AI Phone & WhatsApp Agent for Car Dealerships
A dealership's phone shares one line among test drives, trade-in valuations, recall and service calls, and financing questions, and someone has to answer it from the middle of the showroom. Zepiva works the front: it routes each caller for sales or service intent, books a test drive into the real sales calendar, collects a trade-in's year and mileage before the desk does the math, and follows up the shoppers who said they would think about it.
The challenges car dealerships face
Real problems these businesses deal with daily — and the gaps an AI agent can fill.
The sales floor cannot take calls and close deals at the same time
A person pacing a showroom car and a phone ringing with a price question arrive in the same minute. The salesperson who picks up the phone loses the walk-in, and the one who stays with the walk-in sends the caller to the next dealer. The floor and the line compete for the same attention.
Trade-in and financing requests reach the desk unqualified
Every week the same two questions: what is my trade worth and can I get a payment. Buyers want the number before they agree to look at anything. A salesperson who walks through each valuation from scratch spends the morning on math for shoppers who may never come in.
Recall and service calls choke the new-car number
A recall campaign sends every owner of that model to the same sales line. The front desk bounces callers through menus, the service scheduler is a separate queue, and the caller often ends up at the dealership that picks up first instead of the one that owns their car.
Test drives end as shopping, not as contact
Most buyers do not decide on the first visit, and most of those are never reached again. Without a planned multi-channel follow-up across WhatsApp and email, the trade-in number and the test drive both disappear, and the same model at the next corner gets the reply.
How Zepiva fits into car dealerships
Specific features mapped to the way your business actually works.
A switchboard that sorts sales, service, and parts
The first moments of the call identify the goal: a test drive, a price on a car in stock, a trade-in, a recall, or a part. The questions that repeat are answered directly, and everything else routes to the right desk with the caller's car and purpose already captured, so nobody restarts with a clean slate.
Test drives, trade-ins, and updates over WhatsApp
A lot of shopping happens from a phone after hours. Zepiva replies on WhatsApp with actual stock availability and books the test drive into the day's open slot. For a trade, it takes the year, make, model, mileage, and condition in the thread, so the desk runs the valuation on a complete record instead of calling back three times.
Quotes, offers, and recall notices by email
After a visit the buyer receives an email with the specific car they drove, the price as presented, and the follow-up options. The service side sends the recall appointment or campaign note by email so both the customer and the desk hold the same detail. The dealership keeps a paper trail across both divisions.
One calendar for test drive hours and recall days
Test slot requests run against the individual sales staff, not a generic slot, so the driver gets a real road time with the person who will take the floor. Service uses the service calendar. Both rings share the same ticket history, so whoever returns the call knows what the last promise was.
A Saturday at the lot when nobody is thrown off
Illustrative flow for a dealership running showrooms and after-hours questions at the same time.
At open the floor has three customers in front of a car. The phone asks whether the 2025 model is in stock and can they drive it today. Zepiva books the test drive into a real rep's calendar and confirms the slot while the floor keeps working the people in front of it.
Three service calls ring in: a recall issue, a warranty question, and a parts request. Zepiva routes them to the service scheduler and the service desk, not the mixed sales floor.
A Saturday visitor sends a WhatsApp from home: what is my 2019 Civic worth as a trade. Zepiva collects the VIN, trim, and condition in the thread, and the trade desk returns a number before the lot closes.
On Sunday the agent follows up the weekend's visitors by email with the car they drove, the price, the trade figure, and the option to book another drive. The Monday buyer is already in, and nobody spent an extra hour on the phone.
Illustrative example - not a customer testimonial.
Which plan fits car dealerships?
A starting point based on how these businesses typically use the platform.
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Gold. A dealer has phone contact that is both sales and service plus a WhatsApp lane for shoppers. Gold's three numbers, 150 calls, 200 WhatsApp messages, and follow-up engine keep both desks covered without an extra hire at the switchboard.
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