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July 30, 2024

#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...

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July 25, 2024

#104 Dealer Tech Expert: How car buying is evolving, #1 killer of car…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Chase Abbott, VP Sales at Cox Automotive where we discuss: How car buying is evolving, the future of dealership technology stacks, the #1 killer of...

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July 24, 2024

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...

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July 23, 2024

#103 CDG Market Update: Are inventory levels back to the “new-normal”…

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...

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July 18, 2024

#102 Electric Vehicle Expert: Inconvenient truth about electrificatio…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Chris Nihan, President of EVready Energy where we discuss: The inconvenient truth about EV charging stations, whether the US power grid can handle ...

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July 16, 2024

#101 Dealership Data Wiz: Beating the algorithm to sell cars, How to …

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jeremy Nowling, Head of Digital Retailing, Rohrman Auto Group where we discuss: Beating the algorithm to sell more cars, How to "sell to zero", dea...

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July 11, 2024

#100 The Auction Visionary: Selling 1.3 million cars a year, Why the …

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Shiv Dutt, President, U.S. Marketplace at OPENLANE, where we discuss: Wholesaling 1.3M cars a year, buying cars at 2:00 AM, why the gap between buy...

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July 9, 2024

#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...

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July 4, 2024

#98 The Dealership Mogul: Leading a $2B dealer group, Addictions to t…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Aaron Zeigler, President of Zeigler Auto Group where we discuss: Leading a $2B dealer group, how anyone can run a $100M business, addictions in the...

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July 2, 2024

#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...

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June 27, 2024

#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 ...

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June 25, 2024

#95 Cyber attack testing a trillion dollar industry, “Spearfishing", …

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this special episode, I'm hosting a panel of cyber security experts, dealers, and industry insiders where we discuss: A cyber attack testing a trillion dollar industry, "spearfish...

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June 20, 2024

#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...

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June 18, 2024

#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...

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June 13, 2024

#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 ...

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June 11, 2024

#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 ...

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June 6, 2024

#90 Why the Canadian Gov't is the best car salesman, Selling 7,000 ca…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jimmy Houle, CEO of Groupe Lallier where we discuss: Why the Canadian Gov’t is the best car salesman, Selling 7,000 cars a year in Quebec, What’s s...

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June 4, 2024

#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...

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May 30, 2024

#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...

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May 28, 2024

#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...

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May 23, 2024

#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...

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May 21, 2024

#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 ...

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May 16, 2024

#84 Secrets to building the largest Honda store in the U.S., Betting …

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Rita Case, CEO of Rick Case Automotive where we discuss: Secrets to building the largest Honda store in the U.S., Betting big on small brands, How ...

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May 14, 2024

#83 From marketing star to CEO of 18 dealerships, Selling 20,000 cars…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Robert Ourisman Jr., CEO of Ourisman Automotive Group, where we discuss: Going from marketing star to CEO, selling 20,000 cars a year, fixing the C...

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