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By: Steve Finlay
As an auto-auction owner, Lynn Weaver can easily spot the repossessed vehicles in the bidding lanes. Compared to a bunch of program vehicles of the same model and color, the repo cars are different colors and have different variations, says Weaver of Harrisburg Auto Auction in Mechanicburg, PA. He says lenders selling such repossessed cars are up front about their origins when putting the vehicles
Billed as The Nature Boy during his long and lively professional wrestling career, Ric Flair is now in the loan business, including direct auto financing. The response to Ric Flair Finance's website, www.ricflairfinance, was reportedly so great, it was shut down for a period after it debuted. There are click links for mortgage, auto-loan and loan- refinancing applications. A come-on on the homepage
While NADA’s chief economist anticipates a “non-recession” in 2008, he predicts U.S. light-vehicle sales will drop to 15.7 million units, 400,000 fewer deliveries than like-2007.
As a car salesman, John Vecchioni told co-workers in the finance and insurance office, I don't care what you do, just don't blow my deal. His career path has since crossed over to F&I, giving him a better understanding of how both sides work and can work in harmony. But his original wariness as a salesperson reflects how the two auto dealership departments can clash. There are typical complaints against
FORT MYERS, FL Craig Miller is an ah-shucks Iowan who, true to his rural roots, likes tractors a lot. He also calls himself a numbers guy who loves people, good traits for a car dealer. In Iowa, Miller is president of the 7-brand Clinton Auto Group near Davenport and general manager of Lindquist Ford in Bettendorf, the only place where the Mississippi River runs east and west, he claims. He crunches
Auto-technology survey taps into consumer wants, expectations and demands.
The head of a major dealership group credits technology for taking auto retailing to greater efficiencies.
Despite legal opposition, dealer-less sales are “100% of the plan,” says Scott Keogh, CEO of the VW Group’s spinoff automaker.
Automakers today are less likely to build multiple vehicle configurations that don’t sell well.
Automakers aren’t just interested in building and selling vehicles, they also pay keen attention to how dealers service them. Here’s why..
