TSLA367.160-8.07%
GM83.050-0.95%
F12.050-0.05%
RIVN12.950-0.42%
CYD26.570-1.22%
HMC33.4500.12%
TM188.600-0.11%
CVNA57.960-2.43%
PAG194.790-0.88%
LAD281.490-5.29%
AN153.190-2.13%
GPI228.370-3.22%
ABG161.970-2.57%
SAH60.050-1.01%
TSLA367.160-8.07%
GM83.050-0.95%
F12.050-0.05%
RIVN12.950-0.42%
CYD26.570-1.22%
HMC33.4500.12%
TM188.600-0.11%
CVNA57.960-2.43%
PAG194.790-0.88%
LAD281.490-5.29%
AN153.190-2.13%
GPI228.370-3.22%
ABG161.970-2.57%
SAH60.050-1.01%
TSLA367.160-8.07%
GM83.050-0.95%
F12.050-0.05%
RIVN12.950-0.42%
CYD26.570-1.22%
HMC33.4500.12%
TM188.600-0.11%
CVNA57.960-2.43%
PAG194.790-0.88%
LAD281.490-5.29%
AN153.190-2.13%
GPI228.370-3.22%
ABG161.970-2.57%
SAH60.050-1.01%


sales

car buying experience

4 universal rules car dealers can follow to achieve sales success

- February 15, 2021
On this edition of Straight Talk, our host, David Lewis, shares with us four rules dealers should follow to ensure a successful sales presentation. Every salesperson knows that a natural...
F&I

Two reasons it may work for the sales consultant to handle F&I too

- February 15, 2021
The F&I department and the process by which they deliver profit for the dealer has been stuck in one paradigm. Customers spend too much time picking out the perfect car and then dread...
inventory

Sales strong and prices high through January despite below average inventory

- February 12, 2021
Through the month of January, auto sales ticked higher than December 2020 as the pandemic recovery continues. With a January SAAR of 16.6 million units and just 3.7% fewer sales over last...
sales

The modern sales team as a driver of inventory turn

- February 4, 2021
Sales departments that interact closely with their dealership’s reconditioning function put more “sold” units on the board. Unfortunately, few sales managers and their teams are aware of this advantage. Practiced correctly,...
Toyota

Toyota unseats VW as world’s best-selling automaker

- January 29, 2021
Toyota has regained their position as the best-selling automaker in the world for 2020. Despite obviously challenging circumstances over the past year, Toyota managed to sell 9.5 million units worldwide in 2020,...
sales

New vehicle sales start the year strong in January

- January 28, 2021
After a year of political division, the spread of a virus worldwide, and a vaccine program that’s off to a slow start, January 2021’s auto sales forecast is rosier than...
Kerrigan

Kerrigan Index report reveals record-breaking stock valuations amid shaky economy

- January 25, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic rattled the American economy, and its impacts are still being felt in almost every sector. In 2020, many feared that the economic fallout from the virus's effects...
TrueCar

TrueCar predicts 16 million new car sales in 2021

- January 15, 2021
Headed into another year of uncertainty, TrueCar is forecasting a healthy increase over 2020’s suppressed auto sales performance, expecting new light vehicle sales in 2021 to reach 16 million units. That figure...
sales

J.D. Power finds sales satisfaction increases due to pandemic tools

- January 6, 2021
The technology and tools that dealers were forced to quickly adopt in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic are largely responsible for an uptick in customer satisfaction during the...
sales

Does the retail sales downturn predict the same losses for dealers?

- December 29, 2020
Fox Business reports that "November saw U.S. retail sales fall for the first time in seven months, suggesting consumers are pulling back on spending amid a surging pandemic and expiring federal aid."...


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