
Variations on a Theme – Lease Packing
Dealers must be careful they don’t run afoul of the law when it comes to such deceptive practices, as there are many cases pointing to the potential bad ends of such deals.
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Dealers must be careful they don’t run afoul of the law when it comes to such deceptive practices, as there are many cases pointing to the potential bad ends of such deals.
Read More →Compact, subcompact and pickup segments will push industry up 6.6 percent over 2012, Polk predicts. The firm also says the industry will return to the 16 million-unit level by 2015.
Read More →Reuters reported on Dec. 24 that the Carlyle Group and KKR & Co. LP have emerged as the lead bidders for Reynolds and Reynolds Co. The deal could be worth $5 billion.
Read More →A good meet and greet in the showroom should seamlessly transition into an F&I manager’s discovery process. But before you ask your next customer how many miles he or she averages per year, check out John Vecchioni’s F&I Tip of the Week.
Read More →American Suzuki Motor Corp. announced this week that 213 of its 219 U.S. dealers have accepted its terms to halt new-car sales in the U.S. market.
Read More →The FTC is proposing changes to the Used Car Buyers Guide. But the commission made clear it is not looking to burden dealers with its proposed modifications.
Read More →United Development Systems' Gerry Gould explains why it’s critical that F&I managers get involved on the showroom floor when they’re not working a deal.
Read More →The credit reporting agency attributes the rise in the auto loan 60-day delinquency rate to seasonal patterns, says the rate is still down 56 percent from a recession high of 0.86 percent.
Read More →United Car Care's John Vecchioni says it’s OK for F&I managers to use sales meetings to update the sales team on outstanding deals, but the F&I Professor says it’s even better if the F&I manager can share a closing experience to help those struggling sales consultants.
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Attendees of the magazine’s annual conference gathered to hear how six top trainers view the road ahead for the F&I industry. What they heard was a familiar rallying cry.
Read More →There are two things every finance manager must determine when working with a customer. United Car Care’s John Vecchioni explains how those two things will shape how the menu is presented in F&I’s Tip of the Week.
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