Car Dealer News for 10-Sep-2007
'UK: Car dealers largely happy but fret about future (just-auto) Relationships between car makers and their UK dealers are "stable and largely positive" despite this year's variable trading climate, according to a new survey.
'Customer's wish for hot car gets him in hotter water (The Flint Journal) FLINT TWP. - A used-car saleswoman had a feeling she had a hot prospect in front of her. She didn't know quite how hot.
'Dealer Calls Cops After Pot Stash Stolen (Sun-Sentinel) A marijuana dealer telephoned police after armed thieves stole his quarter-pound stash of pot. The 19-year-old Felton man told police that two men, one of them armed with a handgun, robbed him at gunpoint as he sat in his car on Tuesday night.
'Line up car financing first (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) Shop for your car loan before visiting a dealer, advises Bankrate car expert Terry Jackson.
'Autobytel Dealer Sales and Closing Ratios Soar on Company's Rapid Response Program; More Than 1,300 Dealers Have Joined ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) IRVINE, Calif.----Autobytel Inc., a leading automotive Internet marketing services company, today announced results from one of the company's innovative dealer business generation programs, Rapid Response.
'Credit Challenged Car Buyers Find Help Online (Benton Evening News) (ARA) - Eighty percent of all Americans have at least one blemish on their credit reports. And a third of all consumers have credit scores so bad that they may have difficulty securing a car loan.
'USED CAR BUYERS GET PROTECTION (Bangkok Post) Metered-taxi operator Anupong Sampanthapong wanted to buy another car for his business. He found a used Toyota Altis at a dealer on Mahaisawan road. After checking the overall condition and test-driving the car on a busy road for about 10 minutes, he agreed to buy it for 595,000 baht.
'Courtesy car confusion rocks readers (AutoExpress) Are you entitled to a free courtesy car if your vehicle is being repaired? Our readers seem to think so. They regularly write to us complaining that garages have failed to supply a temporary set of wheels while their model was in the workshop.
'Car dealer says giant Old Glory is worth cost (El Paso Times) LAS CRUCES -- Patriotism in Las Cruces is growing -- at least at one business. A bigger-than-before U.S. flag is now fluttering in the breeze over Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac at South Main Street and Boutz Road.
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