AI Auto Dealer Reconditioning 2026: vAuto & Impel Profits
Cut days-to-line and rebuild used-car margin: how AI reconditioning software for car dealerships like vAuto and Impel turns recon speed into 2026 profit.
Chapter 1: The 2026 Recon Math: Why Days-to-Line Is the Last Real Margin Lever Front-end gross is gone. Not shrinking — gone. The average used vehicle front-end gross at a franchise store has been compressed to the point where it barely covers the pack, and every shopper walks in with three competing prices on their phone before they hit your lot. You cannot out-negotiate a market that already knows your cost. You cannot out-advertise your competitor when you're both bidding on the same VIN-level keywords. So what's left? Time. Specifically, the time between when you take a car into inventory...