Amazon Can't Sell a Single Car Without Dealer Inventory. That's the Whole Point.
LaFontaine Automotive Group runs 43 stores across Michigan, and this summer it joined Amazon Autos instead of treating the platform like a threat. Carlos Mojica, the group's senior manager of retail development, joined Auto Collabs to explain why.
Reynolds and Reynolds Is Building an AI Agent That Refuses to Guess
Everyone wants to believe AI can just figure out messy data on its own. AJ McGowan, VP of Research and Development at Reynolds and Reynolds, says that belief is exactly what stops most AI projects from ever reaching 100%. He joined Auto Collabs to break down Ray, Reynolds' proprietary AI agent, and three ideas worth stealing before your own dealership bets big on AI.
Ohio's Auto Dealers Association Figured Out How to Get 4,000 People to a Concert for Charity
Most dealer associations wait for a problem before a dealer picks up the phone. Ohio's approach is the opposite: build the relationship before there's ever a fire to put out. Zach Doran, president of the Ohio Auto Dealers Association, joined Auto Collabs to share how that philosophy actually plays out, and it breaks down into three moves worth stealing.
Your Dealership's Reputation Now Has an Opinion, and It's Not Yours
AI search doesn't just rank your dealership anymore, it forms a judgment about it. On this week's Auto Collabs, Chad Graves of Reunion Marketing joined Paul and Kyle to unpack what that shift actually means day to day, and three things dealers can start doing about it today.
Don Hall has spent nearly five decades in and around the car business, the last several as president of the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association. He joined Paul Daly, Kyle Mountsier, and Michael Cirillo on Auto Collabs for a conversation that started with association work and ended up somewhere much more personal.
An Independent Dealer Got Tired of Waiting for Wholesale to Catch Up to Retail
Travis Baldwin started detailing cars at his family's dealership when he was 13 years old. Decades later, he's still the guy who notices when something doesn't look right, only now it's an entire industry's wholesale process he's trying to clean up.
Stop Buying AI. Start Solving Your Most Expensive Problem.
BLiNK AI's Dave Perry has spent his career solving mission-critical problems, from secure communications in the Air Force to leadership roles across Fortune 500 tech. His read on automotive AI is blunt: most dealers are buying a tool before they've actually defined the problem it's supposed to solve.
Four Questions to Ask Before You Buy Another AI Tool
John Coles argues that most AI projects fail long before the technology enters the picture. They fail because teams chase the latest trend instead of solving a real customer problem.
