Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Alan Haig, CEO of Haig Partners, where we discuss: how dealers can navigate the post-election landscape in the automotive business, Fords wild rise in recent months, the imapct on AI on dealership valuations, VW's fatal mistake rolling out the relaunched Scout brand, and much more.

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Topics:

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:00:53) - Catching up with Alan

(00:05:03) - How will the EV trend impact dealership valuations?

(00:10:37) - An overview of the latest Haig report

(00:18:47) - What areas of weakness are you seeing at dealerships?

(00:22:43) - What are you getting calls for from buyers?

(00:35:06) - How does Scout impact the industry?

(00:43:34) - What’s driving deal-making velocity in this current market?

(00:48:07) - Leveraging AI in dealership valuations

(00:53:09) - What’s your outlook for 2025?

(00:57:30) - Closing thoughts

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