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Car Dealership Guy

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Car Dealership Guy

@GuyDealership

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"Copy the Best!" Rick Hendrick's #1 Business Decision in 50 Years (And Why Zeigler Just Copied It) Stream the full episode now of Industry Spotlight, hosted by @samdarc: 2:45 The Defining Moment For Zeigler. 4:10 Why Hendrick Started AutoGuard. 5:35 The Secret Sauce To Growth.
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[NEWS] Piazza is fighting store blindness, 5% drop in close rates with fresh eyes: Fixed Ops Director Dave Rogers oversees 30 stores at Piazza Auto Group and found close rates down 5%, tied to tariff-driven parts costs and fuel concerns. His fix: outside eyes, daily tech
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Third-party warranty friction often puts the dealer in the middle. Rick Hendrick, Chairman and CEO of Hendrick Automotive Group, breaks down why owning the claims experience can matter as much as selling the coverage.
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[NEWS] America’s Car-Mart is receiving an extension in effort to avoid default: Two months after closing 42 stores, America's Car-Mart has until June 12 to secure financing before defaulting on its debt. Lender Silver Point Finance, which provided a $300 million term loan in
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Subaru’s finance relationship with Chase has lasted 25 years for a *reason.* Michael Cottone, Head of Subaru Motors Finance at @Chase, explains why the partnership works when the OEM, lender, and retailer network are aligned around the customer. " They're making sure that all
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[NEWS] Stellantis is recalling 1.3 million Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators over fire risks: Owners of 2021-2025 Wranglers and Gladiators are being told to park outside, away from buildings, until repairs are available. The cause is faulty hydraulic power-steering pump wiring that
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Inflation just hit 4.2% in May, highest since April 2023. And with a strong jobs report on top of it, Cox Automotive’s chief economist says rate cuts are looking increasingly unlikely through the summer. “Just another data point not going in the right direction for market
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" Social media is free. We can get on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and be posting and get organic search and organic traffic from that." Organic social is becoming part of the dealership sales process. Katie Gattuso Duncan, General Manager at @MohawkChevrolet, explains how
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Automotive retail is moving from lead response to "shopper prediction." Steve Rowley, President of @CoxAutomotive, explains how integrating Fullpath into Cox Automotive could help retailers act on customer behavior before a lead ever hits the CRM. " You now have all of that
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" You're really not selling the customer one car. You're controlling that experience, and you're likely to get them back for another lease and another car. And then for the retailer, it's a huge benefit." The 84-month loan is becoming a retention problem for many dealers.
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[NEWS] Ford is highlighting quality improvements, faster recall resolution, strong reliability gains: Ford says more than 90% of its recent recall volume ties to 2021 and older vehicles engineered before 2020. The company is shifting from reactive "find and fix" to
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