With both systems fully integrated, all data entered into the Darwin F&I application is instantly and securely updated in Auto/Mate’s DMS, and any changes made in the DMS are reflected in the Darwin F&I application in real time.
July 17, 2017
There are countless ways to sell financing and protection products, but only one way to truly connect with customers.
July 7, 2017
United Development Systems Inc. (UDS), a full-service income development company, is celebrating 35 years in the F&I performance arena.
June 29, 2017
F&I trainer shares five proven methods for turning cash customers into F&I product buyers.
June 9, 2017
There were plenty of new innovations on display in and around NADA 2017. The editor takes you on a tour of five new tech tools aiming to help dealers land more sales and F&I opportunities.
April 10, 2017
Wise F&I’s voluntary protection products are now accessible through MaximTrak, a RouteOne company. According to officials, connecting the firm's F&I protections to MaximTrak’s F&I menu system demonstrates its focus on compliance, technology and simplicity for the customer.
March 20, 2017
The F&I product provider’s full suite of F&I protections will now be available through Darwin’s prescriptive-based F&I selling software. The F&I tech firm will also provide erating and econtracting capabilities of Wise F&I’s products.
March 8, 2017
A surge in questions on social media about the proper way to transition to the menu presentation prompts His Madness to share his easy-to-master process. His advice is to keep it simple.
March 7, 2017
The software maker announced the release of Remote F&I, a remote menu, disclosure and document-signing web application. The new offering comes equipped with vSignature, a patent-pending technology that allows the user to control what a customer views on his or her smartphone. It also allows buyers to esign any document.
February 13, 2017
The editor delves into results of a new study that says 60% of dealers who aren’t using tablets aren’t even considering adopting them.
February 10, 2017
Quantech Software Inc. has dropped the word "Online" from its flagship Q-F&I (Online) and Q-Menus (Online) solutions. It also announced this week a new version of its Q-DMS software.
January 25, 2017
The new F&I menu system will be marketed and sold as CDK MenuVantage Platinum. It uses "prescriptive selling," a patented technology that uses inputs from consumer, vehicle, deal and third-party sources, to tailor F&I product presentations to individual car buyers.
January 24, 2017
The magazine’s resident F&I pro responds to an F&I manager’s query on how to handle a parent’s objection to his products.
November 4, 2016
The integration allows powersports, marine and RV dealers using OptionSoft's desking, CRM and F&I menu tools to pull sales, F&I, inventory, and customer data from the CDK Lightspeed DMS.
September 22, 2016
AutoBodyguard, a division of Dent Zone, has obtained the exclusive rights to Zavada Scientific’s organic odor elimination technology. Officials said the odor remover will be added to the firm's line of interior protection programs.
May 5, 2016