The next phase of dealership AI may be less *visible* to the customer. Scott Traylor, Vice President of Sales at @mialabsinc, explains why AI efficiency could start moving deeper into a store’s internal operations. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your favorite platform—brought…
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Dealership AI is starting to be judged by how well it reflects the store. Kevin Esmezyan, Chief Product Officer of @TryMatadorAi, explains why AI performs better when it is tuned around the conversations that increase show rate. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on…
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After-hours service calls are becoming a measurable revenue channel. Scott Traylor, Vice President of Sales at @mialabsinc, explains how AI can turn missed overnight calls into booked appointments and completed ROs. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your favorite platform—brought to you by…
Today's show features: - Don Hall, President and CEO of Virginia Automobile Dealers Association - Alan Haig, President of Haig Partners - Aaron Zeigler, President of Zeigler Auto Group - Grant Cardone, CEO of Cardone Capital This episode is brought to you by: Podium – Most AI is a black…
Some sales floors are turning volume into a cultural expectation. Scott Traylor, Vice President of Sales at @mialabsinc, explains how one store went from a 200-car goal to nearly 600 units by building a culture around daily recognition. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now…
Today I'm joined by Scott Traylor, Vice President at Mia Labs. Dealers have never been better at marketing cars, but all that traffic has created a math problem the humans on the floor simply can't solve. Scott breaks down how voice AI is pulling $8,000 to $30,000 a month in…
AI is starting to reshape how stores prioritize customer conversations. Kevin Esmezyan, Chief Product Officer of @TryMatadorAi, explains how a collaborative AI-plus-human model can handle routine questions while sending higher-value moments back to the team. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your favorite…
Basic service is becoming a retention play for dealers. Mike Martucci, GM at @CobbCountyKiaKennesaw, explains why oil changes can keep customers close enough to win the next repair order. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your favorite platform—brought to you by @TryMatadorAi
In this episode of the Industry Spotlight, joining host Sam D'Arc are Mike Martucci, General Manager at Jim Ellis Kia, and Kevin Esmezyan, Chief Product Officer at Matador AI to discuss how conversational AI is turning a three-person sales team handling 700 leads a month into a machine that doubles…
Today's show features: - Yossi Levi, CEO of Car Dealership Guy - Alex Lawrence, CEO & Co-Founder of EV Auto - Sam Hatch, General Manager at JRR Motor Sales This episode is brought to you by: Podium – Most AI is a black box. Podium's is yours to control —…
The next AI opportunity may be hiding in the service lane. AJ McGowan, VP of Research and Development at @reyreychannel, explains how AI can help dealers know when a service visit should become an acquisition conversation. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your…
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Dealer-built AI tools are raising a new security question. @asotu co-founders Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier explain why connecting home-built systems to DMS and CRM data can create risk if access is not locked down. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your…
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AI is making *invisible* dealership problems easier to see. AJ McGowan, VP of Research and Development at @reyreychannel, explains how transcript analysis and inventory scanning are surfacing issues that used to get missed. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your favorite platform—brought to…
Today's show features: - Matt Haiken, Dealer Principal and President at Prestige Collection Auto Group - Damon Egan, Service Director at Sherwood Ford - Luis Malespin, Parts Director at Premier Hyundai This episode is brought to you by: Zurich – Zurich Advisor IQ is Zurich’s AI-driven training and coaching platform…
Dealer AI is moving deeper into the platforms that already run the store. AJ McGowan, VP of Research and Development at @reyreychannel, explains why privacy-sensitive use cases require more control over where the AI actually runs. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your…
AJ McGowan, VP of Research and Development at Reynolds & Reynolds.Most dealers have heard the terms generative and agentic AI, but AJ makes the case that a third phase called cognitive AI is already in development, and it is the one that will fundamentally change how dealerships operate. He breaks…
The next AI gap for dealers may be *context.* Kyle Mountsier, Co-Founder and COO of @asotu, explains why stores may need a documented knowledge graph before AI can communicate like the business itself. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your favorite platform—brought to…
Today's show features: - Jameson Riley, General Manager at Riley Volvo Cars Stamford - Eric Barbosa, VP of Variable Operations at Plaza Motors This episode is brought to you by: Zurich – Zurich Advisor IQ is Zurich’s AI-driven training and coaching platform built to help F&I teams perform more consistently…
The “ideal customer” discussion is becoming a mirror for the dealership itself. @asotu co-founders Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier explain why the customer a store attracts often reflects the identity already inside the dealership. ➤ Stream the latest episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast now on your favorite…
Today I'm joined by Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier, Co-founders at More Than Cars. Dealers across the country are racing to build in-house AI tools using vibe coding platforms, and the results look impressive until they don't. Paul and Kyle break down exactly how a single exposed API key…