Training the sales team on F&I products, features and customer benefits, as well as the value to the dealership as a whole, will ensure a smoother transition to the F&I manager.
Toyota says the recall involves counterfeit brake pads sold by online supplier Westend Spares between June 2013 and October 2015. The fakes were found to contain asbestos, a cancer-causing substance.
The GANVAM industry group says full-year sales could top the 2014 total by 22.7%, updating a forecast of a 16% increase released only 12 days earlier. Sales after nine months were tracking 24% over prior-year, WardsAuto data shows.