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Welcome to The WardsAuto Dealer 5 - we've put together important items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:
| 1. | Trust leads to sales, repeat business and referrals. Violations of trust breed anger, hurt and skepticism. Here’s how everyone at the dealership can earn customer trust. | ||
| 2. | Another reason to respect your elders: They buy lots of cars. The little old lady from Pasadena lives on. | ||
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| 3. | What keeps Lexus dealers up at night? They’re not counting sheep. They’re counting seat rows on the RX CUV. They’d like one more. They may get their wish. | ||
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A way to get in-demand vehicles to dealers faster is to build assorted vehicles on the same assembly line. So an auto analyst wonders why so few automakers do that.
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| 5. | Tesla has a thing or two (or three) to say about news reports it is losing $4,000 on every electric car it sells. |
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