Auto Collabs

Send us Fan Mail Everyone argues about electric cars — meanwhile, electric boats quietly solve problems the auto industry hasn’t touched. In this episode, we sit down with Mitch Lee, co-founder and CEO of Arc Boats, a company reshaping an industry most...

Send us Fan Mail The car-buying journey has officially changed and it's nothing to do with dealers. It's because consumers are using AI long before they ever walk onto a lot. Live from Automobility LA, we sit down with Amie Lindaas, Director of Researc...

Send us Fan Mail The biggest mistake dealers make with AI? Treating it like a tool, not an ecosystem. Recorded live at Automobility LA, this conversation with Marianne Johnson (EVP & Chief Product Officer, Cox Automotive) and David Foutz (VP of Enterpr...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. Everyone talks about electrification — but very few understand the data, speed, and intelligence driving it. JATO sits right a...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. Everyone talks about EV adoption — but almost no one understands the brutal reality of actually powering the fleets that need ...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. Auto shows aren’t dying — they’re evolving. And according to someone who runs LA’s, they may be more important to the industry...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. The next battle for customer loyalty won’t be won in the service drive… but in their driveway. Recorded live at the LA Auto Sh...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. LA28 is coming, and Honda plans to be at the center of it. Here’s how. Recorded live at the LA Auto Show, this conversation di...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. Car buyers are experiencing more than just stress. They’re panicking. Cars.com Editor-in-Chief Jenni Newman joins us with a fr...

Send us Fan Mail Igor Skinder has seen every side of the car business—and he still believes people matter more than the metal. Today’s guest is Igor “Iggy” Skinder, a self-proclaimed car guy who somehow manages to be both physically imposing and one of...

Send us Fan Mail This former teacher used simple, repeatable hospitality—not buzzwords—to scale and auto group. Today’s guest, Adam Gaedke helped steer a dealership group through hyper-growth, an ESOP transition, and a full-blown culture shift rooted i...

Send us Fan Mail If your appraisals still start with a sharpie on a worksheet, this one’s for you. Derek Hansen has lived in the deep end of dealer data—Manheim to vAuto—helping thousands of rooftops translate live market signals into real-world invent...

Send us Fan Mail What if one number could cut burnout, fix your follow-up, and turn “lost” leads into lifetime service customers? Kristine Lentz from Urban Science joins Auto Collabs for her first-ever podcast—and promptly makes everyone smile while ta...

Send us Fan Mail Apple Store energy meets Ford retail as JB Burnett builds a concierge dealership that actually fits how people buy. Today’s guest, JB Burnett (GM at Preston Automotive Group), went from serving tables at 20 to running his first dealers...

Send us Fan Mail Streaming is splintered, AI is the new TV guide, and last-click is dead—Michael Kraut lays out the dealer playbook for what’s next. Auto Collabs history: our first ever in-studio guest! Experian’s Michael Kraut sits down with Paul to m...

Send us Fan Mail Auto shows aren’t dead—they’re just getting started, and Jennifer Morand is helping to rewrite the playbook. On this episode of Auto Collabs, the crew welcomes Jennifer Morand—the incoming chairwoman of the Automotive Experience Allian...

Send us Fan Mail What if the real reason car buyers feel frustrated has nothing to do with price? David Thomas has spent decades shaping how consumers understand and experience buying a car—from the early days of Autoblog to his current role unpacking ...

Send us Fan Mail AI isn’t coming for your job—it’s coming for your to-do list. When Nick Askew first plugged AI into his daily marketing work, it was like flipping a switch—from a grind to a productivity cheat code. In this episode, Nick sits down with...

Send us Fan Mail The technician who turned oil changes into master certifications—and negativity into a movement of positivity. Curtis Gardner isn’t your typical technician. Starting out with oil changes after high school, Curtis worked his way up to T...

Send us Fan Mail From hype to hesitation—Laurie Halter reveals what dealerships really think about AI in the service drive. Laurie Halter isn’t just a PR veteran with her finger on the industry’s pulse—she’s now bringing hard data to the AI conversatio...

Send us Fan Mail From Kentucky minivan launches to Tokyo auto shows to the Wall Street Journal—Jamie Butters has been shaping automotive news for decades, and now he’s taking that storytelling to an even bigger stage. In this episode, Paul J Daly sits ...

Send us Fan Mail In an industry chasing the next big thing, Tina Cuatto says the real game changer is simple: better vendor communication. AI, vibe coding, and endless vendor promises—dealers are being told the future is already here. But is it? Tina C...

Send us Fan Mail When your side hustle is building AI that builds companies, you're officially in "mad scientist" territory—in the best way. Nick Askew of Space Auto returns to Auto Collabs and proves once again why he's the dealer tech world's residen...

Send us Fan Mail John Sacco reveals how recycled metals are the unsung heroes fueling everything from hospitals to highways, and yes—even your car. John Sacco, owner of Sierra Machinery International, joins Paul J Daly, Kyle Mountsier, and Michael Ciri...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Auto Collabs gets seriously smart as Paul, Kyle, and Michael welcome Sanjay Varnwal, founder of Spyne. With a background that includes time at Amazon and deep roots in AI-driven product development, Sanjay shares his jo...