Posts Tagged ‘automobile dealers association’
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Spend more for the cutting edge of luxury and style, and you could wind up taking a larger whack than most when it's time to trade in that sled. The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is reporting that premium luxury vehicles actually have the highest annual depreciation rate. The reason......
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
At the end of World War II, GM "put a dealership in every little hamlet" to keep up with the postwar boom. Sixty years later, in 2005, long after that boom had ended and every domestic maker was losing market share, GM had 15,094 dealerships. By 2007 GM had reduced that to 14,118 dealers. But if GM ......
Tags: automobile dealers association, chevrolet dealer, dale willey, detroit news, dodge dealer, ford dealership, franchise laws, gm, market share, national automobile dealers, national automobile dealers association, overseas competition, parent company, pontiac buick, postwar boom, rick wagoner, sixty years, state franchise, toyota dealer, world war ii
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Saturday, July 21st, 2007
A few days ago we posted on the price discrepancy between identical vehicles sold in the U.S. and Canada. The discrepancy was always there, but became apparent when the value of the Canadian Loonie reached parity with the U.S. dollar recently. It was then that consumers couldn't ignore the fact that......
Tags: automakers, automobile dealers association, bleier, Canada U.S. price discrepancy, CanadaU.s.PriceDiscrepancy, canadian automobile, canadian cars, canadian dollar, canadian loonie, Class Action, class action lawsuit, class action suit, Class-actionLawsuit, clauses, discrepancies, discrepancy, issue at hand, loonie, national automobile dealers, national automobile dealers association, new cars, parity, price discrepancy, PriceDiscrepancy, returning to canada, selling cars, warranty work
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Monday, August 14th, 2006
The latest round of reports coming out of the Nissan-Renault-GM talks are quite sensational. Although there have been hints that Ford is on Carlos Ghosn's speed dial should things go sour with GM, according to the latest newsletter from the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIAD......
Tags: AIADA, auto channel, automobile dealers association, bill ford, billion dollars, carlos ghosn, CarlosGhosn, final decision, ford talks, general motors, gm, gm ford, gm talks, international automobile dealers, nissan renault, renault, renault alliance, renault nissan, rick wagoner, RickWagoner, simple request, speed dial, wall street journal
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Sunday, August 13th, 2006
The latest round of reports coming out of the Nissan-Renault-GM talks are quite sensational. Although there have been hints that Ford is on Carlos Ghosn's speed dial should things go sour with GM, according to the latest newsletter from the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIAD......
Tags: AIADA, auto channel, automobile dealers association, bill ford, billion dollars, carlos ghosn, CarlosGhosn, final decision, ford talks, general motors, gm, gm ford, gm talks, international automobile dealers, nissan renault, renault, renault alliance, renault nissan, rick wagoner, RickWagoner, simple request, speed dial, wall street journal
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
Automotive mogul Malcolm Bricklin announced Wednesday that he has signed Marianne McInerney, former President of the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) to be his Executive Vice President of Dealer/Industry Relations at Visionary Vehicles. The CEO is best known for his inst......
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Friday, May 27th, 2005
The American International Automobile Dealers Association has an excellent website. A recent column by Marty Bernstein breaks down some interesting numbers from a recent survey exclusive to the site, about the top 14 (why 14?) reasons people buy new cars. We won't ruin the surprise for you, but go c......
Tags: automobile dealers association, bernstein, buick, car brands, ford, interesting numbers, international automobile dealers, lexus, moe, new cars, props, simpsons, surprise, top car, toyota, volkswagen
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2005
The National Automobile Dealers' Association (NADA) is fed up with manufacturers' Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) surveys. Last October, NADA Chairman Alan Starling called the time-consuming surveys "broken" and claimed they "undermine dealership operations". Now NADA's getting even......
Tags: automobile dealers association, customer satisfaction index, dealership experience, dealership operations, friends and family, nada, national automobile dealers, national automobile dealers association, nbsp, starling, surveys
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