The Dealer 5 | March 11, 2015

Dealer news and information from WardsAuto and around the web.

Steve Finlay, Contributing Editor

March 11, 2015

2 Min Read
The Dealer 5 | March 11, 2015



Welcome to The  WardsAuto Dealer 5 - we've put together important items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:

 

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An unconventional dealer does it his way. “When I got into this business, it seemed unnecessarily hard on employees and customers,” he says, explaining his unusual approach.

2.

An analysis of consumers’ dealer reviews turns up trends. For example: Happy customers are short and sweet in their write ups, while the ones from unhappy people are 142% longer.

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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.”    

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3.

Competition among auto lenders is “fierce,” one of them says. Another disputes the ferocity of it, but acknowledges it’s not a laid-back business.

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4.

It’s a horse race. Will Nissan overtake Honda in the U.S.? Nissan has made no secret of its sales ambition. Honda says it’s not getting lathered up about the rivalry.  

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Surprise, surprise. With support from an unlikely group, Georgia lawmakers do a flip on a stalled bill that would benefit Tesla. The bill once was seen as a long shot, especially with dealers originally opposing it.


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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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