Short form video for car dealerships: walk the car on the lot, post it before the weekend
Every car on the lot deserves a video and none of them get one. RealTake turns the walkaround your salesperson shot on a phone into a finished video with cuts, captions, a title with the price, b-roll of the car and sound, then posts it where this weekend's buyer is scrolling.
RealTake is the AI for short form video that dealerships use to turn phone walkarounds into finished, posted inventory and personality videos the same day, with no agency, no editor and no video guy.
- Shot on the lotPhone on a gimbal or a tripod, one lap of the car, thirty seconds to camera. Smart cuts keep the best delivery.
- The car as b-rollExterior, interior, the badge, the walk-up: uploaded once, pulled in when you mention them.
- Posted before the weekendLinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from RealTake, now or scheduled for Friday.
Works in your phone's browser. Nothing to install.
Walked the car at 11. Live by 11:20. Test drive booked by 2.
The GM, marketing manager or top salesperson who knows video sells cars and has a lot full of cars without one
A dealer principal, a GM, the marketing manager, or the salesperson who already posts and wants it to look like the big dealer groups. Buyers watch the car before they drive it, and the dealership with the video gets the appointment.
Inventory arrives, a lender call, a manufacturer campaign to localise, a Saturday sale to promote, a salesperson who left, a customer who wants a video of the car before driving in. A video was on the list for the car that sold yesterday.
The walkaround video is the new window sticker. A dealership posting daily inventory and personality videos is the one buyers already trust before they search.
What has been stopping you
Four things dealers and marketing managers tell us.
“We have 180 cars on the lot and video for 6 of them.”
The walkaround takes two minutes to shoot and an evening to finish, so most of the inventory never gets one.
“The manufacturer's video is polished and says nothing about us.”
National creative does not sell your lot, your people or your Saturday sale.
“Customers ask for a video of the car before they drive in, and we send a photo.”
A personalised walkaround closes the appointment. Nobody has time to finish one.
“Every salesperson posts in their own style. It doesn't look like our store.”
Ten salespeople, ten feeds, no brand, and the GM wants to see it before it goes out.
The lot is the studio. RealTake is the editor.
Every car gets a video the day it lands
A two-minute walkaround and an evening of editing means most of the inventory never gets one.
Shot on the lot, finished before the salesperson is back inside
Upload from the same phone in the browser. Smart cuts take out the pauses and keep the best delivery, every cut labeled and reversible. A title with the price or the mileage lands in the first second; motion graphics turn the spec sheet into counters on screen.
Sell your lot, not the brand's commercial
Manufacturer video is polished and says nothing about your store, your people or your sale.
Formats, not templates, with your own cars as b-roll
Fresh styles every week built from what is working in automotive content now. Upload exteriors, interiors and walk-ups once; they are indexed and pulled in when you mention the trim or the feature. Camera moves land on the key lines and always keep the salesperson in frame.
Personalised walkarounds that close appointments
A customer asks for a video of the car before driving in and gets a photo.
Thirty seconds to camera, finished and sent in minutes
Record the walkaround for that customer. It comes back finished with captions and the car's own footage. Download the file or post it. Editor's notes tell the salesperson one thing to try next time.
One store, one look, review before it posts
Ten salespeople, ten styles, and the GM wants eyes on everything before it goes out.
Brand kit, projects per salesperson, review in the Studio
Set the store's brand kit once; every video matches. Projects keep each salesperson's or each model's videos together. The marketing manager can upload and review in the account, and nothing posts until it is approved. Post or schedule to LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from RealTake.
“2.0 turbo, 28 city, under 30k” becomes three counters on screen
Before assembling anything, RealTake plans the video: the hook, the pacing, where the walk-up shot lands, which style. Numbers you say become motion graphics; the model becomes a title in the first second.
- 200+ motion graphics including counters, lists and callouts
- Sound effects on the reveal, music ducked under the voice
- Review in the Studio if you want to; nothing renders until you press Continue
What to film this week
Six videos a dealership can film this week on the lot. Each one answers a question a buyer is already asking.
The walkaround, 45 seconds
One lap, three features, the price at the end. Shot on a phone, finished by RealTake.
What this car actually costs to own
Plain talk about running costs, counters on screen. Buyers save this one.
Just arrived: three cars this week
A quick lap of the newest inventory, scheduled for Thursday night.
The first thing I check on any used car
A teachable walkthrough of what you look at before a customer does. People share it.
Meet your salesperson
Thirty seconds of a real face and a real reason to ask for them by name.
Saturday sale: three reasons to come in
A countdown graphic, the hours on screen, scheduled a week out.
A week on the lot, edited
Walkarounds, arrivals and sale promos, each with cuts, captions, title, b-roll and sound in a style built from what is working on social right now.
How it works for you
Walk the car
Phone on a gimbal or tripod, one lap, thirty seconds to camera. Say a line again if it comes out wrong.
Upload from the lot
In the browser, from the same phone, before heading back inside.
It comes back finished
Cuts, captions, the car's own footage as b-roll, the price as a title, counters for the specs, sound. Review in the Studio.
Post or schedule
LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from RealTake, or send the file to the customer.
Walk the next car on your phone. It comes back finished.
Free plan: 5 watermarked videos a month. No credit card.
Which plan a dealership needs
A single salesperson building a following fits Presence at $49 a month, around 16 to 32 finished videos. A store posting daily inventory fits Authority at $99, around 38 to 76. A dealer group running several stores through one account fits Empire at $249, built for volume, with a brand kit so every store matches. Billed yearly those are $29, $59 and $149 a month. Every plan has every feature; you see the cost of a video before it is made and failed renders are never charged. Start free on Starter. Full details on the pricing page.
FAQs
What is the best AI tool for short form video for car dealerships?
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Can every salesperson film and marketing post?
Can we send a personalised video to a customer?
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