We’re excited to share one of the biggest updates we’ve made to vAutoStock in a long time: the brand new vAutoStock APP.
This isn’t just an app refresh — it’s a major step forward in helping dealerships reduce prep delays, improve visibility across teams, and get vehicles retail-ready faster than ever.
At most dealerships, the biggest bottleneck isn’t the work itself. It is everything that happens around it. Arrivals, inspections, identifying work needed, chasing updates, finding vehicles, and knowing who’s doing what. That’s where time is lost. It is always our major focus. Some systems report – We resolve then report.
The new vAutoStock APP tackles those pain points head-on — and in many cases turns what used to take hours into minutes.
Below are the core features and why clients are already loving it.
Walkaround Video + AI Work Detection (Minutes, Not Hours)
One of the biggest changes is the ability to complete a full vehicle walkaround video to capture all the work required on the vehicle. In the time it takes to walk around and chat!
As the user walks around the car and records, vAutoStock AI:
pulls out the audio narration
compares what’s said against the dealership’s individual price matrix
generates a clear list of work required on the vehicle for the departments that need to work on it.
Then, with our DMS integration, those jobs can be pushed straight onto:
a job card, or
an estimate against the vehicle
Why we built it:
Because we saw the same thing again and again:
Arrivals and determining work were taking too long.
In most dealerships, it was slowing down the entire prep flow — and it didn’t need to.
The impact:
This process now takes minutes, not hours.
That means vehicles start moving through prep immediately, and teams stay aligned from the start.
Clock On / Clock Off — Job Tracking That Everyone Actually Uses
The app also brings full Clock On / Clock Off capability — directly from a simple registration scan.
Users can:
scan a reg
clock on to a job
complete a job
add new work via voice or video
update progress instantly
Just like the web version, everyone can see who is clocked on, and efficiency becomes measurable without any extra admin.
Why it matters
Managers get clarity
Teams stay accountable
Efficiency improves naturally
And the experience is genuinely slick — users actually enjoy using it
We’re hearing the same thing repeatedly:
“The user experience is so smooth — the team loves it.”
That’s exactly what we wanted.
Park Car with GPS — Stop Wasting Time Searching for Vehicles
Finding vehicles shouldn’t feel like a treasure hunt.
The new Park Car feature uses GPS to pinpoint exactly where the vehicle has been parked.
We grid your dealership so:
the app records the exact bay/zone where the vehicle is parked
you can see whether anything may be blocking it in
you can locate it instantly without walking the site
And if a vehicle is parked offsite, it records the exact GPS coordinates so you can find it with complete confidence.
Why this is big?
Dealerships lose hours every week just walking around looking for vehicles.
This feature removes that waste immediately.
Move Car — Know Exactly Where Your Driver Is (Live GPS Tracking)
If you have a driver moving a vehicle across the site — or between locations — the new Move Car feature gives full visibility.
You instantly know where the vehicle is
GPS tracking shows current movement
No more guessing who has it or where it’s gone
This is especially powerful for larger sites, shared compounds, and multi-branch dealer groups.
Messaging — Secure, Vehicle-Linked Communication (No More WhatsApp)
A lot of dealerships rely on WhatsApp to coordinate prep. It works — but it’s not secure, it’s not tracked, and the history gets lost.
The vAutoStock APP includes built-in secure messaging, where:
chats are linked directly to a vehicle
every message is stored against the vehicle record
anyone can review what was said later
nothing disappears in personal WhatsApp threads
It’s faster, more secure, and creates a real audit trail for prep activity.
What This Means for Dealerships
Ultimately, the new vAutoStock APP is designed to remove the time-wasting friction that slows down prep and retail readiness:
arrivals become faster
work required is identified instantly
jobs flow straight into the DMS
teams clock on/off properly
vehicles are found instantly
managers get true visibility
communication becomes structured and trackable
Want to See It in Action?
If you’d like a walkthrough of the new vAutoStock APP and how it fits your dealership process, just contact us, and we’ll arrange a short demo.
This is a game-changer for speed, efficiency, and control — and we’re excited to get it into more dealerships.
