Pricing configs now support lease merge tags for payment, term, and miles per year so lease offers read cleanly on inventory cards and detail pages. The Admin sidebar was also reorganized so related pages are easier to find. Franchise stores inside an automall can now route used-car leads directly to the automall while keeping new-car leads on the OEM rooftop.

More control over lease copy in pricing displays

Pricing configs now support lease payment, lease term, and lease miles per year as merge tags alongside the existing finance options. Type two opening brackets inside a display item to pick the value you want, so a lease offer reads cleanly on the card and detail page. The editor also got a few cleanups: a one-tab stack now says "Single-tab Stack" until a second tab is added, tab add and delete controls moved above the stack, and monthly payment no longer shows "$0" on vehicles that cannot get an estimate.

Admin -> Inventory -> Pricing -> Pricing Stacks, open a config, add or edit a Display Item.

Reorganized Admin sidebar

The left-hand admin menu is now grouped by what things actually are instead of a long list. Old bookmarks still work. If you can't find something, click the search icon under the dealer switcher or press Cmd+K (Ctrl+K on Windows) to jump straight to it. New paths worth knowing:

• Pricing configs: Admin -> Inventory -> Pricing -> Pricing Stacks
• Incentives and payment estimates: Admin -> Inventory -> Pricing
• Copy, redirects, and staff: Admin -> Website -> Content

Automall used-car lead routing

Franchise stores inside an automall can now route used-car leads to the automall instead of keeping them on the franchise rooftop. New-car leads still go to the franchise store so they keep feeding the franchise OEM program. The home-store picker hides on the lead form so shoppers do not send the lead somewhere unexpected. To turn it on: Admin -> Dealership -> Lead Settings -> Form Settings -> Automall Lead Routing, flip "Route used vehicle leads to Automall," and enter the automall dealer ID. The automall must be in the same parent group.

Improvements

• Gubagoo is now available as a partner feed export so their chat product can answer inventory questions with live data.
• Service pages now fall back to the sales phone number when a store has only one number set.

Fixes

• Dealer hours in site structured data were emitting a double-nested array that Google could not parse, which affected how hours appeared in the local knowledge panel and local business results. Fixed across all stores.
• CMS accordion blocks were rendering paragraph tags incorrectly after a style update. Fixed.
• Links inside custom HTML blocks now navigate within the site instead of triggering a full page reload.

Dealers can now build custom tabs on inventory pricing, put vehicle specs directly on inventory cards, and customize a payment details tab. Group sites now have the option to point search engines to a canonical rooftop for shared inventory indexing.

Custom payment tabs and more control over pricing configs

Dealers can now customize additional tabs on their pricing configs. Instead of the standard Payments tab, dealers can customize a tab with payment details for monthly payment, APR, money down, and term. Up to four tabs can be added and any line existing line items, blocks (such as conditional incentives) or payment information can be placed on those tabs.

To try it: Admin -> Inventory -> Pricing Configs, open a config, click Add tab.

Second, you can put vehicle specs right on the inventory pricing config, as well. A new Display Block lets you show details like mileage, engine, and drivetrain on the search results card itself. It displays the same info that appears in the Basic Info section on the vehicle page. Empty fields hide automatically.

To set it up: open a config, Add -> Display Block, set Data Source to Basic Info, pick the attributes you want, and publish.

Additionally, dealership admins can now manage pricing config templates. Saving and applying a dealer template, duplicating a config on the same store, and transferring one to another rooftop are now all open to dealer admins.

Group site shared inventory can optionally point search engines to the vehicle location.

On group sites with shared inventory, the same vehicle can appear on multiple rooftops. Each site gets its own canonical tag, which could split search ranking across stores instead of crediting the one that actually owns the car . Dealers can now opt in so the VDP canonical always points to the owning store. Shoppers still see the vehicle everywhere; only the search-engine signal changes.

To turn it on reach out to your Motive reps.

Improvements

• Canadian stores can now use Province and Postal Code fields in custom forms. US stores keep State and ZIP. You can swap variants manually if needed. Admin -> Forms, open a form, insert an Address block.

Fixes

• Group site inventory location filters with a lot of locations sometimes cut off stores on large group sites. This has been resolved to now show all dealer locations regardless of group size.

Dealers can now show trade-in estimates as a range rather than a single number. Inventory pages now load vehicle data on the first request, so shoppers see cars faster and search engines can index your lot accurately.

Trade-in values, shown as a range

Instead of showing shoppers one hard number, the trade-in tool can now show a range, such as $18,000 to $22,000. A range feels less like a take-it-or-leave-it offer, which can keep more shoppers in the conversation rather than walking away when the number doesn't match what they expected. Dealers set how wide the range goes. It shows on the shopper's valuation page, in Trade activity, and on the lead that reaches the CRM.

To turn it on, go to Engagement > Trade > Configuration > Global Settings, turn on Enable valuation range, and set the adjustments. A live preview is on that same card.

SRPs load faster for Google and AI tools

Google and AI tools like ChatGPT can now see your inventory better on the main inventory pages. All, New, and Used inventory pages now include full vehicle data the instant they load. That matters for search engines that don't run scripts. With this enhancement, those pages include vehicle data in a format search engines and AI tools can read directly, without needing to run the page first.

