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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. | Employee turnover at dealerships is an industry-wide issue. Here are ways to hire the right people – and keep them. | ||
| 2. | A new vehicle extended warranty program pushes ultimate coverage up to 12 years and 150,000 miles. A selling point to car buyers: Vehicles live longer these days, but that doesn’t mean they sidestep repairs. | ||
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| 3. | The average new-vehicle transaction price likely set a record last month. Premium cars and SUVs, take a bow for that. Meanwhile, the average deal-sweetening cost dropped a few bucks. | ||
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| 4. | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren seems determined to fight a new foe: auto dealers. But no one appears ready to join her on the battlefield. | ||
| 5. | He may look like a teenager, but he’s really an FBI agent. And he swiped that dealership car because he’s working on a hot case. Sure, kid. |
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