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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. | As websites become the main way consumers check out dealerships, an excellent site is no longer a luxury. It's essential. Here’s how to improve yours. | ||
| 2. | A car salesman tells all – well, a lot, anyway. Auto retailing people know exactly what he is talking about (i.e. low-balling contentious customers). | ||
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| 3. | Are we there yet? No, not when it comes to fully developing self-driving cars. Two of them nearly crashed into each other. Potential excuse: “It was the other car’s fault.” | ||
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| 4. | General Motors offers a peek at the redesigned ’16 Chevrolet Cruze, a small car that supposedly will run rings around its predecessor. Talk about Cruze control. | ||
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| 5. | We’re losing count. What’s with these out-of-control motorists crashing vehicles into dealerships and inventory? Then there’s the irate woman who did it on purpose. A judge told her not to return to the dealership. Really? |
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