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Kirk Preiser helps automotive vendors fix what is broken. Revenue is flat, growth has stalled, or execution is inconsistent. Thirty years inside the industry. I find the real problem and stay until it moves.

Articles

• Why AI Is Failing in the Dealership (And It's Not the AI) August 4, 2026
  Despite record investments in dealer technology, the gap between what these tools promise and what they actually deliver has never been wider. The technology isn't broken. The...
• The Activation Illusion: Why Dealers Go Live and Never Change July 7, 2026
  Deployment metrics look great. Dealer behavior hasn't changed. The gap between going live and operational adoption is where accounts are lost.
• The Field Execution Gap: When the Strategy Doesn't Make It to the Service Lane June 3, 2026
  Strategy is clean in the boardroom. It exists in PowerPoint decks and multi-year roadmaps. The problem is what happens between the boardroom and the field.
• Scaling Without Breaking: The GTM Trap for Automotive Vendors May 6, 2026
  Early traction with innovative dealers does not predict mainstream adoption. The GTM motion that got you here will not get you there.
• The Lead Graveyard: Why 81% of Dealer Leads Die in the BDC April 8, 2026
  Lead quality is rarely the problem. The problem is the broken workflow between lead receipt and human follow-up.
• The Human Handoff: The Missing Link in Automotive AI Integration March 4, 2026
  AI does not replace humans in automotive retail. It amplifies them. But only when the handoff protocol is designed correctly.
• The OEM Certification Mirage February 4, 2026
  Every vendor thinks they are walking into a software evaluation. They are not. They are walking into a risk assessment, and they are playing a game where they do not even know the...
• The Third Leg of the Stool January 7, 2026
  Same technology. Same process. Entirely different outcomes. The failure is not in the tool and it is not in the process. The failure is in the behavioral characteristics of the...
• Chasing the OEM December 3, 2025
  The vendor thinks it is pitching technology. The OEM is deciding whether this company creates confidence or risk.
• When the Dealer Group Goes Quiet November 5, 2025
  You won the rooftop. The group went silent. The sale changed without telling you.
• The Enterprise Expansion Trap October 8, 2025
  Early traction proves the product can work somewhere. It does not prove the company can be trusted at scale. Those are two different conversations.
• The Onboarding Illusion: Why Automotive Vendors Lose Customers in the First 90 Days September 3, 2025
  Your customer went live. Your dashboard shows green. Nothing actually changed. The product is not broken. The onboarding was.

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