franchise
A franchise in car sales means that a dealership has permission from a car company to sell their cars and provide services for them. It's like a partnership between the dealership and the car maker.
In the automotive context, a franchise refers to the legal agreement that allows a dealership to sell and service a manufacturer's vehicles. It grants the dealer the rights to operate under the manufacturer's brand.
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"put an alarm bell in every franchise"
CARVANA Just Put The Car Market On ALERT | Episode 1092 CarEdge Live
"So I do benefit from being involved with [1650.5s] what I feel like what was available to me at the time, the best franchise that was available."
"We Tripled the Store!" — Critical Playbooks for Used Cars, Service Growth and Beating Big Groups | Kyle Coleman, Rob Ruth, Scott Simons Car Dealership Guy Podcast
"You have to own a franchise in order to do a certified pre-owned vehicle. So my belief is they're going to pop up all these different stores and all these different markets."
"The Gap Is Widening" — Predicting WHO Wins And Loses In Today's Auto Market | Glenn Lundy, President 800% Elite Auto The Dealer Playbook
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Episodes Mentioning "franchise"
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CARVANA Just Put The Car Market On ALERT | Episode 1092
CarEdge Live
"We Tripled the Store!" — Critical Playbooks for Used Cars, Service Growth and Beating Big Groups | Kyle Coleman, Rob Ruth, Scott Simons
Car Dealership Guy Podcast
"The Gap Is Widening" — Predicting WHO Wins And Loses In Today's Auto Market | Glenn Lundy, President 800% Elite Auto
The Dealer Playbook
“It'll Eat You Alive!” Turning Tragedy Into a Billion-Dollar Dealership Group (And the Lessons Learned Along the Way) | Corina Straub Diehl, CEO and President at Diehl Automotive Group
Car Dealership Guy Podcast
“We’re Buying Deeper!” How AI-Powered Sourcing Is Solving Used Car Acquisition (+ Scaling Secrets) | Sam Hatch, General Manager at JRR Motor Sales
Car Dealership Guy Podcast
Vertu's £3.4m JLR insurance payout, Cazoo ditches Motors, and Hendy's huge losses – with Jason Cranswick & Ian Plummer, episode 256
Car Dealer Podcast
"Pour Gas On It!" How Joey Logano is Scaling Huntersville Ford (+ his NASCAR playbook for dealers) | Joey Logano, NASCAR Driver and Co-Owner of Huntersville Ford
Car Dealership Guy Podcast
What happened at Car Dealer Live 2026 – with James Baggott, episode 248
Car Dealer Podcast
The $7K Store that Built a 55-Year Dealer Empire & Where It's Going Next | Andrew Habberstad, CEO at Habberstad Auto Group
Car Dealership Guy Podcast
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