Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Andrew Wright, Managing Partner of VINart Dealerships where we discuss: What's next for the Hyundai/Amazon partnership, selling 6,000+ cars yearly in one county, whether dealers and car makers still need each other, and much more.
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Topics:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:27 - Andrew’s background and career
00:06:52 - VINart group
00:09:35 - What are the benefits you see from being in the Lehigh Valley?
00:13:57 - Shifting from mainstream brands to luxury
00:15:32 - What brands are you bullish on?
00:18:03 - What challenges is Hyundai facing?
00:21:44 - Becoming chair of the Hyundai dealer council
00:24:05 - Dealers and manufacturers need each other more than ever
00:27:59 - What brand would you bet on if you were a used-car dealer?
00:32:21 - Operations and service
00:39:23 - Amazon & The future of the dealer/customer relationship
00:48:39 - What are you seeing in terms of consumer health?
00:56:07 - Is anything keeping you up at night?
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