs better than ever before through their cutting-edge platform.

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Napoleon Rumteen, SVP of Commercial Operations at Tekion, stated, “We’re delighted to partner with Toyota and Lexus dealers across the country. We understand the commitment they have to their customers to deliver a high quality product with exceptional service. We have the same philosophy here at Tekion and we look forward to working with TMNA to continuously enhance our integrations to streamline processes and improve experiences.”

“Tekion is completely revolutionizing the auto retail industry,” said Steve Irick, Chief Operations Officer at Desert Sun Toyota. “I’m proud to offer a modern, streamlined experience to all our dealership guests.” Desert Sun Toyota is part of the Desert Sun Auto Group located in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

In addition to running their operations with the most modern tech stack available, Toyota and Lexus dealers who leverage ARC can also take advantage of additional benefits including flexible contracts, unlimited upgrades and open APIs. To learn more about Tekion’s end-to-end platform visit https://tekion.com.

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