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Comcast Automotive Sales Expert Details How to Differentiate Your Dealership to Win Customers
Why do so few unique visitors to your dealership’s website convert? A recent Google auto study showed that 97% of consumers who visit a dealer website bounce. No e-mail, phone call, or floor traffic. Why? It is not because they lack information on product or price!...
Digital Marketing Director at Bommarito Super Stores and e-Marketing Director for Tim Dahle Nissan Discuss How to Build a Successful Auto Retail Internet Department From the Ground Up
The Internet “buy-in” days are over. Every store knows that successful Internet marketing and subsequent sales are necessary. Anthony Bartoli, the digital marketing director for Bommarito Super Stores and Rich Lucy, e-marketing director for Tim Dahle Nissan, will give...
Cadillac ATS Wins 2012 Esquire Car of the Year
NEW YORK – The all-new Cadillac ATS is the 2012 Esquire Car of the Year, editors of the men’s fashion and culture magazine announced today. The award is featured at Esquire.com and in the October print and digital editions to be released September 18. “The new ATS is...
Ford Motor Company, Its Employees and Dealers Donate More Than $1.2 Million to Nonprofits in 2012
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Ford this week announced that the company, its employees and dealers are donating more than $1.2 million to nonprofits in the Louisville and Lexington areas this year. Ford and its employees donating more than $1.2 million to nonprofit organizations...
OEConnection is Named One of Northeast Ohio’s Best Places to Work for 9th Consecutive Year
RICHFIELD, OH – OEConnection LLC, the premier technology leader in Northeast Ohio serving the automotive and heavy-duty truck original equipment parts industries, has been named a NorthCoast 99 winner for the ninth consecutive year. The NorthCoast 99 Award honors...
Chrysler Group Announces Pricing for 2013 SRT Viper Models
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Chrysler Group's Street and Racing Technology (SRT) brand today announced pricing for the two models of the all-new 2013 SRT Viper. Street and Racing Technology (SRT) brand's flagship performance machine returns with more power and...
Chrysler Group LLC Hosts Dealers at Announcement Show
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Chrysler Group LLC yesterday hosted more than 2,600 dealers from the United States and around the world at its 2012 Dealer Announcement Show in Las Vegas. More than 80 percent of Chrysler Group's NAFTA region dealers were joined by many of their...
Carfax® Receives Patents for Insurance Underwriting/Rating of Vehicles
Vehicle History Data Helps Auto Insurers Better Assess and Price Risk CENTREVILLE, Va. -- Carfax, Inc. today announced that the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued to Carfax two patents recognizing its innovative systems and methods for using vehicle history...
How Understanding Customer Behavior Will Increase Your sales
We’ve all heard the news. August auto sales set a pace that we haven’t seen in years with many OEM’s reporting double digit increases. Pent up retail demand has reached the level where, despite uncertainty in the general economy, Americans are buying more cars. Plus...
NADA Launches National Ad Campaign Against Stair-Step Incentive Programs
McLEAN, Va. -- NADA kicked off a national print ad campaign today detailing the many negative aspects of manufacturer stair-step incentive programs. The full-page ad, “Stair-Step Incentive Programs are Bad for the Auto Industry,” began running in today’s edition of...
All-new 2013 Subaru BRZ Awarded IIHS 2012 TOP SAFETY PICK
CHERRY HILL, N.J. -- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has recognized the all-new 2013 Subaru BRZ as a 2012 TOP SAFETY PICK. Subaru remains the only manufacturer with 2012 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICKs for all...
Will BMW Bypass its U.S. Dealer Network in Selling the i Series Vehicles?
Here we go again. Another manufacturer threatening to sell vehicles directly to the consumer. This time it is BMW who has stated publicly that it is considering selling its i series electric vehicles over the Internet. It is being reported that BMW expects to begin...
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