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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. | FDR said of some political friends: "They may be SOBs, but they're our SOBs." So, it may be a dealership worksheet, but it's your dealership worksheet. Here's a 6-step plan to make it work for you.
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| 2. | Cheap oil means lots of things. Among them: what vehicles to highlight on the dealership lot. "I need to be smarter than ever," says a dealer. | ||
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| 3. | Soon Audi salespeople may ask the likes of: “What size virtual-reality headset do you wear?” Welcome to the buying experience of the future. | ||
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| 4. | In the 2015 auto industry olympics, expect broken records in some events. Like vehicle leasing. And the contact sport of automaker incentive spending. Here's a scorecard. | ||
| 5. | Honda weighs in on the wisdom of long-term auto loans. They're "stupid,"says the automaker's U.S. chief, a hard marker. |
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