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A second-generation auto dealer, Paul Walser, 57, and his brother Andrew, 44, operate Walser Automotive Group, a 12-franchise enterprise servicing communities in and around Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. Like many second-generation dealers, whatever t

Ideal Nissan is the Overall Winner of the Spring 2012 Digital Dealer Website Excellence Awards – scoring higher than nearly 3,000 other dealerships and dealership groups nationwide. Co-sponsored by Dealer Communications and Dataium, LLC, the Digita

AURORA, Ill. – This morning, executives and associates at the Chicago Regional Office of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. broke ground on a new, $4.9 million training center in Aurora. The facility is part of a campus-wide building project for Toy

NAPA, Calif. — United Auto Credit (UACC), a California-based leader in non-prime auto finance, has selected AUL to be their national service contract provider. AUL, a Napa, CA based company and industry leader in the vehicle service contract b

Owner Ted Bessen and President Steve Risso have built up one of the top-selling certified pre-owned dealers in the country, as well as the No. 1 dealer in the New York City market for July. NEW YORK — After being named the No. 1 certified pre-

You will learn how leading Lexus dealers utilize an integrated marketing strategy across multiple mediums to improve sales and service profitability, while increasing their active base of customers and positively affecting all their profit centers: n

MCLEAN, Va. — The National Automobile Dealers Association Used Car Guide is now providing manufacturer-certified pre-owned (CPO) values for every qualified vehicle in its printed and electronic editions. “We recognize the tremendous effo

Dealers look at metrics all day long: number of units sold, front gross, F&I penetration rates, service gross, etc. And if they don’t like what they see, the department manager hears about it pretty quick. In a typical scenario, the dealer asks

I’ve had chocolate chip cookies on my mind lately. The reason? I can’t eat them the way I used to, thanks to a daily diet and exercise regimen I’ve adopted. I’ve come to (reluctantly) embrace the “new me” because I now understand its rewa