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Maritz Research Study Shows Improving Satisfaction Drives Profits
A better sales and service experience at the local car dealer boosts the bottom line ST. LOUIS – It’s easy to understand why a satisfied customer is more likely to be a loyal customer, but a new Maritz Research study finds tangible proof that car dealerships that make...
Interview with Paul Walser, Walser Automotive Group
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 the era, Paul...
Interview with Shawn Reardon, Internet Director Ideal Nissan
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 Digital Dealer Website...
Toyota Breaks Ground on New Training Center in Aurora
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 Toyota’s regional sales...
UACC Partners With AUL Corp.
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 business has a strong...
Teddy Nissan Consistently One of the Top Certified Pre-Owned Dealers in the Country
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-owned Nissan dealer in...
Sales Ambassador at Tier 10 Marketing Discusses How Leading Lexus Dealers Increased Sales and Service Numbers for Less Cost
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: new, used, finance,...
NADA Adds Certified Pre-Owned Values to ‘Used Car Guide’
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 effort that manufacturers and...
How and Why to Improve the Most Important Metric in your Dealership
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 the manager why...
A Six-step Plan to Increase Used Vehicle Profitability
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 rewards. I have more energy. I...
Edmunds.com: August Car Incentives Not All That Meets the Eye
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Automaker incentives remained stable in August but the numbers this month don’t tell the full story, reports Edmunds.com, the premier resource for automotive information. According to Edmunds.com’s True Cost of Incentives® (TCI®), the auto...
Luxury Certified Pre-Owned Auto Sales Up in August
Certified pre-owned sales of luxury vehicles were up between 5% to 18% in August: Audi of America, Inc: Audi Certified pre-owned sales set an all-time record of 3,366 vehicles sold, amounting to the best August in Audi history, despite the reduced inventory of...
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