Recon Cost per Vehicle: What Dealers Spend and How to Control It
What the published figures say independent dealers spend on reconditioning, why they disagree, what to count in your own number, and six ways to control the cost.
Read more →Insights on dealership reconditioning, workflow optimization, and getting vehicles front-line faster.
What the published figures say independent dealers spend on reconditioning, why they disagree, what to count in your own number, and six ways to control the cost.
Read more →Every published recon time benchmark, who published it and how far to trust it, why the figures disagree, and how to find the number that matters for your store.
Read more →What time to front line is, what the published benchmarks actually say, what each extra day costs, and seven steps to bring your average down.
Read more →Every recon stage from intake to front line: what to check, who owns it, what "done" means, where cars get stuck, and a worksheet for finding your bottleneck.
Read more →Whiteboard, spreadsheet or recon software: an honest comparison, the signs you've outgrown the board, and what to look for when you try software.
Read more →The five recon numbers every used car manager should track, how to calculate each one, sourced benchmarks to compare against, and a weekly scorecard.
Read more →The secret isn't checking up on people more often. It's clear ownership, visible status, aging alerts and a 15-minute weekly review.
Read more →Floor plan interest, depreciation, overhead and lost selling time, worked through with 2025–2026 figures, plus a worksheet for running your own numbers.
Read more →Nine steps to one recon process across several rooftops: shared definitions, the same cost rules, one tracking system, clean transfers and group reporting.
Read more →What recon is, where the cars come from, the eight stages, what published benchmarks say about recon time and cost, and how to run it well.
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