The Dealer 5 | May 29, 2015

Dealer news and information from WardsAuto and around the web.

Steve Finlay, Contributing Editor

May 29, 2015

3 Min Read
The Dealer 5 | May 29, 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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Those who worked with retired WardsAuto editor Dave Smith knew him as a crusty guy. He still is, as evidenced by this double-dog dare to Cadillac.  

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Always take a vehicle on a test crash? That’s a joke, right. Well, yes, as are nine other “car-buying tips.”

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Three Ways Your Dealership Can Attract Millennial Car Shoppers. Young people aren’t driving differently. They’re shopping differently. And that’s a good thing.    

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3.

J.D. Power plans to buy NADA’s Used Car Guide business, keep the name a while and then stamp on the J.D. brand. Both parties say they're thrilled.

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New Rule No. 11: Leave paper in the past. From wasted time to lost deals, paper invoice errors cost you cold, hard cash. CDK ePayments’ digital system delivers more accurate payment reconciliation that gets you paid with greater speed. Because it’s your business. Rule it.

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Unnamed dealership groups quietly support Tesla, the EV maker that’s bucked the dealer franchise system. At least that’s what Morgan Stanley folks say. This is their logic.

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Here’s an obit on a well-known dealer and Corvette collector. And here’s an archived “confessions” piece by a WardsAuto writer who worked for him as a lot boy.

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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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