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Mercedes Dangles Bounties Pushing Dealers for Top Service
Mercedes dangles bounties pushing dealers for top service, according to Bloomberg. A Bellagio casino staffer wheeled $60 million in poker chips onto the ballroom stage to show the value of improving service at U.S. Mercedes-Benz dealerships. The chips represented the...
Honda of Ocala Up 13% in Service, Increases Profitablility Within 2 Months of New Marketing Strategy
This past July, Honda of Ocala faced the challenge of growing their dealership using multiple forms of media and multiple vendors. Tom Moore found that, not only did dealing with multiple vendors take valuable time, traditional and digital marketing pieces, created by...
Goal Setting with Joe Verde Sales & Management Training Takes Sales/Finance Manager from Brink of Failure to Achieving His Dreams
Joe Verde Sales & Management Training, Inc., today announced that learning the basics of goal setting at a Joe Verde training seminar, helped Sales/Finance Manager Chad Tanasiychuk of Edmonton, Alberta, step away from the brink of failure, achieve his dreams;...
Honda won’t repair 340,000 recalled minivans until March
Honda won't repair 340,000 recalled minivans until March, according to The Detroit News. Honda Motor Co. said it will recall more than 344,000 minivans in the United States for unexpected braking, but will not have enough parts to begin repairing vehicles until March....
Recalls from NHTSA
NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 13V500 Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) Make / Model Years: HONDA / 2007-2008 Subject: Brakes may Unexpectedly Apply NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 13V488 Manufacturer: General Motors LLC Make / Model Years: CHEVROLET / 2014 GMC /...
What’s in the Tank?
What's in the tank, from SearchAutoParts. Changes in gas-powered engines have been the norm each year since Nikolaus Otto patented his internal combustion engines in the late 1800s. This past decade has seen automotive technology changing at an exponential rate. One...
Auto/Mate Named One of the “Best Places to Work” Four Years Running by the Albany Business Review
Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced it was named one of the 2013 “Best Places to Work” in New York State’s Capital region by the Albany Business Review. This is the fourth year in a row that Auto/Mate has received the honor. “I believe that taking care of...
Lawsuit Paid In Full: Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cent Coins (Hoax)
Just kidding! Turns out this story is a hoax (unfortunately)! Read here More than 30 trucks filled with 5-cent coins arrived at Apple’s headquarters in California. Initially, the security company that protects the facility said the trucks were in the wrong place, but...
GM Q3 net income off 53%, but it beats forecasts
GM Q3 net income off 54%, but it beats forecasts, according to USA Today. General Motors reported third-quarter earnings of $698 million, after the cost of special items, down 53% from a year ago on a slight increase in revenue to $39 billion — which still was more...
North NJ auto dealer to pay $66,000 in penalties
North NJ auto dealer to pay $66K in penalties, according to Bloomberg Business Week. State consumer affairs officials say a northern New Jersey auto dealership has agreed to pay $66,000 in penalties as part of a settlement for allegedly misrepresenting the condition...
22 Senators Demand CFPB Answers Auto Lending Policy Questions
22 senators demand CFPB answers auto lending policy questions, according to SubPrime Auto Finance News. Dealer associations, legal service providers and industry organizations have sought clarity as to how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to determine if...
Finance Express LLC Announces their Worklist Deign Tool called Queues
Finance Express, the leading provider of web-based financial services and technology for independent auto dealerships, announced today that their new WorkList feature has been released. WorkLists (a.k.a. queues) have been typically utilized by FEX Buy-Here-Pay-Here...
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