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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. | Here are the biggest dealership time wasters and what can be done to eliminate them. | ||
| 2. | Alexandria, LA, is a relatively small town. But the opportunity to run a successful dealership group there is larger than it appears, to paraphrase wording on side-view mirrors. | ||
| ADVERTISEMENT Three Ways Your Dealership Can Attract Millennial Car Shoppers. Young people aren’t driving differently. They’re shopping differently. And that’s a good thing. | |||
| 3. | Those SUVs sure look strong enough. So why are so many of them failing crash tests. | ||
| ADVERTISEMENT New Rule #42: Close every customer. | |||
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"You get real wood trim on a Chrysler 200 and leather on a Kia Optima, so what else do you do to make Cadillac worth the extra money?” Good question. Here's the answer.
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| 5. | “Tiger” Bill Miller figures he’s sold 20,000 cars at the family dealership that was founded by his grandfather who originally sold mules and wagons. The family business is coming to an end. |
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