Hey there. Welcome to the WardsAuto Dealer 5 for Friday, May 26. To start your day, we've put together items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:
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The death of the gasoline engine is greatly exaggerated, says commentator John McElroy.
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Ebbing auto sales be darned, this innovative dealer has grand plans to double business.
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Our Flashback this month includes stops at 1948 (when Chrysler workers struck over a proposed 6-cent pay raise), 1958 (when NADA said dealers were losing money) and 1958 (when Chevy debuted the Vega to fight imports; nice try).
“Our labor gross profit is up 24%. Our biggest challenge was having clients leave. About 20% were going somewhere else. With Advanced Service, they are coming back in. I would tell other customers they would be foolish not to try it.” – Clay Caruthers, Service Manager, Land Rover Dallas See how Clay improved
That’s our WardsAuto Dealer 5 for today. We’ll be back soon with more high fives. And to reach the editor for whatever reason (i.e. comments, complaints, questions, directions to Romance, WV; gotta love it), contact Steve Finlay at sfinlay@wardsauto.com . OK, finally... Forward this alert to dealership colleagues. The more in-the-know people at your place, the better it is. Over and out. Now for the legal stuff...
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