The car dealership kiosk that talks about every vehicle

A closed car showroom is when buyers come by

Buying a car gets planned at the weekend. People compare, drive past three dealerships in an afternoon, park outside your used car forecourt on a Sunday at 4 pm. Your sales staff are not there, and that is normal.

In front of a saloon in the window, the question is never vague. The buyer wants the exact mileage, whether the cambelt has been done, whether the warranty covers the gearbox, whether they can test drive it on Tuesday. A sticker on the windscreen gives the price and the year. It does not answer the rest.

On Monday, the salesperson sometimes finds a voicemail, rarely more. The other buyers carried on with their rounds, and took their question to the competitor down the road.

One QR code per car, on the windscreen or in the window

Each vehicle has its page and its QR code. You print it on the windscreen card, on the forecourt sign or behind the showroom glass. The buyer scans the one on the car they like: the assistant knows which vehicle they mean, without them copying out a stock number.

It answers day and night, in the buyer's language. A cross-border buyer speaking or writing in French or a Spanish visitor passing through gets the answer in their own language.

When the buyer wants a test drive or a part-exchange offer, they leave their name and phone number or email. On Monday morning your team gets the list: who, for which vehicle, with which question. The first call goes out with the right file.

The information to put on each vehicle page

You already have this data in your online listings. Send the link or the export, Kiosky sets it up in one day and each listing gets its QR code.

• Make, model, trim, year of first registration and mileage
• The price shown and what it includes: road tax, preparation, delivery or not
• Known service history and the latest work done
• Length and scope of the warranty offered
• Whether you take part-exchanges, and how the valuation works
• How a test drive works: by appointment, licence to show, how long

Where to put the stand in a dealership

In a glass-fronted showroom, the most visible option from the car park is the MacLocks BrandMe backlit window kiosk, placed against the glass: a panel in your colours readable at night, the tablet in an anti-theft enclosure. The first-year pack costs €1,590 excl. VAT, licence included.

If the wall is close to the window, the MacLocks Swing wall mount holds the tablet on an articulated arm right up against the glass: €1,490 excl. VAT for the first year.

At the showroom entrance, for customers waiting while a salesperson is with someone, the MacLocks PowerMove BrandMe reception kiosk comes to €1,650 excl. VAT. On the outside forecourt, windscreen cards are enough. The tablet is not supplied, and the stand is yours to keep.

What to know before you start

The assistant does not work out personal finance quotes and does not value part-exchanges: it gives what you have written, for example "valuation on site, no obligation". It does not book test drives into a diary, it collects the request and passes it to you.

It only knows what is on the page. If the car sells on Saturday, remove it or update its page from your phone, or the assistant will keep talking about it. And it does not replace the test drive, or the salesperson walking round the car with the customer.

Finally, make sure someone handles the Monday morning requests. A buyer called back on Thursday has often already signed elsewhere.