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Jun 22, 2023
In 2025, the Motors plugin saw many upgrades and changes that eventually were aimed at making the workflow smoother, easier and user-friendly than ever. These changes mainly touched upon how inventory is displayed and managed, but also how businesses communicate with users and speed up key workflows. From richer design options to smarter email controls and slick new autocomplete features, this year’s enhancements were all about power, polish, and productivity.
Let’s take a closer look at the major improvements that made Motors more customizable, more intuitive, and more business‑ready than ever before.
All-in-one Listing Manager – Smarter Listing Control in 2025
This year, we introduced the All-in-one Listing Manager – a powerful solution that centralizes listing management and significantly simplifies day-to-day work with listings for business owners and dealers. It enables efficient inventory management, making listing operations more streamlined and manageable.
What the All-in-one Listing Manager can do:
- Centralize all listing tasks into a single, streamlined workspace
Now it is easier and faster to manage, update, and organize vehicle listings from one place, because the new Listing Manager brings all listing tasks into one smooth flow.
- Create and edit listings
Add new listings and update existing inventory easily.
- Create and manage custom fields
Customize listing details to match your business needs.
As we see, the All-in-one Listing Manager role helps teams work more efficiently, keeps access levels clear, and supports growing listing websites with better control and flexibility.
Redesigned Custom Fields Manager & New Field Types
One of the upgrades we made this year is that we redesigned the Custom Fields Manager to make creating and managing listing details easier, faster, and more intuitive. Now users can set up custom fields with less effort and greater clarity.
Alongside the redesign, several new custom field types were introduced to give users more flexibility when describing listings and collecting structured information. These additions help create richer, more detailed listings while improving the overall browsing and filtering experience for users.
New custom field types include:
Checkbox – ideal for adding clear yes/no options or multiple selectable features.
Price – allows pricing information to be displayed and handled in a more structured and consistent way.
Color – enables visual color selection, making listings more attractive and easier to understand at a glance.
Location – helps define and display listing locations more accurately, improving search and relevance.
Together, the redesigned Custom Fields Manager and new field types give users greater control over listing data, improve accuracy, and make listings more informative, user-friendly, and visually appealing.
Inventory Filter & Listing Card Skins
We introduced new designs and display options that give you more ways to showcase your custom fields and inventory. Filters have been redesigned with selectable skins, allowing you to choose how they look without building anything from scratch. Instead of spending time creating custom filters, you can now use ready-made filter layouts (three available in the free version). Your inventory automatically adapts to the selected filter style, keeping the presentation consistent and professional.
Listing Cards also received new filtering and display options, making it easier to visually differentiate your website. You can now use icons to highlight vehicle details such as brand and key features, helping listings look more informative, structured, and visually engaging.
Native Single Listing templates
We created built-in listing templates, that you can now use to create and publish listings in minutes, no page builders or manual editing required. Simply choose a layout style out of the 4 ready-made templates and toggle the features you need. The design updates instantly, helping you launch listings faster and focus on growing your business.
Car Info Autocomplete Add-On
One of the major upgrade introductions we made this year is The Car Info Autocomplete add-on. It was created to make vehicle listing creation faster, easier, and more accurate. Now, instead of manually entering technical details, users can automatically fill in key vehicle information by selecting a make, model, year, or simply entering a VIN.
This feature is top-notch and significantly reduces manual work and helps prevent mistakes, ensuring that every listing includes consistent and reliable data. By standardizing vehicle information, it also improves the overall quality and credibility of listings across the platform.
With Car Info Autocomplete, both dealerships and individual sellers can save time, speed up inventory creation, and focus more on selling, while maintaining clean, accurate, and professional listings.
All-New Email Template Manager in Motors Plugin
One of the major Motors plugin upgrades introduced this year is the redesigned Email Template Manager. We completely transformed how emails are created and sent across the platform. With our updates, emails are no longer just basic notifications, they’ve become an important part of brand communication and user experience.
The updated Email Template Manager replaces simple text-based emails with a fully featured visual editor, giving users complete control over how their emails look, feel, and perform. Whether it’s lead notifications, dealer alerts, price-drop emails, or user registration messages, every email can now be styled to match your brand. You’re basically the artist of your own emails.
What’s new and improved:
- Modern, user-friendly email builder
The refreshed interface makes email creation intuitive and flexible. Users can easily customize colors, backgrounds, buttons, and layouts to create polished, on-brand emails without any design experience.
- Live email preview
Changes are displayed instantly as you edit, allowing you to preview emails in real time and check how they appear on desktop and mobile devices before sending.
- Smart tags for personalization
Dynamic content can be added using smart tags, automatically inserting user details, listing information, vehicle data, and pricing, making every email feel relevant and personalized.
- Flexible sender settings
Customize sender names and email addresses to improve deliverability and create a more professional, trustworthy impression for recipients.
With this upgrade, the Email Template Manager has evolved from a basic utility into a powerful communication tool. It helps Motors users deliver branded, personalized, and professional emails that strengthen engagement and improve the overall experience for dealers, sellers, and customers alike.
Luxury Skin – Premium Look for High-End Listings
In 2025, we expanded its customization lineup with the introduction of the Luxury Skin – a premium design option crafted specifically for showcasing high-end and luxury vehicles. This new skin elevates the visual appeal and user experience of automotive websites, making it ideal for dealers and marketplaces focused on premium brands and VIP audiences.
Unlike standard layouts, the Luxury Skin embraces a stylish, dark-themed design with warm accents that highlight elegance and sophistication. It includes dedicated inventory displays, refined listing card styles, and tailored interface elements that together create a more upscale browsing experience for users.
What makes the Luxury Skin stand out:
- Premium, high-end aesthetic – Designed to capture the look and feel of luxury automotive brands, helping websites appeal to discerning buyers and convey quality at first glance.
- Special inventory presentation – Includes unique listing card styles and layout options that showcase premium vehicles more effectively and attractively than standard skins.
- Tailored browsing experience – Ideal for businesses that deal with luxury makes, the skin enhances navigation and search, placing emphasis on elegance and the details buyers care about.
- Seamless integration with Motors features – Works with all core Motors functionality, from search filters to vehicle specifics and dealer profiles, preserving powerful listing management while transforming the front-end experience.
By offering the Luxury Skin, Motors gives users the flexibility to present their inventory with a design that matches their brand identity and target audience. It’s a valuable option for dealerships and marketplaces that want to elevate their online presence with a more refined and visually compelling layout.
To sum up, with the 2025 updates, the Motors plugin continues to evolve into a more complete, flexible, and business-ready solution for automotive websites. From smarter listing management and automation tools to premium design options like the Luxury Skin and improved communication features, every upgrade is focused on helping dealers and marketplaces work more efficiently while delivering a stronger user experience. These enhancements not only simplify daily operations but also give businesses more control over branding, presentation, and growth, making Motors a reliable foundation for scaling automotive projects in the year ahead and beyond.
