Today on CBTNews.com – Monday, March 11th, 2019:
How the Integration Between Lyft and Xtime Can Benefit Your Dealership – Matt Schwartz, Sr. Director of Strategy for Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive just announced plans to integrate Lyft’s ride-sharing service with their service experience platform, Xtime. This partnership will elevate an area of business becoming increasingly important to dealers as service revenue now accounts for 49 percent of dealership profits, according to NADA researchers. Here to tell us what this integration means for dealers and consumers is Matt Schwartz, senior director of strategy and managed services at Cox Automotive. Watch Now
Grow Your Service Sales Business by Having a Strong Q1 and Year-End Plan
What can we do to finish out this quarter and the entire year off strong? By this time in the year most dealer leaders, managers and business owners have a good feel for what their first quarter brings and what their year-end numbers will look like throughout the year for service! So far, the service market has been a good one for many, but I believe there is even more available when we understand how to maximize facility utilization, performance and profitability. Read More
Jeep to Join the Ranks of Plug-In-Hybrids
The brand whose mission is to “go anywhere, do anything,” is indeed going and doing. This year the company has already generated a buzz at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show. At the event, which starts on the 7th and will continue through the 17th of March, Jeep will be displaying its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) models of the Renegade and Compass. These models are categorized as previews, so no release date has been set yet, but that hasn’t stopped the excitement over the new designs and speculation that they’ll be put out in 2020. Read More
