Did you know? ViHUB is for all group vehicles not just used stock

Autofinity’s vehicle inventory and online marketing platform ViHUB can also manage new cars, pipeline vehicles, courtesy cars, and staff vehicles.

Any vehicle which comes into group stock at any time and at any stage of its journey can be incorporated into the platform making it instantly visible to all dealership and group-wide users.

Pipeline vehicles can be uploaded together with unregistered manufacturer models which are available for dealers to sell but where there is no physical vehicle in group stock.

Courtesy vehicles and cars used by staff can also be incorporated and, as far as car buyers are concerned. If an enquiry is made on such a car, it can be easily identified, made available for test drive and even sold.

ViHUB takes group-wide vehicle inventory way beyond the used car feed and allows every vehicle in stock, even those not on the forecourt itself, to be marketed for sale on all online marketplaces.

Uploading every vehicle in group stock onto ViHUB not only automatically produces the best quality data as a result of pooling information from multiple sources but provides complete oversight of all inventory. Meanwhile, integrations with Auto Trader Connect allows its price rating information to be viewed from one dashboard whilst automated updates means making an amend in ViHUB populates all online marketplaces and integrated systems.

Having every vehicle in group stock on the system doesn’t necessarily mean they all have to be displayed on the virtual forecourt. In fact, ViHUB allows customers to set their own rules on how all stock is managed, including automatically identifying vehicles that don’t match the group’s retailing profile then pushing them to disposal routes.

CEO Andy Whitehair said: “Our goal of consolidating vehicle inventory (including non-forecourt vehicles and pipeline stock), dealership operations and marketing around one system has always been deemed unobtainable due to the sheer volume of systems at work but, for us, that goal is in sight, and we are working steadily towards achieving it.”

With full visibility of a group’s inventory in one place, ViHUB puts dealers in the driving seat whatever factors are affecting the market or its current status such as a courtesy car or a staff car or it’s a new vehicle yet to arrive in stock.