Amit Maheshwari, Max Steckler and Jason Barrie will serve as the AI-enabled dealership conversation platform’s executive leadership team. +

A diverse group of experts and innovators will bring agents up to speed on new and emerging technology and compete for their votes in a series of rapid-fire pitches. +

Lotlinx has hired Randy Kobat as its chief commercial officer, overseeing a number of divisions dedicated to executing the dealer software provider’s innovation and growth strategies. +

Presidio and NCM analysts say Q3 net pretax profit metrics varied wildly among domestic, import and luxury dealers in a report skewed by EV sales and echoes of the CDK Global outage. +

The latest Presidio Group/NCM Associates report finds the average U.S. franchised dealer enjoyed a 27.1% year-over-year increase in net pretax profit in the second quarter. +