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Aston Martin Rapide S May be the World’s Most Beautiful Sedan
Aston Martin Rapide S may be the world's most beautiful sedan, according to Yahoo Autos. Back in 2005, Mercedes rolled out the chopped-roof CLS sedan and unintentionally begat a new genre of car. Now even mainstream four-doors like the Ford Fusion are guillotining...
Email Inbox Delivery and Sender Reputation: Tips from the Experts
Automotive dealerships and dealer groups utilize multiple direct marketing channels to remain in contact with valuable customers and prospects, but email remains a cornerstone in the industry. Each year, hundreds of millions of emails are sent, with campaign types...
How to Improve Your Skills as a Salesperson
How to improve your skills as a salesperson, according to Cox Blue. As an entrepreneur, you likely have a wide variety of tasks to deal with on a daily basis. You’re forced to handle every element of managing your small business, ranging from recruiting and hiring new...
Honda ‘Hands’ Ad Wows Viewers
According to AutoBlog, Honda's 'Hands' ad wows viewers. The 2003 Cog commercial from Honda may have been named one of the best car commercials of all time, but an all-new spot called Hands looks to be even more entertaining even if it's digitally enhanced. The...
5 New Features that May Become Mainstream
5 new features that may become mainstream, according to The Detroit News. Cameras that check around the car for pedestrians. Radar that stops you from drifting out of your lane. An engine able to turn off automatically at traffic lights to conserve fuel. Technology...
10 Best New Sedans Under $25,000 Named by KBB
IRVINE, CA – Shoppers in the market for an affordable new sedan can see which models the experts recommend most in the list of 10 Best Sedans Under $25,000 for 2013 from Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new and used car information. While the...
Are You Making Customers or Making Money?
Are you making customers or making money? The correct answer, of course, is “yes.” Obviously, you can’t make money without customers; yet simply having a large customer base won’t automatically make you any money. One west coast dealer summed it up perfectly when he...
Want More Customers? How to Keep the Ones you already Have!
In mid-1995, AOL and Prodigy were launching what most believe was the first foray into providing automotive purchase and product review data to the public via what we now know as the Internet. The Internet has become such a way of life today for everyone it almost...
Dealertrack Joins General Motors’ Dealer Technology Assistance Program
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. - Dealertrack announced the company is participating in the new Dealer Technology Assistance Program (DTAP) for General Motors (GM) dealers. As part of the GM DTAP, which supports the certification of technology and services for use by GM and its...
GM will Discontinue Cadillac Escalade EXT Pickup
According to Left Lane, GM will discontinue the Cadillac Escalade EXT pickup. Like its defunct Chevrolet Avalanche sibling, the EXT is distinguished by a versatile midgate system that replaces the traditional wall between the interior and the pickup bed. Folding down...
NHTSA Set to Reveal Online Vehicle Recall Search Tool
According to The Detroit News, NHTSA is set to reveal online vehicle recall search tool. Washington — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is getting close to finalizing a database that will allow the nation’s 240 million car and truck owners to...
How a Paperless Service Department Reduces Warranty Chargebacks for Fields BMW
As a dealer, you don’t notice it for some time, how all the paperwork your dealership generates as it sells and services vehicles starts to amass. First, it’s a few file cabinets, then banker’s boxes stacked in every available nook and cranny until you’re renting...
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