Dealer OPS & Leadership
Audi Certified Pre-Owned Reports Best August Sales
Audi Certified Pre-Owned sales of 3,169 vehicles mark the best August on record and the sixth-consecutive record month. Year to date sales of 25,517, an increase of 36.1% from 2010, put Audi on track to deliver the best CPO year on record. Audi Certified Pre-Owned...
Edmunds.com: Demand for Used Small Cars Pushes Price Surge in 2011
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Elevated gas prices have helped to drive a surge in used compact car prices, according to a data analysis by Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information. Edmunds.com’s data reveal that consumers paid about 10 percent...
History with a Mystery: The Chevrolet Bowtie
DETROIT – Globally recognized today, the Chevrolet bowtie logo was introduced by company co-founder William C. Durant in late 1913. But how it came to be synonymous with the brand is open to wide interpretation. Durant’s version of how the logo came into existence is...
GM: Chevrolet Cruze Remains Best Selling Compact Car in U.S.
DETROIT – For the fourth month in a row, the Chevrolet Cruze is the best-selling compact car in the United States, recording a total of 21,807 sales in August. It is also the fifth-consecutive month of Cruze sales exceeding 20,000 units. Calendar year to date,...
Mercedes-Benz CPO Sales Down 9%
Through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned (MBCPO) program, Mercedes-Benz USA sold 5,901 vehicles in August 2011, a decrease of 9%. On a year-to-date basis, MBCPO sold 51,651 vehicles, a decrease of 5.6% over the comparable period last year.
Open Auction VP Helps Dealers Bridge the Gap Between Retail and Wholesale Sales
In this highly competitive industry, dealers like you are constantly in need of more efficient and profitable means of selling cars. Taking advantage of every sales opportunity and sales channel available is the first step in offloading vehicles more quickly and...
President of the The Manzo Group Explains How Technology Can Increase F&I Sales
How can you identify technology based solutions to dramatically enhance the customer’s F&I experience? Generation X & Y buyers live in a world of streaming data and electronic content and often become disinterested during traditional paper-based transactions....
BMW Financial Services Partners with AutoNation — Offers Customers True Mobility Interaction Creating Ease and Efficiency within Financing Process
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – Through the use of the iPad in the dealer showroom, BMW Group Financial Services is taking valuable financial aspects of the buying experience to a new level, in an effort to create a more seamless interactive experience between customers and...
BMW CPO Sales Down for August
In August, sales of BMW used vehicles (including certified pre-owned and pre-owned) totaled 13,335, a decrease of 6.5% from the 14,266 sold in August 2010. Year-to-date, BMW used vehicle sales are down 6% on volume of 106,295 compared to 113,061 in the first eight...
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