For the second straight year, car buyers said “quality” is the most influential factor when shopping for a vehicle in CarMax Inc.'s annual consumer survey, with more than double the amount of respondents choosing quality over price in this year’s study.
Read More →The hefty discounts and incentives offered by car manufacturers helped lure shoppers away from malls and onto automotive Websites over the Thanksgiving weekend, reports Dataium, an aggregator of online automotive shopping activity.
Read More →Bank of America and DataScan Field Services have launched a new Website that will provide used-car buyers with everything they’ll need to complete a vehicle purchase online.
Read More →Gerry Gould says the best way to handle phone-in and Internet leads is to get involved early on. UDS’s director of training also shares a few tips on converting cash and credit union customers to dealership financing.
Read More →Experian Automotive's and Experian Hitwise's joint analysis of second quarter shopping and purchasing trends revealed that the gap between market share of branded searches and new-vehicle registrations has closed, indicating that searches precluded actual purchase.
Read More →AutoTrader.com announced that Hyundai captured five of the top 20 spots for certified pre-owned "Big Movers" on the Website in September.
Read More →If you don’t have your showroom act down, shame on you. If you need a little help with handling Internet and phone-in leads, then read on.
Read More →A report by NADAguides revealed that domestic brands experienced the only increase in consumer interest on NADAguides.com during the third quarter.
Read More →A study by J.D. Power and Associates indicated that the number of car shoppers that use their smartphones to shop for vehicles on the Internet has increased by more than 40 percent since last year.
Read More →AutoTrader.com’s New Car Insights Report for September indicated that new-model entries in the compact car segment gained considerable increases in consumer interest on the site.
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