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CruiseCTRL AI

Technology

AI-Driven Marketing & Data Engine

Dealerwing helps franchised new car dealers turn customer data into smarter marketing, stronger service retention, and measurable campaign performance.

Inside CruiseCTRL AI

One platform from raw data to measurable campaigns

Most dealership marketing software starts with the campaign. Dealerwing starts with the data — cleaning, validating and segmenting your customer records so every campaign reaches real customers with real vehicles.

From service retention and recalls to declined service, sold-not-serviced and conquest campaigns, Dealerwing runs the outreach and then shows you the repair orders it produced.

Dealerwing CruiseCTRL AI dashboard on a desktop monitor showing validation, customer, budget and open recall overviews above a dealership market map

Clean data before campaign activation

Dealerwing begins with data quality and customer intelligence so the dealership can target the right customer, suppress waste, and measure performance with greater confidence.

AI-ready data foundation

Give AI cleaner information to analyze so recommendations and targeting decisions are based on stronger customer data.

Omnichannel campaign activation

Coordinate direct mail, email, SMS, social media, landing pages, calls, and appointment requests around one strategy.

Attribution you can trust

Dealerwing does not take credit for every customer. Reporting shows geographic performance, customer status, and true channel attribution.

Dashboard Overview

Dealerwing's Dashboard & First-of-its-Kind Service Marketing Engine

Every CruiseCTRLAI capability lives in one dashboard — from validating your data to reporting the results of every campaign.

  • Flagged record categories: business, outside radius, beyond 60 months, bad addresses

    Cleanse & Analyze Your Data

    OEM, DMS, Conquest & Recall data combined & validated.

  • AI-generated audience cards with customer counts and costs

    AI Generated Audiences

    Campaign Playbooks designed to achieve your specific goals.

  • Valid active customer list with record counts

    BDC Target Customer Lists

    Downloadable customer lists with offers for BDC follow-up.

  • Market map with customer household dots

    Visualize Your Market

    Interactive mapping of households, vehicles, & CDPs.

  • OEM program donut chart showing 2,880 customers

    OEM KPI Integration

    See customers by OEM retention & open recall statuses.

  • Sales and service report with RO and revenue rings

    Sales & Service Reporting

    See the results of campaigns on both sides of the house.

  • Secure data center server room

    Unrivaled Data Security

    SOC II Type 1 certified. Dealers' & customers' privacy protected by best-in-class data security.

  • Market evaluation customer breakdown

    In-Depth Market Evaluation

    Find opportunities in your market that you never knew existed.

Data hygiene counts: 57,773 total records, 41.67% validation rate, 26,012 flagged, 24,074 valid inactive, 7,687 valid active

It All Starts With Quality Data!

AI-Driven Data Hygiene & Optimization

Our proprietary AI validates data & purges bad records to increase campaign & budget efficacy.

Reading the Dashboard

Four Touts. Your Data & Customers at a glance.

The top of the CruiseCTRLAI dashboard sums up your data, customers, budget and open recalls. Here's what each one tells you.

Validation Overview tout: 23,189 total records, Non-OEM slice of 3,049 at 13%, Saved $3,933

Flagged record reasons

  • Businesses
  • Duplicates
  • Outside radius (30)
  • Beyond 60 Months
  • Bad Addresses
  • Non-OEM
  • Title Verification
  • Registration
  • Deduplication
  • Undeliverable
  • Opt-Out
  • Valid Records

Validation Overview

Every record you send us is checked before a single piece of mail goes out. This tout shows how many records came in and why the bad ones were flagged.

  1. 1

    Total Records

    The full count of customer records loaded from your DMS, OEM and other sources.

  2. 2

    Donut chart

    Each red slice is a reason a record was flagged. Select a slice to see its count and share of the file.

  3. 3

    Saved

    What you avoid spending by not marketing to records that would never reach a real customer.

Identity Resolution (Data Hygiene)

One accurate record for every customer.

Customer data is scattered across the DMS, CRM, OEM files and vendor systems—full of duplicates, outdated addresses and vehicles customers no longer own.

Identity Resolution validates, matches and flags every record so each customer resolves into one clean profile before any campaign goes out.

