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Suntrup Hyundai South County is King of Central Region

JKRAdvertising / Auto Dealer Milestones /

April 2, 2014

Suntrup Hyundai — The Suntrup brothers: Kings of Hyundai’s Central Region.

Suntrup Hyundai South County recently received some exceptionally good news. The final March statistics are out, and Suntrup Hyundai South County is atop the entire Central Region for the month in total new Hyundai sales and Certified Pre-Owned Hyundai Sales. This is no small feat when you consider this is a region that includes six Hyundai dealerships in St. Louis alone!

It’s good to be No. 1 … really, really good. Just ask Craig and Butch Suntrup. JKR Automotive Advertising clients, Suntrup Hyundai South County racked up a total of 253 deliveries during the month; 101 used and 152 new. During the entire first quarter, Suntrup Hyundai delivered 401 new vehicles, an increase of eight percent over the 2013 first-quarter total of 373.

Suntrup Hyundai South County Rules the Region

“It’s a great achievement for Suntrup Hyundai,” said JKR Partner and Suntrup Executive Richard Brauns. “They have a great understanding of how things work; that everything ultimately comes down to blocking and tackling – meaning you need to obtain an increased number of customers in your showroom. Once that happens, if you have good policies and good people in place you’re going to get more sales. It’s a simple numbers game.”

Brauns continued: “A good dealership doesn’t have to compromise their profit margins to achieve milestones like this.”

Why You Need JKR Automotive Advertising

You can achieve record numbers for your dealership, too, without giving away the proverbial farm to do it. However, if you keep doing things the same way each month you’ll struggle to get there. JKR can help you get results … quickly and consistently. We have the experience, software and know-how to get big numbers for dealerships of any size, in any market.

A lot of advertising agencies can make you promises, but how many of them can show you results like this? Call JKR at (321) 397-0777 or fill out the form on this page. You’ll quickly understand why we have more than 100 clients in 80 markets throughout the United States.

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Post-Pandemic Dealer Gross Profits are Down – But They Don’t Have to Stay There!
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It is no secret that dealer gross profits per vehicle are down sharply in the post-COVID automotive world. According to a recent article in Automotive News, gross profits of the six largest publicly traded dealership groups plunged significantly from Q4 2022 to Q4 2023. One of them was actually down 35% per vehicle!

The article explains: High interest rates, more expensive vehicles and a steadier post-pandemic supply chain continue to soften demand and bring it closer to pre-pandemic levels. Still, new-car buying has remained strong overall …

This means that, while sales volume is similar, overall bottom lines are lower for many dealers due to the reduced gross profits. What about your dealership?

Being Realistic
It’s time to turn the page! The time for dealers to simply be order takers for people willing to pay MSRP for a vehicle (and in some cases more) has passed and dealers have to work hard once again to achieve acceptable gross profits.

Selling a high volume of cars doesn’t control gross profits, no matter how much you wish this was the case. Correct processes and menu pricing – and strict adherence to them – do!

What kind of processes?
∙ Slow down the transaction! Your sales staff has to once again sell the customer on the features and benefits of every new and pre-owned vehicle on your lot.

∙ Your salespeople and managers should devalue the customers’ trade-in value (politely, of course) as much as possible. After all, if the customer expects you to lower your price, shouldn’t you be able to do the same on their trade? Remember, you’ll have to fix it up, put your name on it and resell it to someone else with all the tenacity you would a brand-new car. So make sure you buy it right … because the profit is made when you buy it, not when you sell it!

∙ To that end, management should be ready and willing to leave the desk and do thorough walk-arounds on each trade to ensure the best outcome for the dealership.

The Cure for Low Gross Profits
If you are like a lot of dealers these days, you could use some good news. Here it is: while you may not have the capability to achieve profit margins similar to those you enjoyed during the pandemic, they could likely be improved. JKR’s clients enjoy the benefit of attracting not only more customers, but better ones, too!

If meeting and exceeding your sales goals (and increasing gross profits at the same time) sounds great to you, you need to call us. Don’t settle for reduced gross profits when help is out there to get you closer to where you’d like to be.

Want to know how we do it? Reach out to Senior Partner Richard Brauns (407) 701-4233 or Partner/Vice President Jon Albert (407) 718-2494 today.

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