A modern retailing finance experience.

Bridge the gap between handshake and F&I. Empower customers to customize their vehicle and payment while they wait — with gamification, video learning, and menu selection that ensures 100% product presentation.

Before Bumper Finance
22:00 waiting
  • No engagement
  • No education
  • No product exposure
With Bumper Finance
22:00 engaged
  • Exploring products
  • Building a package
  • Watching videos
  • Learning benefits
  • Ready for F&I
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Overview

Embrace the educated customer.

Bumper Finance breaks language barriers and eliminates pressure sales. Experience faster CSI improvement, increased product penetration, and an average lift of $800 PVR. Meet your educated customers with an experience that lets them control deal finalization transparently and without confrontation.

Key capabilities

Upsell, done four ways.

01

Video Engagement

Custom, dealership-branded videos let the customer feel in control of the process — encouraging them to make more buying decisions.

02

Consistency

The 300% rule applies: present 100% of your products to 100% of customers 100% of the time, and you'll sell more product.

03

Intelligence

Your customers are more educated than ever. Meet them with a process that respects their research and the time they've invested.

04

Customization

Start from our library and add, change, or edit your offerings on the fly, as you need us.

See it work

Build your protection package.

Customers explore protection products while they wait — arriving at the F&I office educated, engaged, and ready to buy.

✓ Vehicle selected
2025 Ford F-150 XLT
$58,495
Waiting for finance approval…

While they wait, customers explore protection products at their own pace — each with plain-language coverage, cost, and real claim examples.

Extended Warranty
Covers major components after the factory warranty ends.
~$38/mo · e.g. transmission, $4,200 claim
Tire & Wheel
Road-hazard repair or replacement for tires and wheels.
~$14/mo · e.g. bent wheel, $680 claim
Appearance Protection
Interior and exterior surface protection and repair.
~$12/mo · e.g. seat tear, $340 claim
GAP Coverage
Covers the gap between loan balance and payout if totaled.
~$9/mo · e.g. total loss, $5,900 gap
Maintenance Plan
Prepaid, scheduled maintenance at the dealership.
~$22/mo · oil, rotation, inspections

Tap products to add them — watch the payment update in real time.

Vehicle payment$699/mo
Protection+$0/mo
With protection$699/mo

Affordability stays in the customer's control — no surprises at the finance desk.

Same customer, two very different finance-office experiences.

Traditional process
  1. First time seeing products
  2. Questions
  3. Objections
  4. Longer transaction
With Bumper Finance
  1. Already educated
  2. Package pre-selected
  3. Confident purchase
  4. Faster delivery

A look inside

See it in action.

Equity dashboard — who is in a positive position, who is upside down, and by how much
Equity dashboard — who is in a positive position, who is upside down, and by how much
Group rollup: campaign activity, channel mix and engagement across every rooftop
Group rollup: campaign activity, channel mix and engagement across every rooftop
Queue equity-ready customers straight into an upgrade campaign
Queue equity-ready customers straight into an upgrade campaign

How it stacks up

Bumper Finance vs. the field.

The digital F&I basics are table stakes. Where Bumper pulls ahead is turning waiting-room time into engagement, surfacing real-time customer insight, and backing it with dealer-focused support.

Bumper Finance
Modern retailing
  • Self-guided product education
  • Product videos & explanations
  • Customer package builder
  • Mobile-friendly experience
  • Payment-impact visualization
  • Digital product presentation
  • Waiting-room engagement
  • Customer product pre-selection
  • Dealer branding & customization
  • Real-time customer insights
  • Seamless F&I handoff
  • Dealer-focused support
Darwin
Digital F&I
  • Self-guided product education
  • Product videos & explanations
  • Customer package builder
  • Mobile-friendly experience
  • Payment-impact visualization
  • Digital product presentation
  • Waiting-room engagement
  • Customer product pre-selection
  • Dealer branding & customization
  • Real-time customer insights
  • Seamless F&I handoff
  • Dealer-focused support
MaximTrak
F&I menu
  • Self-guided product education
  • Product videos & explanations
  • Customer package builder
  • Mobile-friendly experience
  • Payment-impact visualization
  • Digital product presentation
  • Waiting-room engagement
  • Customer product pre-selection
  • Dealer branding & customization
  • Real-time customer insights
  • Seamless F&I handoff
  • Dealer-focused support

Comparison reflects Vicimus's understanding of publicly available information about Darwin Automotive and MaximTrak as of 2026, prepared in good faith. Competitor offerings change and may vary by plan, region, and configuration; product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners, used here for identification only. Verify current capabilities with each vendor.

The opportunity

How much is sitting in your waiting area?

Every educated customer is a penetration point. Move the sliders to size the monthly opportunity a self-guided experience can unlock.

50500
20%80%

Assumes a self-guided lift of ~12 penetration points at ~$540 average product gross. Directional — validate against your store.

VSC revenue$0
GAP revenue$0
Protection revenue$0
Estimated monthly impact
+$0

Finance Process Reinvention

Put the “ME” back in finance menu.

Modern retailing for your finance department is here — a totally customer-centric approach to F&I that never sacrifices profitability.

Happy clients, happy us

We thrive helping our clients succeed.

“Maria and the team at Vicimus are one of the best and most reliable vendors I have ever worked with. The level of customer service has been first class — better than most vendor relationships I have experienced in over 20 years.”

Julia Shauf

“Bumper has got it right — the right message to the right people at the right times.”

Kristi Alguire

Ready to start?

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