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Owning 11 Dealerships Was Just the Start: The Dealer-Built Solution G…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Sam Mahrouq, CEO of Ikon Technologies where we discuss: Scaling his auto group to 11 dealerships and millions in sales, How an "ah ha" moment at th...
The Rise and Fall And Rise Again of Carvana | Ernie Garcia Jr., Co-Fo…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast! In this episode, I sit down with Ernie Garcia Jr., Co-founder and CEO of Carvana. We dive into topics like the greatest comeback story of any public company ever, lessons from sellin...
Industry Spotlight: How Robots Are Changing Car Sales—And What's Next
Welcome to Industry Spotlight, a new show on the Car Dealership Guy Podcast hosted by Sam D'Arc. In each episode, Sam highlights the most compelling dealerships and innovative companies in automotive, diving into key trends, ...
The Boutique "Dealership" Selling Supercars to the Ultra-Elite | John…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I speak with John Temerian, CEO of CURATED, a Miami-based boutique dealership specializing in rare, vintage supercars and catering to the ultra-elite. We discuss how...
Why People Don't Trust Car Dealers… And How to Fix it | Kris Gaerlan,…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Sanjiv Yajnik, President of Financial Services at Capital One, and Kris Gaerlan, President of Dallas Lease Returns where we discuss: Why people don...
#119 Secrets of automotive's most controversial business, Tackling 90…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jeff Watson, Owner of IV Seasons Auto where we discuss: Secrets of automotive's most controversial business, tackling 90% in-house financing, econo...
#116 Largest seller of odd and weird cars in America, Making millions…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Andrew Glaser, CEO of Vantage Auto, where we discuss: How he became the #1 seller of interesting, odd, and weird cars in the US, making millions fr...
#110 From PhD to selling teslas, Becoming a top 10 used EV dealer, De…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Alex Lawrence, CEO of EV Auto where we discuss: From PhD to selling Teslas, Why EV mandate should end, Decoding Elon to beat the market and much mo...
#96 The TikTok Dealer: Livestreaming Car Negotiations to 1,000s, How …
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with George Saliba, Dealer Principal at J&S Mitsubishi where we discuss: why he's livestreaming car buying to thousands, how dealers can kill on social ...
#86 Building a used car dealership empire, $125M in sales in one loca…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Michael Kelley, General Manager of Bourne's Auto Center, where we discuss: How to build a used car dealership empire, Crushing $125M in sales in on...
#64 Selling $200M/yr of used cars, Losing money on every car but stil…
In this episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast, I'm speaking with Eli Hanna, Dealer Principal of Hanna Cars where we discuss: Selling his first car behind a service shop, expanding his independent car dealership business i...
#48 Buy Here Pay Here secrets revealed, Managing 40% loan default rat…
In this episode, I'm speaking with Tiger Okeley, President at Oak Motors . This episode is brought to you by: AutoFi's powerful platform helps dealers sell smarter, not harder—online and in the showroom. Learn more at autofi....
#37 Making millions from subprime loans, From the streets to $150K/mo…
In this episode, I'm speaking with Bruce Miller, Owner of Miller Motors . This episode is brought to you by: Cars Commerce - The platform to simplify everything about buying and selling cars. Learn more at carscommerce.inc Po...
#33 Launching a dealership with $40K, Profits and losses, Selling Tes…
In this episode, I'm speaking with Brandon Miller, Founder of Miller Auto . This episode is brought to you by: Podium - The lead conversion platform for car dealerships. Get 10% off your plan by texting “CarDealershipGuy” to ...
#31 Used car auction frenzy, Stumbling upon million-dollar classics, …
In this episode, I'm speaking with John Clay Wolfe, Founder of GivemetheVIN.com . You can check out the full story of John's historic barn find and see the cars they got ahold of here . Interested in advertising with CarDeale...