Used Cars & Human Nature with Todd Caputo

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“How’s your family?”

This is the essence of Todd Caputo, our guest today on Auto Collabs. Todd is the definition of loyal and caring. And on top of that, he’s a really skilled operator. He sold his 4 dealerships, but before that, his dealerships retailed 6000-6500 vehicles annually of which 5500 were used car sales. Paul J Daly and Todd spend time talking about what Todd is up to now, and some of the trends he’s tracking for the future.

What we cover in this episode:
0:00 Intro

4:04 Todd talks about navigating the pandemic and being set up to pivot quickly, but ultimately how a meeting with Sonic Automotive led him to sell.

12:05 The condition of cars that Todd is seeing at auction are worrisome. He has several suggestions about how to improve condition and sellability.

17:25 There are 2 schools of thought when it comes to appraising vehicles. One is to spit out an exact value and the other is to give a range of value. Todd thinks that regardless of which option you use, there should be a way for customers to upload their own pictures of their car.

23:17 Our interview with Todd wraps up by looking to the future, and specifically, EVs. Todd owns 3 Teslas, and knows the challenge of servicing these vehicles. He talks about how dealers can prepare to be a part of the service network as more and more vehicles go electric.

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