Motive Chat improvements

For dealers with shared inventory, results now rank by what the shopper asked for rather than by which rooftop is home. "Are you open right now?" now uses each store's own timezone instead of the shopper's device, so shoppers browsing from another coast get the right answer. Replies also appear as soon as they are ready. Nothing to turn on.

Additionally. "Are you open right now?" and similar hours questions in chat now use the dealership's timezone rather than the shopper's device timezone, so shoppers browsing from a different coast get the correct answer.

Enhancements

• Dealer sites now load a smaller set of icons, and the icon picker in Admin is now a searchable grid instead of a dropdown. You'll notice it anywhere you pick an icon such as in navigation or page content.

Fixes

• Recurring events in Admin now save without showing an "Error saving event" alert. Previously, the alert fired on every save even when the event was saved correctly, causing unnecessary doubt.

Lead comments can now include the GCLID from Google ads and all lead forms now support including the last three vehicles a shopper viewed. Your team now has more context on every inquiry. Dealers can also duplicate any page in Admin, saving a draft to customize before publishing. Pricing blur conditions now support more vehicle attributes, including trim, mileage, body type, and drivetrain.

Shopper Context in Lead Comments

Lead comments including the last three vehicles a shopper viewed before submitting has been expanded to all forms, so your team can see exactly what caught a customer’s attention. When the shopper arrived via a Google ad, the GCLID can also be set to appear in the ADF comments so you can tie the lead back to a specific campaign.

Duplicate any CMS page

Pages in the CMS editor can now be duplicated. If you have a page that you want to use as a starting point for a new page, you can now duplicate it. Duplicating the page will save a draft so you can customize it before anything goes live.

Find it at Admin > Website > Pages. Select a page, open the Copy tab, and choose Duplicate.

More ways to control locked pricing display

Pricing blur conditions now supports more vehicle attributes to determine which prices should be blurred. In addition to year, make, and model, you can now write rules based on trim, certified/pre-owned status, mileage, in-transit status, body type, drivetrain, and fuel type. This makes it possible to do things like blur a rebate only on high-mileage units or hide a line item only on CPO vehicles.

Find pricing configs at Admin > Inventory > Pricing Configs. Open a config, select the line item, and choose Blur When Locked to set conditions.

Improvements

• The inventory status filter on the SRP can now be switched to an accordion style in Admin so that shoppers can select individual statuses (In Stock, In Transit, In Production).
• Lead comments now include the last three vehicles a shopper viewed and, when they arrived via a Google ad, the GCLID so that your team has more context on each inquiry and can tie leads back to paid campaigns. This data now comes through on custom forms, not just Check Availability.

Fixes

• The Meta CSV inventory feed for group sites now includes the vehicle condition field and no longer sends duplicate VINs when the same vehicle exists across multiple rooftops.

Motive Trade now supports category-based bid adjustment rules (body type, price range, odometer) alongside the existing model-specific rules. Set a priority order when multiple rules apply to the same vehicle, and see exactly which rule fired on each trade-in in the activity feed. Dealers can also give their service department its own address so shoppers always get directions to the right location.

Motive Trade Bid Adjustment Control

Bid adjustments in Motive Trade got a significant upgrade this week including:

Attribute-based rules. Dealers can now write bid adjustment rules based on vehicle attributes: body type, price range, and odometer range. A single rule can cover something like "any SUV under $30,000 with under 60,000 miles." These work alongside existing model-specific rules, and the drawer defaults to attribute-based mode when creating a new rule.

Priority ordering. When multiple rules match the same vehicle, dealers can now set a priority order to control which rule applies. Only the highest-priority matching rule is used, and the order can be changed from the bid adjustments list at any time without affecting rule configurations.

Activity feed visibility. The Overview and Activity Feed now show which rule matched each vehicle and how much it adjusted the offer. Click an active rule to jump straight to its configuration. If a rule was later edited or removed, the record still reflects what was applied at the time.

Find all of this under Admin > Engagement > Trade > Configuration tab > Bid Adjustments.

Give your service department its own address

Dealers whose service department is at a different address from their showroom can now add a dedicated service address in Admin. The service address appears on the map and directions elements of the site, so shoppers get directions to the right location instead of the main lot. Previously, the only workaround was a custom Google Maps embed.

Improvements

• Video uploads are now processed and served in optimized formats to reduce file size and improve page load times for pages with embedded video.
• Applied filter chips on inventory pages now shrink to fit when the text is long, hovering shows the full label, and model filters display as chips reliably including inside the mobile Make/Model drawer.
• Site headers and mega menus no longer overflow or crowd the logo, subsections group more naturally, an inventory count appears as a small badge, and a picture-style menu item with no image falls back to a standard text link.

Fixes

• The Motive Trade trade-in CTA now opens a single modal. Previously, clicking the CTA opened two overlapping modals on some inventory pages.
• Departments with no hours set no longer appear on the site or in CMS elements so that shoppers and dealers do not see empty department listings.