March 17, 2023
How Is Automotive Inventory Management Expected to Look in Q2?
As the end of Q1 approaches, it is a critical time for dealership sales representatives and managers to review their vehicle inventory management strategies and sales tactics. Deal…
February 3, 2023
NADA Show 2023 Recap: Enhancements, Updates and Announcements from automotiveMastermind
The NADA Show 2023, hosted in Dallas, Texas, was an exciting and momentous time for Team Mastermind. Similar to the NADA Show in 2022, we had the opportunity to: Reconnect with our…
December 30, 2022
Are Automotive Shortages Projected to Last Into 2023?
As another year closes and 2023 is upon us, now is a more important time than ever for dealers to take a close look at inventory analytics for the past year. As the industry-wide m…
December 19, 2022
NADA 2023 Show Preview: EV News That Dealers Should Know
As consumer buying behaviors continue to evolve alongside the automotive industry, it’s important dealers keep a close eye on how car buyers are shopping today — and what they may…
November 4, 2022
Celebrating 10 Years as a Mastermind
In the beginning, automotiveMastermind was just an idea: Two top-performing Mercedes-Benz salesmen, Marco Schnabl and Johannes Gnauck, recognized the value in leveraging data to im…
September 30, 2022
OEM Trends in Customer Financing
After an increasingly challenging year, U.S. auto dealers are facing new hurdles related to customer financing. These will be important challenges to overcome as a new year approac…
August 26, 2022
aM News: New Offerings and Elevated Executive Leaders
A lot has happened at automotiveMastermind since our last update. Back in March, we were still buzzing from our 8th NADA Show experience. During the show, we reconnected with our p…
August 19, 2022
Why Dealers Need to Focus on EV Sales
An increasing number of electric vehicle (EV) tax incentives and government standards are pushing both consumers and auto dealers to look at electric vehicles more closely now than…
July 29, 2022
Q3 State of Automotive Industry Sales & Inventory
Despite market disruptions, auto dealers started off strong in 2022. In Q1, auto dealers generated the strongest new car sales since Q2 2021, according to NADA reports. However, in…
April 29, 2022
Q1 2022 State of Automotive Industry & Sales
While the 20s have posed numerous evolving challenges to the auto industry, from rapid digitalization due to COVID-19 to ongoing inventory challenges, auto dealers have proven to b…
April 1, 2022
3 Ways the Dealer of Today Can Serve Tomorrow’s EV Buyers
Despite facing numerous evolving and ongoing challenges over the last few years, the automotive industry has kept its eyes on the future. Since 2021, numerous automakers have…
March 18, 2022
NADA Show 2022 Recap: Celebrations & Conversations with automotiveMastermind
The in-person return to NADA Show 2022 was particularly special for Team Mastermind. automotiveMastermind was founded in 2012, but this year’s convention marks our 8th appear…