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Volkswagen Settlement May Be Windfall for Owners — and Send 85,000 Cars to the Junker

A U.S. District Court in California may approve the details of a massive Volkswagen repurchase program as early as Monday, and checks are expected to trickle down this fall to U.S. owners
Aug 2, 2016
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Why Dealerships Should be Using Facebook to Target Auto Shoppers

Shopping for cars on Facebook happens more often that you may realize. Did you know that nearly a quarter of prospective car buyers use Facebook for researching their next car purchase?
Aug 2, 2016
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Report: More Auto Ad Dollars Going To Digital

Released Thursday, Borrell Associates' annual automotive advertising assessment finds that "dealers have begun an even stronger scale-back of expenditures in broadcast and print media,
Aug 2, 2016
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Used Car Market Insights – Week of August 2, 2016

This week’s Black Book Market Insights report shows that car segments depreciated at nearly double the percentage of trucks this past week. Also, Mid-Sized Car segments and Compact
Aug 2, 2016
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Nissan Sells a Car Exclusively via Twitter

Well, Nissan has gone and done it--or rather, one of its Spanish dealers has. The company's Antamotor dealership in La Coruña, Spain, has sold a new car exclusively through Twitter.
Aug 2, 2016
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Opinion: U.S. Car Buyers Fed Up With Outdated Dealer Practices

re American car buyers prone to buying new automobiles right off of dealer lots because they are too impatient to wait a few weeks for a built-to-order car?
Aug 2, 2016
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Millennials, Seniors Lead Shift in Mindset over Car Ownership

More and more people seem to be questioning the value of car ownership, and millennials and seniors appear to be at the forefront of this trend.
Aug 2, 2016
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The Coming Slowdown in Auto Sales and Advertising

For six years now, auto sales have been booming, and auto advertising right along with them. But that’s unlikely to continue
Aug 2, 2016
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A Big Old Can of Nonsense: Who Needs Loyal Customers Anyways?

With all of the recent epiphanies that thought leaders in ours and other industries that businesses should be spending time and effort cultivating relationships, spending money and basically
Aug 2, 2016