Podcast Recaps

10 lessons learned from every Car Dealership Guy Podcast guest

"Dealers are chasing leads too late!" – Why predicting buyers is the next dealer edge

Podcast Recaps

Mar 13, 2026

"Dealers are chasing leads too late!" – Why predicting buyers is the next dealer edge

"Outcome is income!" – Process, accountability, and the one change adding millions in annual profit

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Mar 11, 2026

"Outcome is income!" – Process, accountability, and the one change adding millions in annual profit

Stop chasing one-time sales: How top dealers are building repeat revenue machines

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Mar 6, 2026

Stop chasing one-time sales: How top dealers are building repeat revenue machines

Lessons from a $500M expansion (and what it took to make it work)

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Mar 4, 2026

Lessons from a $500M expansion (and what it took to make it work)

"The lost generation of CapEx" – How dealers can win in a commoditized car market

Podcast Recaps

Feb 27, 2026

"The lost generation of CapEx" – How dealers can win in a commoditized car market

Search isn’t being replaced...it’s evolving – How dealers win search in the AI era

Podcast Recaps

Feb 25, 2026

Search isn’t being replaced...it’s evolving – How dealers win search in the AI era

"Like rocket fuel for growth!" – The scale-up playbook behind a rapidly expanding dealer group

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Feb 20, 2026

"Like rocket fuel for growth!" – The scale-up playbook behind a rapidly expanding dealer group

The profit squeeze: Five costs dealers are reducing—and why it matters

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Feb 13, 2026

The profit squeeze: Five costs dealers are reducing—and why it matters

"Never pre-qualify!" – The new revenue lever inside dealerships bringing clarity in the back office

Podcast Recaps

Feb 11, 2026

"Never pre-qualify!" – The new revenue lever inside dealerships bringing clarity in the back office

"An army of experts!" – The end of software as we know it

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Feb 6, 2026

"An army of experts!" – The end of software as we know it

The great dealer tech collapse: The AI vendors surviving 2026 and who to bet on

Podcast Recaps

Feb 4, 2026

The great dealer tech collapse: The AI vendors surviving 2026 and who to bet on

The $7K store that built a 55-year dealer empire and where it's going next

Podcast Recaps

Feb 1, 2026

The $7K store that built a 55-year dealer empire and where it's going next

Solving the $182M handoff problem: Winning back customer trust and Gen Z buyers

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Jan 30, 2026

Solving the $182M handoff problem: Winning back customer trust and Gen Z buyers

The end of the M&A lottery: Why earnings quality now outweighs the multiple

Podcast Recaps

Jan 28, 2026

The end of the M&A lottery: Why earnings quality now outweighs the multiple

250 million car shoppers: How dealers are turning big data into a secret weapon

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Jan 23, 2026

250 million car shoppers: How dealers are turning big data into a secret weapon

Drowning in tech noise: How to really win with GEO, reviews, and conversion

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Jan 21, 2026

Drowning in tech noise: How to really win with GEO, reviews, and conversion

The next frontier for dealership service phone lines (+ the hours saved using it)

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Jan 16, 2026

The next frontier for dealership service phone lines (+ the hours saved using it)

"Fair doesn't mean equal": How Spitzer Autoworld doubled in 5 Years (+ tools they used to do it)

Podcast Recaps

Jan 14, 2026

"Fair doesn't mean equal": How Spitzer Autoworld doubled in 5 Years (+ tools they used to do it)

The time-to-sale problem dealers are dying to fix (and who's figured it out)

Podcast Recaps

Jan 9, 2026

The time-to-sale problem dealers are dying to fix (and who's figured it out)

The margin problem dealers rarely audit: Credit cards (and 3 practical fixes)

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Jan 7, 2026

The margin problem dealers rarely audit: Credit cards (and 3 practical fixes)

‘The CSI illusion’—The death of the survey and why speed is the real driver of dealer profit

Podcast Recaps

Jan 4, 2026

‘The CSI illusion’—The death of the survey and why speed is the real driver of dealer profit

Year-end special: CDG founder on 2025 lessons and 2026 ahead

Podcast Recaps

Jan 2, 2026

Year-end special: CDG founder on 2025 lessons and 2026 ahead

“We 3x'd fixed revenue!” – How dealers are leaning into service for the next cycle

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Dec 31, 2025

“We 3x'd fixed revenue!” – How dealers are leaning into service for the next cycle

“Take on the big boys!” — Inside the mind of a 70+ rooftop Canadian auto giant taking on the U.S.

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Dec 26, 2025

“Take on the big boys!” — Inside the mind of a 70+ rooftop Canadian auto giant taking on the U.S.

