For independent dealers
Inside Ideal Cars of Arizona
Run the whole lot from your pocket.
This is how we run the lot.
Trade-ins, test drives, inventory, desking and a customer kiosk, in one staff app for iPhone and iPad. Built inside a working dealership.
Trade-ins, test drives, inventory, desking and a customer kiosk, in the one app our team carries on every lot.
Shown running at Ideal Cars of Arizona. Real app screens; customers and staff are fictional.
Real app screens on a demo backend; customers and staff are fictional.
01 · Trade Intake
A trade walk the desk can trust.
The rep scans the VIN label, types the miles and takes eight guided photos. Every step saves to the trade as it happens, so the manager is appraising before the customer is back inside.
- VIN read from the door-jamb label
- Eight required photos, saved as they are taken
- Manager valuation with admin sign-off
02 · OBD-II Scan
Ask the car before you write the number.
Plug an OBDLink CX adapter into the trade and the app reads its trouble codes, emissions readiness and VIN, then checks them against the trade you are appraising.
- Read-only: codes are never cleared
- VIN and odometer cross-checked against the trade
- Saved scans print on the appraisal report
Requires an OBDLink CX Bluetooth adapter. Trouble codes are diagnostic clues, not confirmed repairs. The scan shown is the app's simulated adapter.
03 · Market Data
The local market, on the appraisal.
Market data for cars like the one in front of you prints on the same report as the photos and the scan: what comparable cars are listed for, how many there are and how fast they turn.
- Median asking price and comparable count
- Days to turn and market supply
- One PDF: values, market, photos and scan
MarketCheck listing data: asking prices, not sale prices, and a reference rather than a valuation. Figures on this demo report are illustrative.
04 · Test Drives
Out the gate in a minute, on the log for good.
Pick the car, scan the licence, choose a dealer plate. The drive log tracks every departure and return, and the dealer plate log is ready to print when it is asked for.
- Licence scan with a staff review step
- Dealer plates tracked out and back
- Plate log preview, print and share
Light and Dark
Bright lot at noon. Dim office at close.
Every screen is built for both. Keep scrolling and watch it change.
05 · Desking
From the lot to a signed proposal.
The test drive, the trade and the credit application all land on one deal. Managers structure it on a phone or tablet, and the customer reviews and signs from a link or the store's iPad.
- Buyer and co-buyer linked to every deal
- Staged workspace that saves as you go
- Customer review and signature, manager approval
Figures shown are illustrative demo data, not a financing offer.
06 · Store Mode
Hand them the iPad.
Store Mode turns the staff iPad into a customer kiosk: browse the lot, explore a payment, apply for financing, upload documents, and review and sign the deal.
- Customer-safe: staff screens are locked away
- Payment explorer with clear estimate language
- View My Deal opens with a texted code
The 40-Second Version
See it move.
Your Turn
Pick it up and tap through.
A 3D iPhone and iPad you can turn and tap: six chapters, thirty-two real screens, every button explained.
Open the Interactive Demo
See it at your store.
Want this at your store?
Thirty minutes, your inventory, your questions. We will walk a trade, a test drive and a deal on the devices your team already carries.
The app we built for our own lots is available to other dealers as DrivePortal, from Dealer Acumen.