The Dealer 5 | August 7, 2015

Dealer news and information from WardsAuto and around the web.

Steve Finlay, Contributing Editor

August 7, 2015

3 Min Read
The Dealer 5 | August 7, 2015

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. 

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.

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"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

See why Joe switched.

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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About the Author

Steve Finlay

Contributing Editor

Steve Finlay is a former longtime editor for WardsAuto. He writes about a range of topics including automotive dealers and issues that impact their business.

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