ASOTU CON 2026

Dealers Are Letting Inventory Walk Away

ASOTU CON 2026

The Year of the Human Starts With Leadership

For all the talk about AI, automation, and efficiency, one message echoed through ASOTU CON 2026 louder than any discussion about technology:

Stop Chasing Leads. Start Keeping the Customers You Already Earned.

Chinese EVs May Not Be Here Yet. The Operational Test Already Is.

Back at ASOTU CON, we invited some of the smartest people we know to wrestle with a simple question: Are Chinese EVs a threat to U.S. dealers, or an opportunity?

Dealers Are Losing Money to an F&I Bottleneck They Created

Two dealer groups with very different F&I models discovered the same thing.

When The Lights Go Out, Dealers Need Better Conversations

Every dealer knows the feeling.

WOCAN Breakfast at ASOTU CON 2026: Building Community That Moves People Forward

Erica Bruno hosted a thoughtful and deeply practical conversation about community, confidence, sponsorship, allyship, and the role women continue to play in shaping automotive leadership.

Patrick Abad Shares the Hardest Leadership Decision of His Career

Patrick Abad opened his ASOTU CON 2026 keynote with a story that immediately got the room's attention: he fired his son.

David Spisak’s Closing Keynote: Why One Person’s Belief Can Change a Life

David Spisak talked about people.

How Car Dealers Can Turn Social Media Into a Lead Source Today

Russ Flips Whips, gave dealers a simple message: social media is not the future of automotive retail. It is the right now.

Steve Greenfield’s Message to Dealers: Stop Studying Average

In his ASOTU CON keynote, Steve Greenfield made a clear case to dealers