Car Dealer News for 04-Jun-2007
'Car buyers who use the Internet spend less time at the dealership negotiating prices (EurekAlert!)
In one of the first studies to detail how car purchasing has changed since the advent of the Internet, researchers find that online research has largely supplanted time spent at the dealership, time spent negotiating prices, and use of third-party sources such as Consumer Reports. The study, forthcoming in the June issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, also reveals that the overall time ...
'How Mini Is Going Big on Small Car's MPGs (BrandWeek)
DETROIT -- Mini USA is using its size to its advantage once more with a TV campaign breaking this week that touts the small car's fuel efficiency.
'New-car itch tough to scratch with long loans (Akron Beacon Journal)
John Guido, the dealer principal of Arlington Heights Ford in the Chicago area, thinks his car sales have suffered from a combination of rising car prices and longer loans, leaving fewer buyers in a position to trade for a new vehicle when the new-car itch typically appears after a few years.
'Buying a car? Don't drain your wallet (Dallas Morning News)
You're almost at the end of your car-buying odyssey.
'Car deal collapses but check is cashed (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A dealer first agrees to void the purchase of a previously wrecked car but now refuses to refund the buyer's deposit. See a lawyer, says Bankrate car expert Terry Jackson.
'Car rep enraged him through ethnic insults (Pocono Record)
I was recently at a car dealership in East Stroudsburg to purchase a vehicle. An executive from one of the car manufacturers was in the parking lot speaking to two of the dealer's employees. I overhead his conversation, which was degrading Italian-Americans in the most horrible terms.
'SWCD buys car from local dealer (Tribune Chronicle)
CORTLAND ? The Trumbull Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors approved by a unanimous vote the purchase of a Chevy Trailblazer from Lou Wollam Chevrolet after receiving several bids from local dealerships to compare against the state purchasing program.
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