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new-car-dealer

Doors close on 13th largest US dealer group

September 25, 2008

13 car dealerships in 6 states
2700 employees
2007 revenues: $2.13 Billion
Number 13 on the Automotive News Top 125 U.S. dealer groups.
The doors are closed.
There was a time when working for a large dealer group was safe. There was a time when the top selling Chevrolet store (or group of stores) would have been untouchable. These are [...]

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Pink Elephants and Dinosaurs

November 8, 2007

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Cross Border Shopping: Does it affect dealers?

October 24, 2007

The price disparity between the United States and Canada affects more than just cars, it affects most consumer items. Yesterday, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty met with the Retail Council of Canada and retail company executives to discuss what changes need to happen to bring prices into line. The end result of this meeting was [...]

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No Thumbprint = No BMW

March 20, 2007

When you’ve worked in the car industry for a long time, you often get the feeling that you’ve seen it all. Every now and then though, you stumble across something new that defines description. Imagine going to buy a new car and the dealer wants all the usual info from you and then asks for [...]

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The Blog Carnivals are Coming!

August 26, 2006

Yipee, Mark Tapscott has been able to catch up with life enough that he’s resurrected the Carnival of Cars this week. It’s so exciting, as I’ve missed my Friday tour around the blogosphere.
Be sure to watch on September 5 over at AskPatty, as they are about to host their first series of blog carnivals. This [...]

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Ford to shut down stores in urban centers

August 15, 2006

Travelling through the north eastern States over the years, the number of little Big 3 stores are dotted around the landscape. It always seems like every little crossroads town of 1000 people has one store representing each brand. I can only suspect that they must have had the same strategy in larger cities too, as [...]

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How to series: How to get good service for your car.

July 5, 2006

Over the years, the new car dealer service department has developed quite the reputation for lying, cheating, misdiagnosing and just plain old bad service. Of course, this reputation didn’t occur because all service departments are golden, much of it is deserved. Don’t get me wrong, there are tons of great people working in the service [...]

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