Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.
Welcome to The WardsAuto Dealer 5 - we've put together important items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:
| 1. | Gen Y likes accessories all right, but not so much the bling-bling of yesterday. Here’s how to get Millennials to buy add-ons. | ||
| 2. | The 2015 Ward’s 10 Best Interiors judging results are in. Here are our inner-beauty contest winners. | ||
| ADVERTISEMENT The auto accessories industry is $40 billion and dealers represent less than 5%. Could accessories be the new profit center for dealerships? It is one new frontier that may hold the most profit potential dealers have seen since adding the F&I department 40 years ago. | |||
| 3. | What is a CUV if not a station wagon on stilts? Few automakers dare to sell station wagons though. Here’s an exception. | ||
| ADVERTISEMENT F & I Resource Center sponsored by Ally Auto. Visit the Resource Center. | |||
| 4. |
A bill co-introduced by a Democrat and a Republican calls for repealing a regulator’s bulletin that dealers regard as a poison-pen letter. They say the notice was intended to pressure lenders and, in turn, dealers.
| ||
| 5. | The takeaway lesson: Don’t take a spin in a customer’s car that's in for service. And definitely don’t drive one that’s rigged with a dash cam. |
Get the WardsAuto Dealer 5 delivered to your inbox! Subscribe here free!
To see all the day's dealer news and information, go to WardsAuto.com/Dealers.
