Progressive Basics - Meet Tim Deese
Tim
Deese is Owner/Chairman of Progressive
Basics, Inc. located in Orange Park, Florida.
He started selling cars in 1971 on an
independent used car lot. He was then
picked up by a new car dealership as the
Sales Manager in 1973. In 1975 Mr. Deese
became the General Manager for one of
the largest new car dealership in Atlanta.
In 1977 he bought his first New Car Franchise
at the age of 28 and was one of the youngest
self-made dealers in our industry. Subsequently
he sold his new car stores in 1981 to
concentrate on Progressive Basics, Inc.
and training of Used Car Managers. Mr.
Deese currently provides training seminars
monthly in Jacksonville Beach, Florida
as well as quarterly training seminars
in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also provides
and maintains In-House training programs
at many dealerships located across the
United States and Canada. He is also extensively
involved in speaking engagements for various
20 Groups around the nation as well as
National, International, and State Associations.
Progressive Basics, Inc. trains professional
dealerships used vehicle managers for
complex trading, purchasing, and retailing
in today's market. Dealership monitoring
is also provided. Mr. Deese's training
accomplishments include:
• Chevrolet Dealer Academy:
Taught at the GM Training Center for four
years, Mr. Deese received the highest
score ever attained.
• Lexus Division of Toyota:
Helped design from the inception, the
used vehicle marketing program for all
Lexus Dealerships within the United States.
• Honda and Acura of Canada:
Designed and implemented the used vehicle
training program.
• Mitsubishi Motor Sales of
America: Took Mitsubishi Motors
from .45 to .73 used to new in less than
one year.
• BMW of North America:
Designed the BMW used vehicle training
program.
• Subaru of North America:
Took Subaru from .5 to .7 used to new
in less than one year.
• Cadillac Division of General
Motors:
• SAAB Cars USA:
Designed and implemented the used vehicle
training program.
• BMW of Middle East:
Implemented used vehicle training program
for 17 Arab Nations BMW Dealer Bodies.
• Southeast Toyota Distributors,
Inc.: Designed and implemented
used vehicle management training programs.
• Volvo Cars of North America:
Designed and implemented used vehicle
management training programs for dealers.
• Volkswagen/Audi of America:
Progressive Basics currently provides
used vehicle management training for dealers
and corporate personnel.
• Ford Motor Company Dealer
Development: Designed and implemented
the used vehicle training program for
Dealer Development.
• Chrysler Corporation - Mexico:
Designed used vehicle management pilot
programs and implemented this program
for Chrysler Corporation.
• Australian New Car Dealers
Association: Presentation on
"Why Are We New Car Dealers Talking About
Used Cars."
• BMW Caribbean:
Designed and implemented Pre-Owned Sales
Tactics.
• Ford Motor Company of the
Middle East with 14 Arab Nations:
Developed Pre- Owned Program and assisted
in disposal of over-aged inventory.
Mr. Deese was one of the three top rated
speakers at the 1987 and 1990 NADA conventions.
Moderated a panel of dealers at the 1994
NADA convention and conducted three workshops
at the 1996 NADA, where Mr. Deese was
in the top ten rated speakers. Mr. Deese
was also the number one speaker at the
1989 and 1992 FADA conventions in Quebec
and Hong Kong, as well as the Canadian
Auto Dealers Association Convention in
Hong Kong, along with Ford Motor Company
of the Middle East. Mr. Deese was also
one of the top rated speakers at the 2001
Australian Automobile Dealers Association
Convention. During 2005, Mr. Deese was
a speaker at the NADA convention held
in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has also
had speaking engagements for Chrysler
of Mexico and Volkswagen of Brazil as
well as more than 20 US New Car Dealer
Associations, some on more than one occasion.
In 2009 was a speaker at the Fenabrave
Congress in Brasilia, Brazil.
Progressive Basics has trained more used
car managers than any other company in
the US industry, including management
recognition programs for Hendricks Automotive
Group, Holler Automotive Group, Ed Morse
Automotive Group, Hitchcock Automotive
Group, Dah Chong Hong (DCH), Duncan, Auffenberg
Automotive Group, Apple Automotive Group,
Max Holmes Automotive Group, Stallupi
Automotive Group, and March Hodge Automotive
Group.
Mr. Deese did a series on CBS with Dan
Rather relating to the positive side of
the New Car Dealer in America. He is the
founder of the import SUV and the Automotive
Tent Sale. He designed and manufactured
the original Pathfinder for Nissan. Mr.
Deese writes articles for many trade journal
magazines and has been on the cover of
the majority of the trade publications
within the automotive industry.
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