Dealership GeniusThe expertise engine for retail automotive
Every answer your store needs.
Nearly 50 years of dealership operating knowledge, on demand for every person on your floor — with training, plans and accountability built in.
Use the arrows, or your keyboard ← →. Everything in this deck is clickable.
The cost of not knowing
Your best answers live in a few heads — and walk out the door every night.
of new hires say they were never trained on the process they are held to
of a manager's week is spent re-answering questions already answered
months of ramp time before an average hire performs at standard
consistent playbook per store — usually none, and never written down
Turnover erases progress
Every departure takes the process with it and resets the department.
Training is an event
A one-day meeting cannot change Tuesday behavior on the drive.
No line of sight
Leaders cannot see who is learning, who is stuck, or what is being asked.
1 · Ask Dealership Genius
Ask like you'd ask your best mentor. Get the answer in seconds.
Typed or spoken, on a desk or a phone in the service drive. Answers arrive in your own store's context — your role, your numbers, your process.
Try it — pick a question on the right.
Talk with Dealership Genius
Ask your question. Hear DG's answer.
Ask by voice or type a dealership question. The visitor demo begins speaking its opening sentence while the rest of the answer is still being prepared.
Published DG guidance only. No private dealership data, account setup or My DG shortcuts.
2 · Answers that know your store
Generic advice changes nothing. Advice against your gross changes everything.
Your monthly numbers feed every answer, so recommendations name the department, the gap and the next move — not a textbook.
What that sounds like
"Used gross is down $312 per copy while your appraisal-to-trade ratio slipped to 21%. Fix acquisition before you touch pricing — here are the three steps and who owns each."
Questions asked in your store — last 14 days
3 · Knowledge base, glossary & articles
A written standard for the whole store — searchable in one keystroke.
Over a thousand defined retail-automotive terms, deep insight articles, training outlines and blueprints. New people stop guessing; veterans stop repeating themselves.
Type in the search field to filter live.
4 · Lessons, quizzes & certificates
Training that is assigned, measured and provable.
Each lesson carries real content, a progress tracker, a quiz and a printable certificate. Leaders assign it; the platform tracks who finished and who scored what.
Answer the quiz question to see the certificate unlock.
Appraisal discipline that protects used gross
Progress 80%Quiz · Question 3 of 3
A trade appraises $1,400 under the customer's expectation. What is the first move?
5 · Store scorecard
One page that tells a leader where the store really stands.
Engagement, learning, follow-through and results side by side — so a Monday meeting starts with facts instead of opinions.
Adoption
Who is asking, learning and finishing — by person and department.
Follow-through
Plans created versus plans completed, with owners and due dates.
| Department | Asking | Learning | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable — new | 41 questions | 9 lessons | ▲ improving |
| Variable — used | 58 questions | 12 lessons | ▲ improving |
| F&I | 22 questions | 6 lessons | ▬ flat |
| Service & parts | 37 questions | 11 lessons | ▲ improving |
6 · Action plans
Turn any answer into a plan with owners, dates and proof of completion.
Build a plan from a single question, share it with a teammate by name, email or text message, and watch the progress ring close as steps get done.
Tick the steps — then share the plan.
Rebuild used-vehicle acquisition in 30 days
Owner: Service Manager · due Friday
Owner: Used Director · daily
Owner: Fixed Ops · due the 12th
Owner: Sales Manager · due Monday
7 · The cadence that makes it stick
A coaching moment every morning. A store review every Monday.
Daily coaching puts one idea in front of each person, tailored to their role and their growth areas. The Intelligence Center email arrives before the manager meeting, already written.
Question of the day
"What is the one question you can ask on every walk-around that surfaces a trade?" — with the answer one tap away.
- How do I hold gross on a payment-driven shopper?
- What should a service walk-around include?
- How do I handle a below-expectation appraisal?
- Appraisal discipline — 9 of 14 people
- Objection handling — 11 of 14 people
Trade acquisition in the service lane. Two of your three top questions point at it, and used gross is trending down.
Open the meeting pack →
Sent automatically every week — no one has to build it.
8 · Leadership & group view
For groups: every rooftop, one screen, no phone calls required.
Compare stores on engagement, learning and follow-through. See which store is pulling away and which one needs a visit this week.
Rollups
Group-level totals with store-by-store detail underneath.
Reports
Exportable subject reports for owners, boards and vendor partners.
The Group plan
One bill for every store: Essential $395, Pro $595 or Max $695 per store, with discounts of 10% at 5 stores, 15% at 15 and 25% at 30. Group plans are arranged with our team. Add stores any time, and give every store your group's own logo, colors and background.
| Store | People active | Engagement | Plans closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Ford | 31 / 34 | 18 | |
| Northgate Chevrolet | 26 / 30 | 14 | |
| Valley Toyota | 19 / 33 | 6 | |
| Harbor Kia | 22 / 25 | 12 |
What a group president does with this
Valley Toyota is the visit this week: half the team is inactive and only six plans closed. The other three stores need recognition, not attention.
9 · Search everything
One search bar across answers, lessons, terms, articles and plans.
Nobody has to remember where something lives. Type a phrase and every relevant asset in the platform comes back, grouped and ranked.
Type below to watch results narrow.
10 · Your dealership, your colors
It looks like your store, not like software.
