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Car Dealership Guy — the internet's viral car dealer and market commentator — engages in authentic and insightful conversations with auto industry leaders, innovators and investors. Watch and listen to new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday, and check us out on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube for all the best moments from the show.
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Welcome to the car business. A day in the life of a car salesman. The good, bad and the ugly. Tips for buying or leasing a car, and some crazy stories. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carguy/support
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The First Pencil

Kathi Kruse and Mike theCarGuy Correra

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Kathi Kruse and Mike The Car Guy Correra are best friends, with many many years of retail experience in the car biz. "We decided to get together and talk about the things that are important to us in the auto industry, and hope you’ll come along for the ride. We’ll cover auto industry stuff, dealership profitability, and digital platforms, all with a dose of humor and our love for 80s/90s music. Join us!"
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Perpetual

Adam Ryan, A Workweek Friend

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The world of Media is moving faster and faster. Media executives have more to process than ever before and need to know what’s working today, while keeping pulse on tomorrow. Perpetual peels back the curtain on what media executives are doing to stay at the top of their game, combined with rigorous predictions on the future. Hosted by Adam Ryan, Co-Founder and CEO of Workweek, the show zooms in on how executives are executing their playbooks. Guests are world-class at what they do, coming fr ...
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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 advertising with Car Dealership Guy? Drop us a line here: https://cdgpartner.com Interested in being considered as a guest on th…
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👉Sign up for Kathi’s newsletter here👈 We miss Klout. Do you remember it? Social media nostalgia: it’s difficult to understand how we got here today, but boy, it sure used to be fun. Discussing fake followers and reviews: Fact - It’s always a bad idea. Highlighting Rand Fishkin’s insights on the decline of clicks, attribution, and traditional digita…
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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 where it may headed. From insider-only dealership insights to macroeconomic trends, my goal is to make you smarter and more infor…
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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 electrifying all cars, the EV tariff costing dealerships $100M a year, best automaker EV charging programs and much more. Thi…
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👉Sign up for Kathi’s newsletter here👈 Kathi and Mike share our insights on the latest of several disappointing changes to the Google Business Profile platform. Google Places > Google Maps > Google Local > Google My Business > Google has failed us all. Google has a new core update coming in a “couple of weeks.” Let’s hope it corrects the myriad of i…
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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", dealers adapting to catastrophe, where A.I. is actually adding value and more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is…
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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 buyers and sellers is widening and much more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: Lotlinx - Get…
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👉Sign up for Kathi’s newsletter here👈 Kathi and Mike talk about the micro-actions we take everyday on social and other platforms that provide value to others. Dealers tend to only care about leads and sales, which are uber important, but there are other metrics in mix that can guide where we spend our resources. Also, we are in the midst of an AI b…
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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 a crystal ball for aged inventory? and much more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: Cars …
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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 dealership, will November make or break the car biz? This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: Au…
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👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 This week, Kathi and Mike cover: The CDK fallout and who it’s falling on: updates on what’s happening in real time with the real people on the front lines Zero-Click Search: what it is and what it really means for anyone who isn’t a big brand. Google Business Profiles - are they …
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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 incubate tech startups? And the rise of “vulture capitalism”. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to y…
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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 media, is the Cybertruck a flop? and much more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: Car Deal…
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👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 At our core, we are car people. We are upset to witness what’s happening to our fellow car people at CDK dealerships. This fact is the driver for this week’s episode. While the CDK cyber attack is causing major disruption to sales, service and parts, there will be even more chall…
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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,"spearfishing", what’s at stake and where do dealers go from here? This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: …
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👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 This week we chat about Kathi’s trip to Vegas for NIADA where she spoke about online reputation management. Then we share our thoughts on the CDK outage debacle and what it means for dealership personnel. (of course, the debacle was not over at the time of taping) Mike recommends…
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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 shuttle, how dealers hacked Uber, and much more! This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: AutoFi - …
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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 cars, and Something big is happening in Lincoln, Alabama. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: T…
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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 solution for fast charging? The Future of FSD for Hyundai. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you b…
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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 of the market, Why Tesla loan performance is so puzzling. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by…
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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 stopping Carvana in Canada… for now, Exporting cars to the US for massive profit. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podca…
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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 for EVs are shocking, Mechanics making more than attorneys?, The growing cyber threat for cars. This episode of the Car Dealers…
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👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 Let’s talk about the recent changes Google is making to search. It’s a wild ride and it’s not at all over yet. Music segment: Siouxsie Sioux B-day Beach Boys documentary (thumbs down) 100 ft Wave documentary 👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 Go…
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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 where it may headed. From insider-only dealership insights to macroeconomic trends, my goal is to make you smarter and more infor…
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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% of EV owners will never go back, How China is tipping the scales on EV production and much more! This episode of the Car De…
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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 one location, "Cigars and P&L statements", Turning recon into a profit center and much more! This episode of the Car Dealership…
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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 for customer trade-ins, surprising dealership growth hacks, How dealers out-compete Carmax and Carvana and much more! This ep…
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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 leasing took over Florida, becoming a philanthropist disguised as a car dealer and much more! This episode of the Car Dealers…
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👉Get Kathi’s ebook: “A Beginner’s Guide to AI for Automotive Retail 👈 Why women dislike service departments = Failure to meet their needs The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence states that women represent between 65% and 80% of automotive service customers. This means the female customer experience is directly related to service d…
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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 Cherokee 4xe sales slump, where he's heavily investing, fighting with automakers on inventory allocation and much more. This e…
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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Melissa High, VP of LoJack where we discuss solving the car theft epidemic, over 1,000,000 vehicles stolen last year, why auto insurance premiums are ripping, brands not at risk of vehicle theft, and much more: This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to …
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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. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Po…
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Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jeremy Beaver, CEO of Del Grande Dealer Group (DGDG) where we discuss: Running a dealership like a tech company, Selling 30K cars per year, Why AI isn’t working today, The future of Carvana and much more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by…
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NFTs, blockchain, and web3, oh my! If money never sleeps—then crypto has so much caffeine coursing through its veins, that it literally couldn't sleep even if it tried. But you still have to. So as a media company, how can you keep up with the rollercoaster ride that is crypto? Meet crypto expert Jarrod Dicker, lead partner and creator of TCG Crypt…
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👉Sign up for Kathi’s newsletter here👈 Beyond the obvious homage to Bon Jovi in this episode's title - in honor of the new Bon Jovi documentary - Kathi and Mike discuss the fallout/repercussions of the last 3-4 years of dealer markups. Of course the market often required markups due to supply chain issues and low inventory, but what comes next is th…
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Welcome to the second episode of The Car Dealership Guy Market Update—Brought to you by Edmunds. This new segment is a monthly discussion with automotive industry experts and dealers about where our car market is today -- and where it may headed. From insider-only dealership insights to macroeconomic trends, my goal is to make you smarter and more …
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