Sharing Ideas for a Better Future in the Automotive Industry
July - August 2026 Also In This Issue From the Desk of MMG President Cody Eckhardt ......................................2-3 What Make the Mopar Masters Guild Different?.................................................. 3 Mopar Masters 34th Annual Meeting Tentative Itinerary ...............................4-5 MMG’s FAQ’s ........................................6-7 How Do StrongParts Departments Use Their Time? ..........................................8-9 Tik Tok is No Longer Optional for Car Dealers - Here’s Why! ..................... 10-12 The View From My Office with Kat Monteiro .................................... 13-14 Roadkill Nights - Article and Pictures by Kat Monteiro .................................... 15-21 MMG Supporting Vendors ............ 22-23 OEConnection .................................. 24-27 Activator DS ........................................... 28 Reynolds & Reynolds ............................ 29 Endeavor Business Media FenderBender ......................................... 30 CDK Global ............................................ 31 Elite EXTRA an Epicor Solution....... 32 CDK Global ............................................ 33 AER Sales.......................................... 34-35 Reynolds & Reynolds ............................ 36 Petra Automotive Products ................. 37 Endeavor Business Media Ratchet+Wrench ................................... 38 QB Business Solutions.................... 39-41 Dealermine Corporation ................ 42-43 AutoNetTV ....................................... 44-45 Principle Distribution .................... 46-47 Endeavor B2B - Rebalancing the Collision Ecosystem ......................................... 48-52 Strategy Without Execution is a Hallucination .......................................... 53 Former Ford marketing boss Matt VanDyke takes over Ram brand; ex-AutoNation exec to head Jeep ...................................... 54-55 2026 MMG Executive Officers & Vendor Committees .............................. 56
The exchange of information by like sized dealers in a non-competitive environment.