Upload your logo and Dealership Genius picks up your colors. These example stores are made up; the franchise marks are real. Every page, email and certificate carries your identity — which is why associates treat it as their store's system.
Click a store to recolor the preview.
Welcome back. Three teammates finished a lesson yesterday.
11 · The math
One extra deal a month pays for it. Everything after that is upside.
Move the sliders to your store. This is the conservative case — it ignores retention, ramp time and fixed-ops gains entirely.
What we've left out
Shorter ramp for new hires, lower turnover, fewer manager hours re-answering questions, and stronger service upsell.
What's new
Built out for the way a store actually runs.
The Vault
57 hand-verified resources in 12 domains, with a fast track for each of 10 roles.
Vendor Research
390 solutions in 24 categories, ranked live by the priorities you set.
Our Solutions
SmartDealer, NetProphet, FastTurn and Dealership Genius, each linked to its own site.
Playbook search
One list of every matching topic, turned into a meeting, plan or lesson in one click.
Welcome guides
Every menu area opens with a short demo the first time someone visits.
Intelligence Center
Industry news and past posts summarised, with read-more links. New versions announce themselves.
What's new
See who is using it, and prove it is working.
Utilization
Daily and weekly usage charts for the store and every person, with a drill-down on each.
Store recaps
Executive and management recaps, sent now or weekly and monthly, each manager seeing only their department.
Progress you can open
Every question, lesson, plan and meeting counted, every number opening the full list behind it.
Learn the product
21 short built-in lessons with Try it now buttons, so new users get going without a training call.
Invitations that arrive
Delivery status, a typo check, Copy link to text it, and an automatic reminder after two days.
Richer weekly emails
The store email lists every meeting, plan, lesson and quiz; Intelligence Center headlines link to their sources.
New and most powerful
Protect the store, pay people right, and prove the work got done.
Compensation Tool
Pay plans checked against verified state and federal pay rules, with Word and Excel downloads. Executive-only.
Weekly Ad Check
Your vehicle pages checked every week against state ad rules and the FTC. One email, only real violations.
50 states + FTC = 51 rule sets
State pay and ad laws and federal rules behind every answer and the Law Library.
Your documents, answered
Factory incentives, training manuals and processes, answered in seconds.
390 vendor ratings
Independent research across 24 categories. No vendor pays to be listed.
Daily Top List with proof
Items finish only by doing them, with a daily team leaderboard and history.
Action plans + meetings
Answers become owned, dated steps and ready-made agendas.
Leader-grade security
Each store sealed off; two-step sign-in for leaders.
Advertising compliance
Catch ad problems before a regulator or a customer does.
Ad Check, any time
Upload any ad, paste a link, or take a photo of one with your phone. It's checked against your state's ad rules, the FTC and federal lending and leasing disclosure rules, with a plain-English fix for each problem. Unlimited checks.
Weekly Ad Check
Every week your website's vehicle pages are checked automatically. One email lists only the pages that broke a rule, with a lesson to fix each one.
Repeat-issue report
Executives, marketing and your agency see rules broken again and again, with ready-to-use compliant wording and the training to fix them. These are patterns to review, not legal findings.
Included with Pro
Included with Essential, Pro and Max. Existing subscriptions keep their original rate.
Career levels
A clear path from Associate to Master, earned by passing a test.
1 · Associate
2 · Specialist
3 · Expert
4 · Pro
5 · Master
For salespeople and service advisors. People earn their test through activity, ask for it when they're ready, or a manager recommends them. Moving up always takes a passed test. Managers and group leaders see every level and know who's ready to promote.
Customer practice · Beta
The retail automotive industry’s most advanced, interactive, fully conversational role-play solution for sales, Internet, BDC and service professionals. Build confidence before the next customer conversation.
Assigned practice
Managers choose a scenario, difficulty and due date, then track their team's progress.
Practice and improve
Type or speak with eligible verbal access. Practice discovery and objections, receive coaching, then try again toward mastery.
Earn your next level
A passed scenario earns three times a lesson's level points. Authorized leaders see results.
Included with Max; $295/month add-on for Essential or Pro. DG Elevate™ remains in beta. Features and coaching may change; verify guidance independently.
12 · Live this week
No integration project. No IT ticket. No implementation fee.
Day 1
Start the free trial, add your logo and colors, invite your leaders.
Day 2
Everyone asks their first question. Assign the first two lessons.
Week 1
First Intelligence Center report lands. First action plan is shared and owned.
Week 4
Scorecard shows adoption by department. Group view compares stores.
Private by design
Your store's questions, answers and numbers stay inside your account, protected per person and per role.
Works on the floor
Phone-first, with voice asking and a menu built for one hand between customers.
Checked daily
An automated security review runs every day, with results visible to the operator of the platform.
Start today
Give every person in your store
the answer they'd get from your best operator.
Start the free trial, or take the two-minute assessment and see where your store stands before you spend a dollar.
Essential $395/month · 5 users, $29 per additional user. Pro $595 and Max $695/month · unlimited users. Talk included with Pro/Max. DG Elevate™ included with Max or $295/month add-on; extra 100 practices $29. DG Elevate™ is still in beta. Features and coaching may change; verify generated guidance independently. Free beta enrollment does not automatically activate paid voice or change your existing plan. Download sales sheet.
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