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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. | Our IdeaXchange expert Tony Noland isn’t saying dealers should sink a fortune in reconditioning a car. He is saying reconditioning can get a bad rap, though. | ||
| 2. | CFPB reps are conspicuously absent from an annual vehicle-financing conference, and commentator Dave Ruggles offers a theory about that.
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| 3. | An editorial calls for Tesla and franchised auto dealers to work together, because if Amazon ever decides to sell cars, Tesla and dealers “will need each other.”
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| 4. | Most autonomous concept cars look fanciful. But here's a refreshingly realistic vision of the future. Check out the photo gallery, too. (Question: In one pix, do not the front-seat occupants, including the “driver,” look like they're 14?)
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Guess which alleged car thief probably won’t get back his dealership sales manager’s job. |
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