The real cost of car theft at dealerships: Security, recovery, and retention

Podcast Recaps

Dec 24, 2025

The real cost of car theft at dealerships: Security, recovery, and retention

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Mar 13, 2026

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9 min read

"Dealers are chasing leads too late!" – Why predicting buyers is the next dealer edge

Featuring Mo Zahabi, AVP of Product Consulting at Cox Automotive

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Mar 11, 2026

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10 min read

"Outcome is income!" – Process, accountability, and the one change adding millions in annual profit

Featuring John Hiester, Dealer Principal at John Hiester Automotive Group

Podcast Recaps

Mar 6, 2026

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10 min read

Stop chasing one-time sales: How top dealers are building repeat revenue machines

FeaturingPaul Nadjarian, Chief Product Officer at Carfax

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Mar 4, 2026

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9 min read

Lessons from a $500M expansion (and what it took to make it work)

Featuring David Wyler, CEO of Jeff Wyler Automotive Family

Podcast Recaps

Feb 27, 2026

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10 min read

"The lost generation of CapEx" – How dealers can win in a commoditized car market

Featuring Michael Maroone, Chairman and CEO of Maroone USA

Podcast Recaps

Feb 25, 2026

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10 min read

Search isn’t being replaced...it’s evolving – How dealers win search in the AI era

Featuring Zach Billings, Co-Founder of Wikimotive

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Feb 20, 2026

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9 min read

"Like rocket fuel for growth!" – The scale-up playbook behind a rapidly expanding dealer group

Featuring Matt Stuckey, President of Stuckey Automotive

Podcast Recaps

Feb 13, 2026

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10 min read

The profit squeeze: Five costs dealers are reducing—and why it matters

Featuring Donald Kemp, General Sales Manager at Stowasser Buick GMC

Podcast Recaps

Feb 11, 2026

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10 min read

"Never pre-qualify!" – The new revenue lever inside dealerships bringing clarity in the back office

Featuring Jake Cronin, CEO of Siro

Podcast Recaps

Feb 6, 2026

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10 min read

"An army of experts!" – The end of software as we know it

Featuring Eric Rea, CEO of Podium

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Feb 4, 2026

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10 min read

The great dealer tech collapse: The AI vendors surviving 2026 and who to bet on

Featuring Brian Hoang, CEO of Mia

Podcast Recaps

Feb 1, 2026

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9 min read

The $7K store that built a 55-year dealer empire and where it's going next

Featuring Andrew Habberstad, CEO at Habberstad Auto Group

Podcast Recaps

Jan 30, 2026

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9 min read

Solving the $182M handoff problem: Winning back customer trust and Gen Z buyers

Featuring Annie Fallows, Head of Navigator Platform at Capital One

Podcast Recaps

Jan 28, 2026

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10 min read

The end of the M&A lottery: Why earnings quality now outweighs the multiple

Featuring George Karolis, President of The Presidio Group

Podcast Recaps

Jan 23, 2026

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10 min read

250 million car shoppers: How dealers are turning big data into a secret weapon

Featuring Brian MacDonald, CEO & President of CDK Global

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Jan 21, 2026

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10 min read

Drowning in tech noise: How to really win with GEO, reviews, and conversion

Featuring Alexi Venneri, Co-founder and CEO of DAS Technology

Podcast Recaps

Jan 16, 2026

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10 min read

The next frontier for dealership service phone lines (+ the hours saved using it)

Featuring Chris Murphy, General Manager of Volkswagen of Oakland, and Monik Pamecha, CEO of Toma

Podcast Recaps

Jan 14, 2026

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10 min read

"Fair doesn't mean equal": How Spitzer Autoworld doubled in 5 Years (+ tools they used to do it)

Featuring Andrew Spitzer, COO of Spitzer Autoworld

Podcast Recaps

Jan 9, 2026

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10 min read

The time-to-sale problem dealers are dying to fix (and who's figured it out)

Featuring Sanjay Varnwal, Co-Founder & CEO at Spyne.ai

Podcast Recaps

Jan 7, 2026

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10 min read

The margin problem dealers rarely audit: Credit cards (and 3 practical fixes)

Featuring Eric Cohen, CEO at Merchant Advocate

Podcast Recaps

Jan 4, 2026

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12 min read

‘The CSI illusion’—The death of the survey and why speed is the real driver of dealer profit

Featuring Bill Camastro, Gold Coast Cadillac and Derek Simmonds, Numa

Podcast Recaps

Jan 2, 2026

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6 min read

Year-end special: CDG founder on 2025 lessons and 2026 ahead

Featuring CDG founder Yossi Levi

Podcast Recaps

Dec 31, 2025

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10 min read

“We 3x'd fixed revenue!” – How dealers are leaning into service for the next cycle

Featuring Nathan Shaver, Managing Partner at Shaver Auto Group

Podcast Recaps

Dec 26, 2025

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11 min read

“Take on the big boys!” — Inside the mind of a 70+ rooftop Canadian auto giant taking on the U.S.

Featuring Jared Priestner, CEO of Go Auto

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Dec 24, 2025

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9 min read

The real cost of car theft at dealerships: Security, recovery, and retention

Featuring Dorian Jimenez, Owner-Dealer Operator of Classic Chevrolet OKC, and Chuck Stilwill, EVP of Ikon Technologies