The Dealer 5 | December 29, 2014
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. | It's one thing to issue a recall. Automakers have done that for 60 million vehicles this year. But it's something else to get affected owners to bring their cars to the dealership. Many don't. |
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2. | The exec who will head the company created by the Berkshire Hathaway-Van Tuyl deal, tells WardsAuto one thing won't change: the Van Tuyl dealership business model. |
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3. | What good are hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles without hydrogen? By one count, only 13 hydrogen refueling stations are open to the public in the U.S. Um, that could be a problem. |
4. | People who want SUVs are going to buy them regardless of high or low gas prices |