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Dealership University: Elgie Bright’s Game Plan for Auto’s Future—In …
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I sit down with Elgie Bright, Chair at Northwood University, to discuss his game plan for the future of auto in a time of disruption, the importance of developing li...
A $250M Vision to Transform the Auto Retail Landscape | Brian MacDona…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by Brian MacDonald, CEO of CDK Global. We explore why he’s betting $250M on a major shift in automotive retail, the winners and losers as service departme...
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...
How an Ex-Hyundai CMO Is Taking on Her Biggest Challenge Yet… X | Ang…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Angela Zepeda, Global Head of Marketing for X, where we discuss: Her role in reshaping Hyundai's brand presence in the American Zeitgeist, Why Hyun...
Navigating the Post-Election Landscape in Automotive: Trends, Risks a…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Alan Haig, CEO of Haig Partners, where we discuss: how dealers can navigate the post-election landscape in the automotive business, Fords wild rise...
#123 Investing $9B in the next-gen of automotive disruptors, From dea…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast! In this episode, I sit down with Bill Cariss, CEO of Holman Strategic Ventures, to discuss how he's deploying $9 billion into the next generation of automotive disruptors, his journe...
#115 The biggest trends in dealership hiring, Demystifying pay plans,…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Steve Adragna where we discuss: The biggest trends in dealership hiring, Demystifying pay plans, Rise of the $1M manager, Hottest automotive roles ...
#112 Transforming Subaru into a 'cult brand', Guiding explosive growt…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Tom Doll, Ex-CEO of Subaru of America where we discuss: How Tom Doll transformed Subaru into a cult brand, Guiding explosive growth over two decade...
#111 Why dealerships are still selling at record pace, Best and worst…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Alan Haig, President and Founder of Haig Partners where we discuss: Best and worst auto franchises right now, Why dealerships are selling at record...
#108 Building a 9-figure sales training enterprise, How an F5 tornado…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Andy Elliott, CEO of The Elliott Group where we discuss: How an F5 tornado changed his life, Getting raided by the FBI, Walking away from a $1M sal...
#105 Secrets of the #1 auto lender, How to scale to 100M customers, W…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Sanjiv Yajnik, President of Financial Services at Capital One where we discuss: Secrets of the #1 auto lender, How to scale to 100M customers, What...
CDG EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Moreno on EV mandates, auto dealerships, digita…
Bernie Moreno, US Senate candidate, joins the Car Dealership Guy podcast to discuss the car market and why he should be the next Senator from Ohio. Bernie Moreno's campaign website: https://berniemoreno.com/ Interested in adv...
#97 The Auto Tech Whisperer: The Next $300M Exit, Future of dealershi…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Mark Boyd, a prolific automotive tech entrepreneur where we discuss: the next $300m auto tech exit, Why great ideas don’t = success, should dealers...
#92 Leading the fastest-growing car brand in America, Investing $1B o…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Randy Parker, CEO of Hyundai Motor America where we discuss: leading the fastest-growing car brand in America, Investing $1B in new dealerships, A ...
#76 Scaling a $4.5B dealership empire, Future of the franchise model,…
Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with David Hult, CEO of Asbury Automotive Group where we discuss: His day-to-day running a $4.5B+ dealership empire, the future of the franchise model i...