Explore Identity Resolution
  • The same fictional customer in an everyday momentDMSCustomer #10482“Michael Johnson”
  • The same fictional customer in an everyday momentCRMLead #8861“Mike Johnson”
  • The same fictional customer in an everyday momentOEMOwner #5732“Michael A. Johnson”
  • The same fictional customer in an everyday momentWebsiteVisitor 3f9a…“Unknown visitor”
  • The same fictional customer in an everyday momentMarketingMail ID 77310“M. Johnson”
  • The same fictional customer in an everyday momentBDCCall log 2291“Michael Johnston”
One customer, six names, six addresses, six vehicles — a conceptual illustration with a fictional customer.

Download Center

We clean your data. Then we give it back.

Most marketing agencies keep the data they build to themselves. Dealerwing hands every validated list, flagged record and campaign manifest back to your dealership — to use however you want.

Typical agency

Your customer data goes in. Only a campaign comes out. The clean list stays behind their wall.

Dealerwing

Every list we build is yours to download — even audiences for campaigns you aren't running.

Every validated customer segment, by channel — Direct Mail, Email and SMS.

  • Retained Customers1 service visit in the last 12 months
  • Loyal Customers2+ visits in the last 12 months
  • At-Risk CustomersFalling out of retention in 90 days
  • Lost CustomersLast qualifying RO over 12 months ago
  • Sold Not ServicedNo qualifying RO in first 12 months
  • DefectedNo qualifying RO after 12 months

Illustrative Download Center lists, available by Direct Mail, Email and SMS.

The offer travels with the customer.

BDC call lists include the exact offer each customer was sent, so the rep on the phone presents the same offer the customer saw in the mail.

BDC call list
CustomerStatusOffer to present
J. RiveraAt-Risk$20 off any service
M. ChenLostFree tire rotation
A. PatelRetainedSynthetic oil change

Sample rows with fictional customers.

We don't just tell you which records are wrong — flagged lists and appended data let you fix them in your own systems.

BDC outreach

Call lists show the offer each customer received, so reps present the same offer on the phone.

Fix your own records

Use flagged records and appended data to correct the DMS and CRM — or call customers to update them.

Lookalike audiences

Upload clean customer lists to social platforms to find more people like your best customers.

Any team, any use

Sales, service and leadership can take any list and put it to work however they choose.

Audience Builder

Build the right audience in a few clicks.

Filter validated customers by status, vehicle, service history, distance and channel, and see every audience on the map as you build it.

Retained, Loyal, At-Risk and Lost customers are always one selection away, so your next campaign targets real opportunity.

Explore Audience Builder
Audience Builder map showing customers colored by segment

Market Evaluation

See the opportunity hiding in your market.

Market Evaluation turns validated dealership data into a clearer picture of your customers and your local market. See who is active, who has stopped returning and where untapped service opportunities are concentrated.

Customer segments, reachable channels, ZIP Code insights and AI Playbooks help your team prioritize audiences and plan marketing around real opportunity—not raw record counts.

Explore Market Evaluation
Dealerwing Market Evaluation map showing customer locations and customer status filters
Illustrative Market Evaluation view.

Attribution & Reporting

See what your campaigns actually generated.

Service, Sales and Summary reports connect campaign activity to responses, appointments, matched repair orders and revenue. Follow performance by channel, audience and offer to understand what contributed—and what to improve next.

Dealerwing does not take credit for every customer who comes through the door. Accurate attribution and downloadable reporting are included with every campaign, giving leadership a clearer basis for its next decision.

Explore Attribution & Reporting
Dealerwing reporting dashboard with six KPI donut charts showing campaign communications, responses, revenue, engagement, ROI and average repair order
Sample campaign reporting, not guaranteed dealership results.

Deep dive

Why Automotive Marketing Software Needs to Be Different

The data problem behind underperforming campaigns, and how Dealerwing solves it.

Built for fixed ops

Why generic marketing software falls short for dealerships

Generic marketing platforms are usually not built around dealership realities. They may not understand DMS data, service history, ownership changes, open recalls, declined service, repair orders, advisor performance, or fixed operations attribution.

Automotive marketing software should be built for the way dealerships actually operate. It should understand that a customer may exist under multiple customer numbers, account for ownership accuracy, and connect marketing activity to dealership KPIs that leadership cares about. That is the role Dealerwing is built to fill.

