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AI can help connect every corner of your dealership.
Modern dealerships are moving past disconnected processes and integrating AI across every department to help eliminate operational blind spots, speed up funding and drive more revenue.
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Auto Finance, F&I, Training, On the Lot
Six tips to go from showroom to sale.
With the right approach, 2025 could be your best sales year yet. Take advantage of high-traffic sales periods with these six tactics that help drive more sales and optimize every deal.
F&I
Six strategies to help keep customers in your service lane.
A strong service lane helps drive additional revenue—fine-tune each step of the process to help prevent customer drop-off, improve CSI scores and build loyalty.
F&I
Fine Tuning Fixed Ops.
Maximize dealership potential and profits with Ally’s Fixed Operations Consulting.
F&I
Stay ahead of the curve with compliance training.
Our dealership compliance program offers a comprehensive audit and ongoing support to help protect your employees, customers and business.
F&I
All Ears Podcast | Rising vehicle theft.
Matt Broome, Senior Director of Product Development at Ally Financial, discusses the rise in auto theft and the need for better theft prevention and recovery solutions.
Training
Help safeguard your dealership with compliance and legal awareness training.
With Ally Academy, ensure your team is educated from compliance certifications to legal awareness essentials to F&I management.
F&I
Drive dealership success with claim efficiencies.
Understanding ways to optimize your F&I claims processing and back-end operations.
Training
Getting the most from F&I takes transparency – and training.
Learn how F&I transparency and training can prove to be a big asset for your dealership.
F&I
Evolve F&I practices and exceed customer expectations.
To help evolve F&I practices and make sure dealers are in step with changing customer expectations, it’s important to present product offerings early in the sale and deliver a speedy transaction.
Ally Dealership Insurance
Ally Dealership Insurance, Owned Inventory Coverage
Loaner vehicles: Best practices for dealerships.
Establish a robust loaner vehicle program by implementing legally reviewed agreements that cover insurance responsibilities, driver restrictions and prohibited uses. Help minimize liability and fleet wear while maintaining high levels of customer loyalty.
Ally Dealership Insurance, Owned Inventory Coverage
False pretense: Tips to help dealerships spot it and stop it.
Discover how to help protect your dealership by learning to identify red flags like fake IDs, rushed deliveries and pressurized sales tactics used in false pretense scams. This guide offers actionable tips on verification and training to help your team stop fraud before the vehicle leaves the lot.
Ally Dealership Insurance
Preparing your dealership for severe weather events.
Aaron Lee, Senior Director for Ally Dealership Insurance, shares practical, actionable steps auto dealerships can take to help protect your inventory, staff and business operations from increasingly unpredictable extreme weather.
Ally Dealership Insurance
Why every dealership needs a weather preparedness plan.
Alex Blade, of Blade Chevrolet, and Justin Bartlett, Ally Dealership Insurance Loss Prevention Manager, explain how a detailed vehicle mobilization plan turned a potential severe weather disaster into a resounding success.
Ally Dealership Insurance, Auto Finance
Navigating the new era of auto fraud, theft and dealership security.
Following a year that saw projected fraud exposure of $9.2 billion and persistent theft threat, dealers are evolving their defenses to combat a complex landscape of digital identity schemes and physical theft.
Ally Dealership Insurance
Rising vehicle thefts during transport: Helpful information for auto dealers.
Auto dealers face rising theft of vehicles during transport. Understand the methods criminals use and discover key steps to mitigate your risk.
Ally Dealership Insurance
All Ears Podcast | Tips to Consider When Buying Cyber Insurance.
Aaron Lee, Senior Director at Ally Dealership Insurance, discusses the growing threat of cyberattacks on dealerships, the importance of staying vigilant and the need for specialized cyber insurance coverage to protect your business.
Ally Dealership Insurance
8 ways to help you steer clear of dealership theft.
Prevent opportunistic thieves from taking advantage of your dealership with these security tips.
Ally Dealership Insurance
Combat auto theft with ID scanner technology.
ID scanners recently prevented vehicle theft at two Houston dealerships. Hear from the sergeant on the case to find out what happened and how dealers can combat fraud.
Ally Dealership Insurance
Help shield your inventory from vehicle theft.
Vehicle theft is a top concern for dealers nationwide. Learn how you can arm yourself against potential threats.
Garage Coverage
Keep customers’ cars safe on your lot with Garage Insurance.
