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| 1. | Follow up “until they buy or die,” says determined dealer Courtney Cole who co-owns a store that began as an ancestor’s buggy-making shop. Plus: Cole’s sister offers some constructive criticism to GM. | ||
| 2. | Vehicle sales could go well over the 17-million mark this year, but it may take incentives on cars to get there, says WardsAuto analyst Haig Stoddard. | ||
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A production-sales gap seems to exist for Ram pickup trucks with diesel engines. Maybe it’s just a diesel thing. Says a dealership sales manager: “Everyone wants the diesel, but not everyone wants to pay for the diesel.”
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| 5. | The California drought is affecting a lot of things. Among them are complimentary car washes for dealership service customers. |
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