The Dealer 5 | January 5, 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. | Are government fuel-economy regulations taking the fun out of driving? To Hellcat with that. Actually, today's muscle cars get darn good mileage. |
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2. | Even if you’re at a small dealership, you could face a big hack attack. Here’s how to fight back. |
ADVERTISEMENT The auto accessories industry is $40 billion and dealers represent less than 5%. Could accessories be the new profit center for dealerships? It is one new frontier that may hold the most profit potential dealers have seen since adding the F&I department 40 years ago. | |
3. | “The car dealer should not be a time machine that moves backward,” says AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson talking about new initiatives, including haggle-free selling. |
4. | Those new Jeep Wranglers sure looked nice in the dealer lot, until a driver lost control of his truck and wrecked them. That's not the only way to damage inventory. See next item. |
5. | A gunman took pot shots at cars on a dealership's lot. Based on readers' suggestion in the story's comment box, be on the lookout for a "coward" or a "punk who ran home to mama." Or maybe both. |
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