Delivering profit from your fleet

Dealer Car Manager provides car dealerships with the opportunity to derive profit from their courtesy and demonstrator vehicles. The principle is simple. Customers can pay a £10 administration fee to have their courtesy car or test drive fully covered by Aviva. Depending on the dealership's insurer and location, dealers pay between £4 and £6 a day for the insurance. In addition, once a vehicle has been insured for 12 days in a month, it is free for the remainder of the month.
The following figures illustrate how much profit your dealership could be making.

Providing profit with courtesy cars

Average number of working days in the month (including Saturdays) 23
Average efficiency for utilisation with insurance 75%
Total chargeable days 17
Income calculation: 17 x £10 = £170 - maximum charge (12 days insured @ £5) £110 per vehicle

No. of courtesy vehicles 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Monthly profit 440 550 660 770 880 990 1100
Average efficiency saving 130 130 130 130 130 130
Savings on hidden cost 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Savings from risk management 100 120 150 175 200 225 250
Total annual benefit 7440 10860 12720 14580 16440 18300 20160
DCM one-off installation fee 500 500 500 500 500 500 500
DCM monthly license fee 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
Total DCM first year cost 1580 1580 1580 1580 1580 1580 1580
Total profit £ 5,860 £ 9,280 £ 11,140 £ 13,000 £ 14,860 £ 17,720 £ 18,580

Providing profit with demonstrators

Phone calls to database per week for one salesperson 30
Conversion to demonstration 5%
Weekly volume 1.5
Conversion to sale 30%
Income per unit £ 1000

No. of salespeople 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Phonecalls to database/week 120 150 180 210 240 270 300
Conversion to Test Drives 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
Weekly volume 6 7.5 9 10.5 12 13.5 15
Conversion to sale 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30%
Income per unit 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Total monthly income 7800 9750 11700 13650 15600 17550 19500
Total annual income 93600 11700 140400 163800 187200 210600 234000
Annual insurance cost 1560 1950 2340 2730 3120 3510 3900
Less existing sales rate 31200 39000 46800 54600 62400 70200 78000
Total profit £ 60,840 £ 76,050 £ 91,260 £ 106,470 £ 121,680 £ 136,890 £ 152,100