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Fixed Ops Friday w/ Liza Christensen, Brett Coker, & Sammy Jo Mannering | Daily Dealer Live
2026/11/13
Today's show features:
- Liza Christensen, Fixed Ops Director at Axio Auto
- Brett Coker, President at Coker Automotive Consultants
- Sammy Jo Mannering, Service Director at Tamiami Hyundai & Genesis
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BREAKING: Microsoft Outage Stalls Dealerships Nationwide
2026/11/12
Today's show: BREAKING - Microsoft outage affecting dealerships nationwide.
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The Untold Story How a $48M Startup Failure Created the Biggest Voice in Auto Retail & The Lessons That Mattered | Yossi Levi, Founder and CEO at Car Dealership Guy
2026/11/12
Yossi Levi raised $48 million to turn his family's Philadelphia used car lot into one of the early online dealerships, and when interest rates spiked in 2022 and Carvana fell 99%, his company fell 100%.
He walks through the $9 million term sheet that collapsed a week before closing when the investor suddenly asked for the family's real estate, the $5 million deal he closed over sushi 48 hours later, and the stretch where the stress got so bad he seriously considered quitting business to become a farmer.
Yossi Levi is the Founder and CEO of Car Dealership Guy, the media, events, and intelligence company with 750,000 followers and a subscriber list that includes the top 200 dealers in the country.
The son of an Israeli immigrant who learned business at a Hoboken car wash, he started out pulling weeds for $20 a day on his dad's lot, learned the industry at the auction, where they called him "the Sponge," and launched Car Dealership Guy on Twitter as a creative outlet while winding down his startup.
He speaks candidly about what growth-at-all-costs money really demands from a founder, how his wife's support gave him the confidence to go all in, and why he believes dealers have never been more under threat or had more tools at their fingertips.
Topics:
00:45 Learned Business From His Father In Hoboken.
12:30 Auctions Were His Only Networking Tool.
24:30 A $9 Million Term Sheet Vanished.
33:50 Realized He Never Controlled The Business.
50:30 Building CDG To Be As Core As CRM And DMS.
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Hendon Jr. on Veterans Day, Cirillo & Collingridge on ÆTHR, Souza on AI | Daily Dealer Live
2026/11/11
Today's show features:
- Roger Hendon Jr., General Manager & Operating Partner at Bridgewater Chevrolet
- Michael Cirillo, CEO & Co-founder at ÆTHR
- Dan Collingridge, CTO at ÆTHR
- Italo De Souza, General Manager at Carfive
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ÆTHR – ÆTHR checks, standardizes and enriches every inventory record. Then it streams the same trusted vehicle to every website, platform and AI agent that depends on it. See how the engine works or sign up for a free trial (no credit card required) at https://www.theaethr.ai/
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The Car Affordability Trap That Keeps a 50-Year Dealer Up at Night & Where It's Going Next | Rita Case + Jordan Zimmerman
2026/11/10
Rita Case has run car dealerships for 50 years, and she says nothing worries her more right now than affordability: loans stretching to 84 months, a basic new car costing $48,000 to $52,000, and used cars on the road averaging more than 14 years old.
She and Jordan Zimmerman, once the titans of TV car advertising, explain why general TV "isn't really a good spend anymore," and Jordan walks through how his agency now runs five competing AI agents that grade every ad buy and flag anything that scores below 90%.
Rita Case is the President and CEO of Rick Case Automotive Group, representing 10 brands across South Florida and Atlanta.
Her father was the first Honda dealer in the United States, she was the first person to sell a Honda car, and in 1986 she became the first Hyundai dealer in America.
Outside the showroom, she founded For Every Kid, raising $500,000 up front to give two new pairs of brand-name shoes to each of the 7,800 students identified as homeless in Broward County schools.
Jordan Zimmerman is the Founder and Chairman of Zimmerman Advertising, which he sold to Omnicom in 1999 after winning Nissan's regional business and bought back this year after a two-year negotiation.
His agency has worked with brands from Nissan to Planet Fitness, Five Below, and Ollie's, and he has ownership stakes in businesses including Blue Compass RV, which went from zero to $3 billion in revenue in four years.
He speaks candidly about why he wanted his freedom back, why he sleeps about three hours a night, and why he thinks every business that stops adapting starts going backwards.
Topics:
00:00 First Person To Ever Sell A Honda Car.
14:00 Mud Slinging Breaks Consumer Confidence.
27:00 Agents Will Shop For Everything Soon.
36:00 Manufacturers Must Build Lower Trims.
50:00 Five AI Agents Compete Against Each Other.
