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A former dealership employee steps up and debunks myths about dealers and car salesmen. His takeaway: they’re pretty nice people. | ||
| 2. | Ford dealers are testing beacons to beckon customers. As shoppers look at for-sale vehicles, the beacon devices broadcast info to their smartphones. The goal: to seal the deal. | ||
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| 3. | Boy, is NADA mad at the New York Times for what the trade group calls a bogus claim that a Washington Post analysis branded as dead wrong. Do these papers read each other? Anyway, here’s what an irked NADA has to say. | ||
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| 4. | It’s a gas, gas, gas. The Obama Admin. overestimated the potential of electric cars, but it also vastly underestimated how much internal-combustion engines could improve. | ||
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| 5. | Jay Cimino places “people” at the top of his “Five P’s” management philosophy. Click here to learn what the other four stand for in this WardsAuto Dealer 500 player's great game plan. |
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