Vendor Insights Podcasts
#99 The Car Ad Maverick: Secrets to dealership profitability, Racing …
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Len Short, co-founder of Lotlinx where we discuss: The secrets to dealership profitability, racing Porsches with VCs, Markdown doom loops, Is there...
#94 Killing the dealership 'courtesy shuttle', Evolving the experienc…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Charles Mizrahi, Head of Automotive Partnerships at Uber, where we discuss evolving the customer experience at dealerships, killing the courtesy sh...
#93 Why automakers are building in the US again, What car brands make…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jenni Newman, Editor-in-Chief of Cars.com where we discuss: Why automakers are building in the US again, What car brand makes the most American car...
#91 Why consumer financing is broken in the US, Handling $1.5B in aut…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Amitay Kalmar, CEO of Lendbuzz where we discuss: Why consumer financing is broken in the US, Handling 1.5B in auto loans, Auto lenders pulling out ...
#89 Creating unusual profit opportunities in automotive, Why service …
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Tony Wanderon, CEO of APCO Holdings, home of EasyCare, where we discuss: Creating unusual profit opportunities in automotive, Why service claims fo...
#88 CDG Market Update: Why the car business looks like 2008, Selling …
Welcome to the third episode of The Car Dealership Guy Market Update—Brought to you by Edmunds. This segment is a monthly discussion with automotive industry experts and dealers about where our car market is today -- and wher...
#87 Exposing the Future of EV's, Why 70% of EV owners will never go b…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with David Thomas, Director of Content Marketing at CDK Global where we discuss: The future of EVs in America, Car market says “What recession?”, Why 70...
#85 Transforming how dealers buy cars, Exiting for $300M, Surprising …
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Nate Mihalovich, CEO of The Lasso where we discuss: His journey from $300M exit to transforming how dealers buy cars, Which retailers pay the most ...
#82 Solving the car theft epidemic, 1,000,000+ stolen last year, How …
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Melissa High, VP of LoJack where we discuss solving the car theft epidemic, over 1,000,000 vehicles stolen last year, why auto insurance premiums a...
#79 CDG Market Update: Can leasing save the car business, $25,000 Tes…
Welcome to the second episode of The Car Dealership Guy Market Update—Brought to you by Edmunds. This new segment is a monthly discussion with automotive industry experts and dealers about where our car market is today -- and...
#78 Building the “Amazon” of car shipping, Dirty secrets of the $70B …
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Royce Neubauer, CEO of Auto Hauler Exchange where we discuss: Building the "Amazon" of car shipping, Dirty secrets of the $70B vehicle logistics in...
#77 Secret "profit" weapon of car dealerships, Arrival of $300/hr lab…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Todd Sands, Senior Vice President at CNA National where we discuss: The secret "profit" weapon of car dealerships, The arrival of $300/hr labor rat...
#75 Best service center in America, Profit pendulum swings again, Can…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jim Roche, CEO of Warrcloud where we discuss: The best service center in America, the dealership profit pendulum swings again, whether dealers can ...
#73 The man who guides 3,800+ finance departments, What keeps him up …
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Scott Gunnell, President of JM&A Group where we discuss: AI regulation coming for the car business, The future of the Finance Manager, negative equ...
#70 How AI will fix the broken credit system, Is 40% of US overpaying…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Alex Rouse, VP, GM Auto at Upstart where we discuss: If AI can fix the broken credit system, Is 40% of US overpaying for their car loans, Racing in...
#69 Disruption of digital advertising, His $1B dealership marketing p…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Ron Andrews, VP of Business Development at Cars Commerce where we discuss: Digital advertising is being disrupted and what it means for digital mar...
#68 CDG Market Update: Will used car prices rise again, Best and wors…
I am so excited to announce that today is the first-ever episode of my new monthly show: The Car Dealership Guy Market Update—Brought to you by Edmunds . A panel-style, monthly discussion with automotive industry experts and ...
#63 Crushing 70M+ vehicle recalls, From infantry officer to chief exe…
In this episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast, I'm speaking with Ryan Maher, CEO of BizzyCar where we discuss: the looming public safety threat of 70 million vehicles affected by automotive recalls, how the tough months i...
#61 Accounting mistakes costing dealers thousands, $800k stolen by a …
In this episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast, I'm speaking with Frank O'Brien, a partner at Withum. We discuss financial fraud in the dealership business, how dealerships can attract and retain technician talent, untappe...
#60 Building the future of automotive retailing AI, Pivoting from fas…
In this episode, I'm speaking with Devin Daly, CEO of Impel This episode is brought to you by: Private Auto - The safest way to buy vehicles privately. Use code ‘CDG’ to list your car for free. Learn more @ https://privateaut...
#58 Leadership lessons from working for Elon, Raising millions to rei…
In this episode, I'm speaking with Jay Vijayan, CEO of Tekion This episode is brought to you by: Car Dealership Guy Industry Job Board - Connecting world-class talent with top-notch companies in Automotive. Find your next rol...
#57 Evolving the dealership service department, Adapting to a possibl…
In this episode, I'm speaking with Chad Brooks, Head of Dealer Development at Valvoline Global This episode is brought to you by: CDK Global - Empowering dealers with the tools and technology to build deeper customer relation...
#55 Double-digit increases in dealership auto theft, Adapting to the …
In this episode, I'm speaking with Steve Baucom, President of KEYper Systems This episode is brought to you by: Private Auto - The safest way to buy and sell vehicles privately. Use code ‘CDG’ to list your car for free. Learn...
#53 Solving the aging used car bubble, Saving dealers $48M with accur…
In this episode, I'm speaking with Brian Kramer, EVP of Cars Commerce This episode is brought to you by: Valvoline - Valvoline can help drive your service department by streamlining operations and increasing revenue with hand...