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Automotive dealers and workshops. Cost: the sites and workshops that lose money.

Grip reads sales, service and maker incentive records, site by site, and names what each franchise really earns, in AED.

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USD 24.4 millionA US car repair chain's write-down on its weaker workshops in fiscal 2025.
Proven at Monro

Source: Monro, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 28 March 2026. Monro took 24.4 million dollars of store impairment charges in fiscal 2025 and 20.3 million dollars of consultancy costs for an operational improvement plan in fiscal 2026, and closed 145 stores it judged below an acceptable level of profitability.

3 workflows

Where we start.

9 of 19 changes other automotive dealers and workshops companies made. Open one to see the company.

01

Price and margin

Parts and service profit set against each dealership's fixed costs.

ReadsGross profit by department and site (partsService, body shopDepartmental profit and lossOverhead ledger (rent
Check each dealership's parts and service profit covers its running costs, and get every site there.
Proven at Rush Enterprises

Source: Rush Enterprises, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (filed 25 February 2026).

Check how much of the dealership's fixed costs the workshop covers before cars sell.
Proven at AutoNation

Source: AutoNation, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025.

Set one target for the part that sells cars and another for service, so neither hides the other.
Proven at Bilia AB

Source: Bilia AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: BILI A), Annual Report 2025.

02

Risk and compliance

Maker payments and finance commissions checked before anyone else checks them.

ReadsDistributor or franchise agreement and annual business planManufacturer incentive and bonus statementsFranchise profit and loss by departmentNew vehicle stock and floorplan cost by brand, customer deposits
Add up what a manufacturer owes you, and what earns each payment.
Proven at AutoNation

Source: AutoNation, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025.

Rework each franchise's profit as if you were paid a flat fee per car sold.
Proven at Lithia Motors

Source: Lithia Motors, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025.

Check every finance commission you earned against what the buyer was told, before a regulator does.
Backed by research

Source: Financial Conduct Authority (UK), PS26/3: Motor finance consumer redress scheme (policy statement, March 2026).

03

Cash and working capital

Every car in stock priced by what its financing costs, net of maker support.

ReadsVehicle stock list with arrival dateFloorplan or stocking-loan statements by vehicleProfit and capital employed by business lineRecent sale prices or offers for comparable units
Price every car in stock by its financing cost, minus what the maker refunds you.
Proven at AutoNation

Source: AutoNation, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025.

Sell business lines you no longer need while buyers will still pay for them.
Proven at Driven Brands

Source: Driven Brands Holdings Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 27 December 2025 (filed 19 May 2026).

Report cash alongside profit every quarter, and name the one line that moved it.
Proven at Coor Service Management Holding

Source: Coor Service Management Holding AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: COOR), Annual and Sustainability Report 2025.

The money at stake.

Public figures, each with its company and year. An estimate is marked.

USD 2.9 billion

A US online car retailer's loss in 2022.

Proven at Carvana

Source: Carvana Co., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2023. Carvana lost 2.9 billion dollars in 2022 chasing volume, then in 2023 sold 24% fewer cars, exchanged unsecured notes for secured ones, and made 150 million dollars of net income as gross profit per unit rose 82%.

USD 105 million

A US car services group's write-downs on car wash sites it closed in 2023.

Proven at Driven Brands

Source: Driven Brands Holdings Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 27 December 2025 (filed 19 May 2026). Driven Brands' car wash expansion ended in closures and a sale: it booked asset impairments and disposals of USD 105 million on US car wash sites closed in 2023 before selling the business in 2025.

Grip at work

What your Grip looks like.

A sample company, in AED. Yours is built from your own files.

What waits on each person today, one click from where to act. Sample figures.

What we stand on
01Money first

Every project shows the revenue, cost or cash it is worth, in your currency, from your own files, before you agree to it.

02Every project has proof

Every project runs on a client's Grip, was designed on our own Grip, or comes from a play a named company published, with the document we read it in.

03Your systems as they are

We read the systems you already use. Nothing to move, replace or clean up first.

04Value and money found in 2 weeks

A two-week pilot on one department, your first project live and its money delivered by Day 30, then one fixed monthly fee.

Questions

What automotive dealers and workshops companies ask first.

Three answers, each with one public figure, its company and its document.

Question 1How can AI reduce idle workshop capacity in automotive dealers and workshops?

AI reads sales, service and maker incentive records, site by site, and names what each franchise really earns, in AED.

Question 2What does an AI transformation programme in automotive dealers and workshops start with?

It starts with the revenue, cost and cash you are losing today, read from the systems you already use. One workflow goes first, usually price and margin, read from gross profit by department and site (parts and service, body shop.

Question 3How fast do automotive dealers and workshops companies see results from AI?

A two-week pilot on one department finds the value and money in your own data before you commit. Your first project goes live, and its money is delivered, by Day 30.

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Start with one workflow.

Tell us what you want to fix. In a two-week pilot we find the value and money before you commit.

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