{"id":11377,"date":"2025-10-10T18:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/?post_type=news&#038;p=11377"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:13:40","slug":"car-wars-announces-cdk-integration-through-the-fortellis-marketplace-with-cari-service-scheduler","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/news\/car-wars-announces-cdk-integration-through-the-fortellis-marketplace-with-cari-service-scheduler\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Wars Announces CDK Integration Through the Fortellis Marketplace with Cari Service Scheduler"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11377\" class=\"elementor elementor-11377\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11dbd0fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"11dbd0fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cfc638b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cfc638b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Dallas, TX | October 10, 2025<\/strong> \u2014 Car Wars, a leading provider of innovative phone solutions for automotive dealerships, today announced its integration with CDK to publish on <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.fortellis.io\/solutions\/in-the-car-llc\/in-the-car?id=37b0c5aa-9581-4dee-b7d7-8a5d1ccbde67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Fortellis Marketplace<\/a>. The integration offers dealers, OEMs and developers the ability to quickly create new solutions designed to streamline dealer operations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>\u201cWe built Cari to take the weight of appointment setting off your team and ensure every inbound call gets handled with speed and professionalism,\u201d<\/em> said Stephane Ferri, CEO of Car Wars. <em>\u201cNow that Cari integrates directly with CDK, more dealers can unlock time savings and boost customer experience without sacrificing control or accuracy.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cari Service Scheduler is an AI-powered scheduling assistant that answers inbound calls, detects caller intent, and automatically books service appointments into the dealership\u2019s DMS. With the CDK integration, Cari can now seamlessly push and pull appointment data eliminating double entry, reducing manual errors, and enabling fixed ops teams to focus on high-impact customer interactions. The result is improved appointment capture, fewer dropped calls, and increased revenue-generating ROs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Fortellis Marketplace is an online automotive commerce exchange that enables a true exchange of information and data in an open, secure and accessible global network. The CDK platform enables Car Wars to provide dealers with intelligent, AI-powered scheduling capabilities that increase efficiency and drive measurable results in the Service Department.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"35px\"} --><!-- \/wp:spacer --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"25px\"} --><!-- \/wp:spacer -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd4528 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8cd4528\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd42766 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cd42766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0e2158 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e0e2158\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9858820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9858820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Fortellis<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW182949540 BCX8\">Fortellis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\"> is a technology platform by CDK that enables the automotive industry to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\">leverage<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\">, build, innovate and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\">integrate solutions and workflows to transform <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW182949540 BCX8\">business<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\">. The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW182949540 BCX8\">Fortellis<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\">platform\u2014with its Developer Network and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\">Marketplace\u2014connects software developers,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\">OEMs<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\"> and dealers so they can create new and unique experiences <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182949540 BCX8\">efficiently and seamlessly. 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