Some accidents may be unavoidable, however with consistent communication and training, you can help to reduce the risk of traffic-related collisions
Ally Dealership Insurance
Ally P&C is Now Ally Dealership Insurance.
To better encompass the ever-evolving suite of products and services that we offer, we’re changing our name to Ally Dealership Insurance.
Ally Dealership Insurance
How to help keep your dealership protected from cyber threats.
Your dealership collects a plethora of consumer information and it's your responsibility to protect it.
Ally Dealership Insurance
Increased excess liability limits.
Reviewing and updating liability insurance limits can be an area that is often overlooked, or an afterthought, by many dealers.
Ally Dealership Insurance
How prepared are you? Use our disaster prep checklist to find out.
How prepared is your dealership for inclement weather, fire emergencies and more?
Auto Finance
Ally Dealership Insurance, Auto Finance
Navigating the new era of auto fraud, theft and dealership security.
Following a year that saw projected fraud exposure of $9.2 billion and persistent theft threat, dealers are evolving their defenses to combat a complex landscape of digital identity schemes and physical theft.
Auto Finance
Why certified pre-owned programs can give your dealership an edge.
Discover how Certified Pre-Owned (CPOV) programs can give your dealership an edge.
Auto Finance
Get the facts about Ally Clearpass.
We’re breaking down common misperceptions about Ally Clearpass so that you can close more deals with this powerful lending tool.
Auto Finance, F&I, Training, On the Lot
Six tips to go from showroom to sale.
With the right approach, 2025 could be your best sales year yet. Take advantage of high-traffic sales periods with these six tactics that help drive more sales and optimize every deal.
Auto Finance
Perks of financing certified used vehicles with Ally.
Learn how Ally's certified benefits can improve customer retention and increase both front and backend profitability.
Auto Finance
All Ears Podcast | Helping increase dealership efficiency and profitability with eContracting.
Mike Woodward, Executive Director of Auto Consumer Operations at Ally Financial, discusses the rapid growth and benefits of eContracting.
Auto Finance
Streamline your grounding and purchasing with Ally Ride Return.
With Ally Ride Return, maximize your lease-end prospects by maintaining strong customer relationships and pursuing repeat business at your dealership.
Auto Finance
Digical shopping: How to navigate the new hybrid approach to car buying.
Consider the benefits of blending technology with the personal touch of your dealership to keep up with evolving customer shopping behaviors.
Auto Finance
Fraud protection strategies for auto dealerships.
Whether it's false information shared online or forged documents provided in person, you should be on the lookout for scams.
Auto Finance
Building customer loyalty with leasing.
Your customers want that new car feeling, but if the corresponding price tag gives them pause, leasing may be the solution.
Auto Finance
Tips for protecting your dealership against check washing and theft.
With so much of your business operating in the digital realm, security is of the utmost importance.
Auto Finance
Safety first: Password management best practices for dealerships.
In today’s world, managing an endless stream of passwords is a fact of life and business.
Sales, Training
Adopting a right turn only test drive could be the right move for your dealership.
Did you know that turning left during routine test drives can significantly increase the risk of vehicle accidents?
Sales, Training
Key control “best practices” - loss prevention advisory.
Key control is probably the most important aspect of inventory security and prevention of vehicle theft.
SmartAuction
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SmartAuction
How dealers are revolutionizing auto remarketing with AI.
Ally Financial's Josh Callahan explains how dealers can leverage artificial intelligence to enhance inventory, improve pricing strategies, boost fraud protection and streamline reconditioning processes.
SmartAuction
Insights on the remarketing business as Ally celebrates 25 years of SmartAuction.
In an interview celebrating 25 years of SmartAuction, Steve Kapusta, senior vice president of Ally Remarketing Services, discusses the evolution of the auto remarketing industry, highlighting current trends and the future of vehicle remarketing.
SmartAuction
All Ears Podcast | Reliable Condition Reports & Maintaining High Standards.
Kelly Olson, Senior Director of Operations for SmartAuction at Ally Financial, discusses the importance of quality control in online wholesale auctions to enhance dealer trust and reliability.
SmartAuction
Used car trends and what you need to know now.
Manage your inventory and navigate market shifts with the help of the experts at Ally SmartAuction, an online auction platform.
Ally Academy
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Ally Academy
Ally Academy turns the spotlight on powerful auto dealership training.
Today, auto dealers are doing everything they can to stay competitive in a low inventory market.