Dealers

The polled dealers’ high concentration on fixed operations corresponds with an overall industry trend.

FCA North America’s Tim Kuniskis says he sees “some upside potential” for Fiat, and that Dodge customers aren’t concerned with age of platform supporting Charger and Challenger.

Integrated fender flares grow the body width 3.5 ins., while handling updates include larger sway bars, bigger wheels and tires and retuned shocks.

A car dealership customer with enough cash to buy a vehicle is a good prospect for buying F&I products.

“Fleet is the new normal,” Jonathan Smoke, Cox’s chief economist, says at the company’s annual midyear review. “It keeps on growing.”

An Equifax poll aimed to better understand current trends in auto-retail transactions, credit applications, vehicle financing and fraud.