{"id":193368,"date":"2026-03-06T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/dealerships-turn-to-ai-to-capture-leads-streamline-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:05:12","slug":"dealerships-turn-to-ai-to-capture-leads-streamline-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/dealerships-turn-to-ai-to-capture-leads-streamline-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealerships Turn to AI to Capture Leads, Streamline Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/car-dealerships-turn-to-ai-to-capture-leads-streamline-operations\/\">Dealerships Turn to AI to Capture Leads, Streamline Operations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/car-dealerships-turn-to-ai-to-capture-leads-streamline-operations\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/car-dealerships-turn-to-ai-to-capture-leads-streamline-operations\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-06 09:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI is deeply embedding itself in U.S. car dealerships, moving from initial experimentation to everyday workflow integration with about 57% of dealership staff using AI tools.<\/li>\n<li>One of the primary areas for AI implementation is in customer communication, aiding in responding to online leads and generating follow-ups.<\/li>\n<li>AI tools are being integrated deeper into dealership management systems, encompassing pricing tools for optimal used vehicle pricing and workflow optimization opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>In the operational realm, AI is enhancing operational software for inventory, sales, and service management through automated scheduling and optimized technician workflows.<\/li>\n<li>AI is also streamlining back-office operations, reducing manual data entry and improving transaction processing accuracy in financial and compliance workflows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dealerships Turn to AI to Capture Leads, Streamline Operations https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/car-dealerships-turn-to-ai-to-capture-leads-streamline-operations\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-06 09:02:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/car-dealerships-AI-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193370,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193368\/revisions\/193370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}