Article courtesy of Dale Pollak @Velocity Overdrive

You’ll get a range of responses when you ask dealers how much time it takes to recondition used vehicles.

The best-performing dealers these days consistently get the job done in 24 hours or less. Meanwhile, other dealers report their reconditioning turnaround times run seven days or more.

The disparity owes to two chief factors—the degree to which the dealer recognizes that time spent in reconditioning translates to
lost front-end profit potential, and the extent to which a dealer implements and monitors processes that reflect the “time is money” reality of retailing used vehicles.

The following are five best practices I’ve gleaned from dealers who have transformed their reconditioning processes to minimize delays and maximize the profitability potential of every used vehicle:

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