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NewsMarch 27, 2012

Consumers Using Home Equity to Buy Cars Again

The use of home equity loans to buy new cars is on the rise again, though not nearly to pre-recession levels, according to Bandon, Ore.-based CNW Research’s Art Spinella.

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NewsMarch 27, 2012

Rewarded Customers Visit and Spend More Annually, New Study Finds

Customers enrolled in dealer loyalty programs not only visit more, they spend and buy more cars, MediaTrac's new study concludes.

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NewsMarch 27, 2012

Noarus Group Launches New Website for Calif. Dealerships

Noarus Auto Group launched a new multi-dealer website called “OC Car Dealers.” It will serve as the parent site for its California-based OC Nissan Irvine, OC Nissan Garden Grove, Toyota Place and Scion Place.

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NewsMarch 27, 2012

SFG Finance Adds to Executive Team

BHPH portfolio buyer names Robert Chickowski senior vice president and manager of portfolio acquisitions. He will supervise the company’s due diligence and portfolio acquisition efforts.

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NewsMarch 27, 2012

Pied Piper Sees Improvement in Internet-Lead Response Times

Lexus, Infiniti and Acura dealerships lead industrywide improvement in response times to Internet leads, Pied Piper's annual study concludes.

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NewsMarch 27, 2012

Embracing Tech Critical to Dealer Profitability, Firm Says

Business advisory firm sees stronger balance sheets and increased net worth for dealers this year, but warns that technology adoption will be the key to profitability going forward.

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NewsMarch 22, 2012

Q1 Sales Rate Outpacing Annual Forecast, Reports JD Power

New-vehicle retail sales are on track to end the first quarter particularly strong, with performance in March continuing the trend from the past several months, according to J.D. Power and Associates and LMC Automotive.

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NewsMarch 22, 2012

Dealer Service Tops Independents in Satisfaction Study

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2012 U.S. CSI Study gave dealer service departments high marks for customer service, revealing that the experience vehicle owners get in the service drive exceeded the experience they get form independent shops.

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NewsMarch 22, 2012

New Marketing Service Launches for Dealers

Automotive marketing company uNotifi is helping car dealers and service centers improve their marketing results by augmenting data from their customer database with lifestyle information.

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NewsMarch 22, 2012

DealerRater Enhances Dealer Certification Program

DealerRater announced new enhancements for its DealerRater Push product and MyReviews pages.

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