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Marketing for Car Dealerships: Stock Ads, Videos and Leads

Marketing for car dealerships works best when each ad shows one real vehicle or one clear offer, with an honest price, your location and an easy way to book a test drive or ask a question. Infinall AI helps make branded images, motion videos and captions for each offer, then plan posts in the Social Hub calendar, with 1,000 free credits every month and no card.

Checked October 2026. Sources are listed at the end of the page.

The car dealerships marketing problem

Car dealerships get customers from people who are already shopping: they search for a model or a body type, compare a few local lots, look at photos and prices online, then book a test drive. Ads and social posts keep the dealership in that short list by showing the stock that is on the lot now, the service department and the people who will hand over the keys.

The hard part is that the stock changes every week. A car in an ad today may be sold tomorrow, so creative has to be made quickly and taken down quickly, and every vehicle needs its own clean photos and text. Doing that by hand, or waiting on a designer, means many cars never get promoted at all.

Price and finance wording is the other risk. A headline price that leaves out fees, a payment that only applies to some buyers, or a promise of approval for everyone can mislead a shopper and break platform rules, so every offer needs a careful check before it runs.

How to run car dealerships ads with Infinall AI

  1. Save your dealership brand from your website

    Paste your public dealership website into Brand Brain. Infinall AI reads up to 20 pages, up to 2 levels deep, asks about anything it could not find and lets you confirm the saved brand. Check the logo, colours, voice, the makes you sell, your service department and your location before confirming. Adding a brand is free on Free and Pro. Pick that brand in each composer so every ad looks like it came from the same lot.

  2. Make an image or motion video for one vehicle or offer

    Choose one message, such as a featured used car, a new model arrival or a service special. In the Image composer, describe the scene and the text you want, and attach up to 6 of your own photos of the actual car as references so the ad shows the vehicle you really have. One send makes up to 4 images. In Motion, choose your brand, shape, length and quality, then describe the walkaround or offer. Both are on Free and Pro and use credits. Check every word, price and trim name on the result.

  3. Write captions and ad text you can stand behind

    Pick your saved brand in Infinall Chat and ask for caption drafts from details you supply: year, make, model, mileage, key features, the price and the terms that go with it, and how to book a test drive. Ask for a short version for ads and a longer version for posts. Remove any promise of approval or savings you cannot prove, and add the disclosures your finance partners or local rules require.

  4. Schedule posts, boost one or collect test drive requests

    Add the reviewed creative and caption to the Social Hub calendar, pick the platforms and choose a date. Planning and scheduling are free on both plans, and without a connected account you get a reminder at the time. Connecting social or ad accounts requires Pro. With a connected ad account you can boost a published post, with a daily budget and a run time of 1 to 90 days, or build a lead form on Meta or LinkedIn so shoppers can ask for a test drive without leaving the app. The ad platform charges your ad account for the budget.

  5. Look at what other dealers run in Ad Spy

    Search a competing dealership website or a keyword such as used cars or a model name in Ad Spy, on Meta, Google or LinkedIn. Searching is free on both plans today. Open an ad tile to read its copy and see how long it has run. Use what you see as ideas for your own brief, not as proof that the ad worked, and never copy another dealer's offers or photos.

Marketing ideas for car dealerships

Good dealership ads are specific. Some ideas to brief in Infinall AI:

  • Car of the week: one vehicle, real photos as references, the key features and how to book a test drive.
  • Just arrived: a short motion video for new stock, posted the day it lands on the lot.
  • Service department: oil change, tyre or seasonal check reminders with your opening hours and booking link.
  • Meet the team: a sales or service person introducing themselves, so shoppers know who they will deal with.
  • Buying help: turn a common question, such as what to bring to a test drive or how trade-ins work at your dealership, into a short caption and a simple text image.

Searches like best facebook ads for car dealerships show that dealers look for proven formats. The ad libraries linked below show what other dealers really run. These are creative starting points, not claims about results.

Which platforms and sizes to use

Facebook and Instagram suit local stock and walkaround videos. Instagram's photo guidance keeps images at their original resolution when they are 320 to 1080 pixels wide, and at 1080 pixels wide it gives a height range of 566 to 1440 pixels. If you publish through the Instagram API, images must sit within a 4:5 to 1.91:1 ratio and captions are limited to 2,200 characters. For Stories and Reels, a 9:16 shape is recommended.

Google search ads catch people already looking for a model or a dealer near them. Responsive search ad headlines hold up to 30 characters and descriptions up to 90 characters, so name the model and your town, not a slogan. Google's editorial rules also disallow entering a phone number in the ad text, so use the right ad assets or your landing page for that. For responsive display ads, Google recommends a 1200 x 628 landscape image and a 600 x 600 square image.

TikTok suits short vertical videos of cars and staff. Its in-feed ads recommend 9:16 video at least 540 x 960 pixels. LinkedIn matters mainly for fleet and business sales, where it recommends 1200 x 1200 pixels for square single image ads.

Policy watch-outs for dealership ads

Price and finance lines need the most care. Meta's ad standards list deceptive pricing among prohibited commercial practices, so the price in your ad should match what a buyer will actually be offered. Google does not allow ads that use clickbait tactics or sensationalist text or imagery, and it says that if you guarantee certain results, you are required to have a clear and easily accessible refund policy, so avoid lines like guaranteed approval.

If an ad promotes a loan or finance offer, Google's financial products and services policy says you must comply with state and local regulations for any location that your ads target, and disclosures must be clearly and immediately visible without needing to click or hover over anything. In some locations a verification process is required to advertise financial services.

On Meta, ads must not contain content that asserts or implies personal attributes, so write "shopping for a family SUV?" rather than a line about the reader's credit or money. An AI draft is not a compliance review. Check each offer against your manufacturer, lender and local rules before it runs.

Budget and credits

Free gives 1,000 credits every month with no card. Pro gives 3,000 credits a month and costs $10 for the first month, then $30 a month or $299 a year. In India, rupee checkout is Rs 999 for the first month, then Rs 2,899 a month or Rs 33,999 a year. One credit is worth one US cent.

Brand setup, calendar planning, scheduling, publishing and making a lead form do not use credits. Making images and motion videos does, and the amount depends on the quality you choose. A live ad or boost uses 2 credits a month, and the ad platform charges your budget to your own ad account. Infinall AI does not buy media for you.

If your website platform or inventory feed already builds vehicle ads for you, you may only need Infinall AI for brand posts, service offers and videos. It is most useful when you want a steady flow of branded posts and ads without a designer.

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Frequently asked questions

Can a car dealership start on the Free plan?

Yes. Free includes 1,000 credits every month, Brand Brain, images, Motion, Ad Spy and calendar planning with reminders. Connecting social or ad accounts, which you need for automatic publishing, boosting and lead forms, requires Pro.

Can I use photos of my own stock?

Yes. Attach up to 6 reference pictures per request, each up to 10 MB, so the image is guided by the real car. Always compare the result with the vehicle, since an AI image can change details such as trim, badges or wheels.

Can I collect test drive requests from ads?

Yes, with a connected ad account. Lead forms work on Meta and LinkedIn, with up to 15 questions on Meta and up to 3 on LinkedIn. Making a form, reading leads and exporting them do not use credits.

Will Infinall AI check my finance offers for compliance?

No. It helps you draft creative and copy, but you must check every price and finance line against your lender, manufacturer and local rules and the ad platform's policies. Approval depends on the ad platform.

Sources and checks

Every price, rating and number on this page comes from the source pages below, checked October 2026. Prices and plans change often, so confirm on the vendor's own page before you buy.

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