OAK BROOK, Ill. -
vAuto revealed recently that dealers can now tap into the company’s used-vehicle management system through their Android mobile devices, giving them another avenue to access the company’s services while on the go.
“We are excited to offer our dealers the vAuto mobile app for the Android platform,” says Keith Jezek, vAuto’s president.
“This innovation allows dealers to have vAuto in the palm of their hands for accessing real-time market information,” he continued. “vAuto’s live market appraisal and stocking modules are available on the app for making strategic decisions from any location.”
Sharing some of the vAuto’s mobile application’s features, it offers third-party guidebooks, auction values and vAuto’s exclusive rBook.
Explaining how the latter function works, officials noted that the rBook allows dealers to determine how identically equipped models are priced in their respective markets.
Moreover, other features of the mobile app are vAuto’s heat sheet and buy list, which can help dealers figure out and find which models are selling strong in their areas.
Officials said that for vAuto customers, there is no extra monthly fee to tap into the mobile app. The application can be utilized on Android 2.1 or higher operating systems.
Included in the app is the new advanced barcode vehicle identification number capture. Users with Android devices that have auto focus cameras can utilize this function to automatically decode a barcode VIN and upload it to vAuto. It can be downloaded from the Android market.
vAuto’s mobile app is already available via the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch devices.