Sales & Variable OPS
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...
President and CEO of Dealer Marketing Services, Inc. Discusses A Compliance Process to Increase Sales and Profits while Avoiding Huge Fines
How can you synergize the sales and compliance processes into a single, consistent and effective system of checks and balances? How can you use your current CRM to review and monitor your sales and compliance processes? If you are able to identify weaknesses in your...
AutoTrader.com Educator Reveals How Today’s Car Shoppers’ Behaviors Influence Their Purchase Decisions
As a result of two brand new research studies from Polk and KS&R, we now know for the first time ever how much time car buyers spend on the car shopping process, how much time they spend online versus offline, and which sites they spend their time on. Likewise, we...
U.S. Dealerships Have Most Crowded Vehicle Lots of the Year
SAN FRANCISCO -- Chug, the search engine for cars, today released its list of the top 50 vehicles crowding US dealer lots over the upcoming Labor Day weekend – meaning some potentially great deals for holiday weekend car buyers. According to Chug, which is able to map...
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