#668 - 🚗 Same Garden, Different Spot

When Mark Twain said, “Get a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life,” we assume the job he loved didn’t involve planning a conference.

ASOTU CON 2024 is less than a month away, and the whole team is working hard to get everything positioned perfectly to produce optimum space and time for conversation, collaboration, and a whole lot more than cars.

So while you’re working today, tomorrow, or back at it Monday, know we are with you, just in a different part of the garden.

Until midnight Sunday, April 21, Dealers are invited to use our FINAL dealer promo code: “recharge200” for $200 off their ticket.
🔥 Grab your ASOTU CON ticket now!

Keep Pushing Back
-Paul, Kyle, Chris, and Kristi

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AROUND THE ASOTU-VERSE

Catch the Feature?

Our friends at CBT News spoke with Paul about ASOTU CON 2024.

With just 24 days until the event, this ~5-minute clip may help you answer the question: “Is ASOTU CON for me?”*

Check it out here!

*it is

ICYMI

Remember This Week?

The Daily Pushback Email

• Monday, we looked at some news in Italy with Stellantis, Kia in the record books, and VinFast in other VinGroup companies’s fleets. Then we watched an excellent video from the Walser team showing some of their outstanding team living the Unreasonable Hospitality way.

• Tuesday, we saw some layoffs, some payouts, and a may-day. After that, we took a look at the wacky world of rising insurance fees.

• Wednesday, GM moved, Stellantis Grew, and BP increased its charging network. We also shared some evergreen good vibes from the Checkered Flag Auto Group.

• Thursday, we caught up with the UAW, some recall, and Elon swinging for the payday fences. After that, we read about the industry investing in students who will someday invest their time in the industry.

• Friday, Mexico backed away from China per the US’s furrowed brow, Ford started selling 2024 Lightning EVs, and a hydrogen engine set a land speed record.

PODCASTS

Auto Collabs

Dan Shine, Senior Editor for Automotive News, brings a fresh yet deeply informed perspective to the backbone of automotive retail: fixed operations. With a journalistic journey spanning over two decades, including significant stints in both newspaper and educational sectors, Dan's career path unexpectedly led him into the automotive sphere.

Check out the full chat on your favorite app.

In The Dirt

Michael Wood is the General Manager at Jaguar Land Rover of Virginia Beach and Checkered Flag Volkswagen in Virginia. He chatted with Jordan for a bit of the In The Dirt energy we all love.

Check it out on Apple or Spotify.

The Automotive Troublemaker

Fisker news just keeps coming. Paul and Kyle took a look at some news from the dealer side about the company’s ongoing ups and downs.

Get the full episode notes, transcripts, and links to subscribe on pod catchers here on the episode’s page.

SOMETHING FUN

Bugatti Couch.

We recently talked about Bentley’s booze, but today, we see Bugatti take a break from horsepower and dip into house-power.

Revealed at Milan Design Week, Bugatti's new venture is a whole furniture line, from plush sofas in striking Bugatti Blue to C-shaped desks. Like their cars, each piece is a blend of luxury, curves, and hues unique to the brand.

No prices yet, but based on the pictures, we assume they will be twice as expensive as they are comfortable with half the aesthetic appeal.

Quick Hits

• Netflix’s big password crackdown is bringing in more revenue. Folks just couldn’t stay away from reruns of FRIENDS, I guess. 📺

• 353 ballerinas set a tip-toe dancing record by meeting up in a New York Hotel and dancing. 500 dancers came, but only 353 could fit inside to count as “the same place.” 🩰

• People are still looking for the Loch Ness monster. For the 90th anniversary of the original expedition, searchers are asking NASA for help. 🔭