Case Study: Hirlinger Chevrolet achieves major cost savings and seamless operations with Autosoft DMS

Hirlinger Chevrolet A Look Inside Three Brothers’ Climb to 75 Years of Success

Hirlinger Chevrolet, a family-owned Chevrolet dealership with over 250 new and used vehicles across two stores, needed to replace its long-time DMS when the contract expired during the 2009 industry downturn. The Hirlinger brothers required a more powerful yet affordable DMS that was GM-compatible, fully integrated with third-party partners, and provided seamless workflows across service, parts, office, sales, and F&I while keeping the learning curve minimal for office and service managers.

Hirlinger Chevrolet chose Autosoft DMS, which provided personalized install and setup, customized F&I forms and fixed-operations configurations, fast search and auto-populating screens, and hands-on support for a facility move that doubled DMS users with a clean “flip-of-the-switch” transition. Autosoft DMS reduced processing time and employee frustration, brought new users up to speed in days rather than weeks, managed over $500,000 in parts inventory, and delivered meaningful monthly cost savings and greater flexibility compared with higher‑cost competitors.

Hirlinger Chevrolet

Steve Hirlinger

President