Automotive marketing software should be built for the way dealerships actually operate.

Generic marketing software

Dealerwing

Starts with the campaign and the send button

Starts with the customer record and its accuracy

Treats every database record as an opportunity

Validates ownership, contact info and market before targeting

Measures clicks, impressions and claimed credit

Connects campaigns to repair orders, revenue and true attribution

Knows nothing about DMS data or service history

Built around DMS data, recalls, declined service and fixed ops KPIs

Illustrative comparison of platform approaches, not a specific vendor.

FAQ

Common questions

What is automotive marketing software?

Automotive marketing software helps dealerships identify customer opportunities, build marketing audiences, launch campaigns, and measure results. A strong platform should also support data quality, customer segmentation, campaign tracking, and attribution.

How is Dealerwing different from generic marketing software?

Dealerwing is built around dealership data and fixed operations marketing. It helps dealers work from cleaner customer records, ownership accuracy, customer segmentation, omnichannel campaign execution, and transparent performance reporting.

Does Dealerwing support fixed ops marketing?

Yes. Dealerwing supports marketing strategies tied to service retention, recalls, declined service, sold-not-serviced customers, lost customers, conquest, seasonal campaigns, and customer lifecycle communication.

Why does data quality matter in automotive marketing software?

Data quality determines whether the dealership is targeting real, reachable, relevant, in-market customers. Bad data can create wasted spend, poor segmentation, missed opportunities, weak reporting, and unreliable AI-driven recommendations.

What should automotive marketing software do beyond sending campaigns?

Dealerships do not need another disconnected marketing tool. They need software that helps them understand who their customers really are, what vehicles they actually own, where they are in the ownership lifecycle, and which opportunities are worth pursuing. Many platforms focus on execution — direct mail, email, SMS, social ads, or landing page traffic — without solving the deeper problem inside the dealership database. If the audience is wrong, the campaign is already at risk.

Why isn't every record in the dealership database a real opportunity?

A dealership may have thousands of records in the DMS, CRM, OEM files, and vendor systems, but not every record is a real opportunity. Some customers no longer own the vehicle. Some moved out of market. Some have duplicate records. Some have bad addresses, invalid emails, or disconnected phone numbers. Some look inactive only because the customer history is split across multiple customer numbers.

What does Dealerwing do before campaigns are launched?

Dealerwing begins with data quality and customer intelligence, helping dealers identify and address issues such as duplicate customer records, ownership inaccuracies, out-of-market customers, bad contact information, questionable records, lost customers, at-risk customers, retained customers, sold-not-serviced customers, open recall opportunities, and declined service opportunities. The result is not simply more marketing — the result is better marketing to better audiences.

What should dealers look for in marketing reporting?

Dealers should look for reporting that goes beyond impressions and clicks. Useful reporting should help connect campaigns to repair orders, revenue, appointment activity, customer status, channel attribution, geographic performance, and sales opportunities where appropriate.

Who is Dealerwing built for?

Dealerwing is designed for franchised new car dealers and automotive groups that want to improve marketing efficiency, fixed operations growth, customer retention, and campaign accountability — every seat in the store. That includes dealer principals who want clearer marketing accountability and stronger fixed ops performance; general managers who need better visibility into campaign results and customer opportunities; fixed operations directors who want more effective service retention, recall, declined service, and customer lifecycle marketing; service managers who want better appointment opportunities and more relevant customer outreach; marketing directors who want cleaner audiences, stronger creative strategy, omnichannel execution, and better attribution; and BDC leaders who want their teams spending time with customers who can actually respond.

What questions should dealers ask before choosing automotive marketing software?

Before choosing a platform, dealers should evaluate whether it addresses the data problems that undermine most campaigns. Ask: Does the platform clean and validate customer data before campaigns launch? Can it help identify duplicate records and fragmented customer histories? Does it validate ownership and suppress customers who are no longer in market? Can it segment customers by service status, lifecycle stage, recall opportunity, declined service, and retention risk? Does it support multiple campaign channels from one strategy? Does it provide reporting that shows what actually happened, not just what the vendor wants credit for? Can it help leadership understand ROI by channel, customer segment, geography, repair orders, revenue, and sales impact?