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Osmer on Dealership Succession, Hansen on Service-Lane Acquisition | Daily Dealer Live
2026/11/09
Today's show features:
- Amanda Grappone Osmer, Chief Vision Officer at Grappone Automotive
- Derek Hansen, Senior Vice President, Dealer, Lender & Inventory Solutions at vAuto by Cox Automotive
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The Presidio Group – Today's episode is brought to you by The Presidio Group, one of the automotive industry's leading buy-sell advisors. In the last few weeks, Presidio released its Q3 2026 M&A report, which includes Presidio's blue sky multiples, and the latest Q3 benchmark data from NCM Associates. Find both, along with dealer sentiment and analysis of the trends shaping automotive retail, in Presidio's new Research & Reports portal at https://thepresidiogroup.com/
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Fixed Ops Friday w/ Aldo de Cima, Jesse Colburn, & Michael Darlin | Daily Dealer Live
2026/11/06
Today's show features:
- Aldo de Cima, General Manager at Pedder Auto Group
- Jesse Colburn, Fixed Ops Director at BMW of Tuscaloosa
- Michael Darlin, Fixed Ops Director & CDG Circles Member
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Haig Partners – Toyota’s market share varies widely by state, but share alone doesn’t determine dealership value. Read Haig Partners’ analysis of the local market dynamics dealers should understand here: https://haigpartners.com/resources/toyota-dealership-values-local-markets/
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Why Out-of-State Car Deals Turn Into Train Wrecks 90 Days Later (And How to Avoid Them) | Industry Spotlight
2026/11/05
In this episode of the Industry Spotlight, joining host Sam D'Arc are David Donaldson, Senior Vice President of DLR50 at DLRdmv, and Justin Buzzell, Vice President of Financial Services at Morgan Auto Group to discuss why out-of-state car deals so often fall apart weeks after the customer drives away, and how getting every tax, fee, and form right before they leave protects the lender's claim on the car and keeps the dealership out of trouble.
Justin admits his team used to close a deal and hear nothing until an email showed up months later, and explains how tracking every title "like a Domino's tracker" changed the way his stores work.
David breaks down why one missed fee leads to the dreaded call asking the customer for $700 more, why some states cap trade-in credit at $12,000 while Florida barely limits it, and why every out-of-state deal needs urgency from day one.
It is a playbook for catching problems while the customer is still in the building.
This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by DLRdmv.
Topics:
01:20 Out-Of-State Deals Ran On A Giant NADA Book.
04:00 Having People In That State Is The Way To Go.
04:45 Bad Registrations Can Get You Shut Down.
05:15 Every Store Figured It Out On Their Own.
06:30 Customers Go Missing After The Sale.
08:15 Short Fees Mean Eating The Cost Later.
09:00 DMV Document Rules Change Monthly.
10:35 Other Provider Was Not As Robust.
12:55 Platform Provides Visibility To Hold Stores Accountable.
16:15 Dashboard Is Like A Pizza Tracker For Titles.
18:20 Communication Lives In Spreadsheets And Email.
22:35 Out-Of-State Deals Get Treated Like In-State.
24:10 Trade Credit Rules Differ Wildly By State.
27:15 Finance Managers Are Not As Busy As They Claim.
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Cartaya on Turnaround, Knox/Ruth/Spradlin/English Guy on Used Car Buying | Daily Dealer Live
2026/11/04
Today's show features:
- Benjamin Cartaya, General Manager at Kunes Hyundai of Sycamore
- Frank Knox, Chief Operating Officer at AutoAcquire AI
- Charlie Spradlin, General Manager at Art Moehn Auto Group
- Rob Ruth, President / Owner at Bob Ruth Ford
- Brooke English Guy, General Manager at Coastal Chevrolet Cadillac Nissan
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The Walmart Business Lesson That Built a Ferrari Dealer Empire & What He'd Do Differently | Stuart Hayim, Owner at Experience Auto Group
2026/11/03
Stuart Hayim spent 20 years selling $3 handmade rugs before he ever owned a dealership, and a Walmart buyer who asked for a 50-cent discount in exchange for a bigger order taught him the lesson that built his dealer group.
He walks through how that deal grew from 1 million rugs to 2.5 million, and argues that the best deals in the car business are the ones where the dealer, the customer, and the employees all walk away ahead, instead of a tug of war where one side wins and the other loses.
Stuart Hayim is the Owner of Experience Auto Group, where he runs Ferrari stores in Fort Lauderdale and the newly opened Boca Raton.
He came into the car business late, landing his first Mercedes store in Massapequa, New York in 2004 after a two-year campaign for a new factory point, and went on to represent Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, Volvo and Rolls-Royce.
A cancer survivor and multi-time powerboat world champion, he speaks candidly at 79 about the deals he won, the deal he gave away, and the store he wishes he never sold.
Topics:
00:00 He Was Shipping 30,000 Rugs A Day.
09:05 Pull Your Belt In, I'll Pull Mine.
10:50 Eight Slices, Just A Bigger Pizza.
21:00 Bowed Out Of A Deal, Got It Back.
24:50 Selling Mercedes Was His Biggest Mistake.
31:45 Bought Department Store Lists For Test Drives.
51:20 More Demand Than Supply Ends The Grind.
