The Dealer 5 | August 7, 2015
Dealer news and information from WardsAuto and around the web.
Welcome to The WardsAuto Dealer 5 - we've put together important items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:
1. | In a BTW, TrueCar announces Scott Painter is leaving as CEO of TrueCar. Here's a look at his mark on the industry. |
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2. | Affable Andrew DeFio jokes he has a Ph.D. that stands for “Papa has a dealership.” But he’s paid attention during a 17-year automotive career. Here is some of what he’s learned. |
ADVERTISEMENT "i recently switched all 7 of my stores to Reynolds. Many people base their decision on price, but I did my own needs analysis focused on the product and the retail process and Reynolds and Reynolds blew the competition away.” -Joe Laham, President of Premier Companies | |
3. | A former NADA chairman shows an audience a piece of broccoli and a doughnut as visuals for an analogy about car-buyer preferences. His point. |
4. | A Tesla executive’s speech starts out fine, but then takes a wrong turn as he seems intent on denying competitors the same taxpayer-funded incentives that helped his auto company. |
5. | Europeans order cars and wait for the factory to build them. Americans find cars on dealer lots and buy them right now. Local Motors will split the difference: It will build a car – while you wait. |
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