The Dealer 5 | June 22, 2015

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In a WardsAuto commentary, NADA Chairman Bill Fox tells why the dealer-franchise network is the most-competitive and most-cost efficient way to sell cars.

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Don Luke knows exactly what he’d say to FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne if the two sat down together. Check out our dealer profile.

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Let’s revisit the days when 1-12 month loans made up 24% of auto financing (1940), used-car operations dragged down dealers (1955) and General Motors went “flat out” on developing an electric car (1990). Yes, its WardsAuto Flashback time.

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It would have been the nation’s first legislation aimed at reining in the sale of used recalled vehicles. Passage seemed inevitable. But then the lawmaker who wrote the California bill yanked it. What’s going on?