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Cullen on Short-Form, Mohammad on Video, Cartaya on Turnaround | Daily Dealer Live
2026/11/02
Today's show features:
- Drew Cullen, General Manager at Terry Cullen Chevrolet
- Omar Mohammad, CEO at Nomad Content Studio
- Benjamin Cartaya, General Manager at Kunes Hyundai of Sycamore
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Fixed Ops Friday w/ Eddie Palomba, Chris Wood, & Andrew Batenhorst | Daily Dealer Live
2026/10/30
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- Chris Wood, VP Client Strategy (Automotive) at LocalIQ/USA Today
- Andrew Batenhorst, Body Shop Manager at Pacific BMW
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Digital Retailing Was a Broken Promise. Here's What Finally Fixed It | Noah Lee, Director of Product Consulting for Multi-Solution Sales at Cox Automotive
2026/10/29
Online car buying was sold to dealers as a way to sell cars on the internet, but for years it delivered little more than a souped-up lead, and the idea became a dirty word across the industry.
Noah Lee explains why the technology has finally caught up, with deals that start online now closing about 46% more often and bringing in about 26% more gross profit, and argues that the biggest thing still standing between most stores and a one-hour car deal isn't the technology, it's fear of change.
Noah Lee is the Director of Product Consulting for Multi-Solution Sales at Cox Automotive, where he maps how the company's tools, from Autotrader and Dealer.com to VinSolutions, vAuto, Xtime and Dealertrack, work together as one system inside a dealership.
He has spent years helping dealers clean up their processes and connect their tools, and he speaks candidly about how AI shopping agents are already filtering out dealerships that won't share numbers upfront, how outdated customer data quietly erodes trust, and what the Fullpath acquisition means for dealers sitting on years of messy records.
Topics:
00:00 AI Agents Skip Stores Without Upfront Prices.
04:35 Dirty Data Would Take Years To Clean Manually.
13:45 85% Of Customers Redo Steps At The Store.
14:30 Digital Deals Close 46% Higher.
16:30 Digital Retailing Was A Fake Promise.
20:45 Digital Shoppers Negotiate Less.
25:10 People Are The Biggest Block To Change.
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Wilkins on VinSolutions, Dortch on Processing Rates, Strong on VW | Daily Dealer Live
2026/10/28
Today's show features:
- Jason Wilkins, Dealer Principal at Joshua Tree CDJR & Victorville Mitsubishi
- Charles Dortch III, Senior Vice President of Sales at CrossCheck, Inc.
- Walker Strong, GM at Strong Automotive
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Why This 50-Year Dealer Group Grows by Shutting Down Stores & Why It Works | Jay Healey, Chief Marketing Officer at Healey Brothers Automotive Group
2026/10/27
Jay Healey is the Chief Marketing Officer at Healey Brothers Automotive Group, the largest dealer group in New York's Hudson Valley, with 10 stores, more than 750 employees, and a newly added Cadillac franchise.
A third-generation leader of the business his grandfather started nearly 50 years ago, he works alongside his father and uncle, while his 94-year-old grandfather still reads the store numbers every single morning.
He speaks candidly about earning trust with manufacturers, why AI made his people more valuable instead of replacing them, and how the group promotes from within in an industry known for turnover.
Topics:
01:25 Grandfather Still Checks Numbers At 94.
03:10 Buy The Right Store, Not The Next One.
06:40 AI Is Not Just A Lead Source.
13:00 Customers Shop At 10 PM After Kids Sleep.
19:00 BDC Got Pay Raises, Not Layoffs.
32:35 Transparency Rules For Social Media Ads.
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Vepr_157 2026/01/17
Industry Slop
Started off interesting, back when Musk would occasionally reply to some of his posts and his page actually got engagement on X.
How to burn your “br...
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*WS*ONLY* 2025/12/26
Ask a hard question
Started out as a cool podcast. It’s just turned into the person being interviewed bragging about themselves.
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OmarMo93 2025/10/28
Amazing car dealership podcast
11/10 listen if you're in the business- directly attributable growth from the strategies we've learned on this podcast
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ejam2000 2025/08/14
Long running commercial
Started out strong but now just a commercial for whoever is on never ask tough questions
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DanMarsh 11 2025/07/16
Time well spent
I recently started listening to the show and now look forward to listening daily. The only downfall to listening during my commute is the inability to...
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Harry Campbell 2025/06/23
Love the show and loved being a guest!!
Really appreciate the range of guests they bring on Daily Dealer Live — makes for super dynamic conversations every time. Yossi and Sam also do a grea...
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goseenick 2025/03/13
Best in the game
21 years plus in the car industry multiple positions held captivated by this podcast on a daily basis
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Making dealers money 2024/10/17
One of the best
Really enjoy the podcast. Would recommend it for anyone in the business. I am always ready for the next podcast.
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BetancourtKevs 2024/09/25
In the business
Started week ago now I listen daily commuting to work.
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vinny919191 2024/08/24
Good podcast
I like most of the guest that he has on and the topics that they discuss. One suggestion I have for him that hopefully he can work on, it didn’t seem ...