This thread is an enthusiastic, wide-ranging showcase of real-world AI wins shared by dealers, vendors, and automotive tech professionals, covering everything from tab management and VDP copywriting to custom agentic operating systems and AI avatars. The strongest consensus is that AI is genuinely transforming productivity and creative output for small teams, with Claude emerging as the preferred workhorse for complex, multi-step tasks while Gemini and Perplexity fill supporting roles. The only meaningful tension surfaces around AI reliability at scale — one contributor's frustration with shallow audits and another's concern that consumer-facing AI tools may quietly reduce effort to cut costs — but even skeptics remain enthusiastic overall. Worth a read if you want concrete use cases and tool recommendations, or if you're curious how early adopters in your space are building AI-native workflows right now.
