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„The flip side of this success is how Toyota dealers will handle both brands doing extremely well. According to an article in Automotive News, many dealers are suffering more growing pains than the Seavers because of the success of their Scion and Toyota brands. Scion's dealership plan was and will continue to be dependent on an existing Toyota mother-dealership, with most Scion retail space set aside in a dedicated corner of the showroom ...“

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Urban Science and ChannelVantage Launch Second Generation Lead Qualification... | Auto Newswire Article from Motor Trend (#)

„"The automotive industry is allocating an increasing percentage of its resources to generate and manage leads. Recognizing and prioritizing those leads for automotive dealers, or any retailer for that matter, is a natural progression in improving retail effectiveness," said Jim Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Urban Science. "We are proud that our experience and proven track record have allowed us to add GM to our growing roster of clients in this area."“

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Autoblog (#)

„While those already selling DC products would not be required to build a stand-alone Smart showroom, they would have to dedicate 2,000 sq feet to the product and provide a separate entrance. Automotive News reports dealers would be expected to invest about $300,000 apiece for the priviledge of selling Smarts. AutoNation, which runs 13 Mercedes dealerships, says it is among 400 candidates hoping to get Smart franchises.“

http://www.autoblog.com/category/smart/ - Cached

MARKETING WEEKLY -- Outsell’s Mike Wethingon in On the Mark; Edgy Ads; More (#)

„In the last year, there has been a 32% increase in the number of Internet shoppers who desire to complete price negotiations online before coming into the dealership to buy. The number of shoppers who want to get to this stage is currently 56% - that means over half of automotive shoppers want price negotiations completed online before setting foot in the dealership. And that's really quite significant.“

http://www.automotivedigest.com/ marketingmgmtweekly.html - Cached

CARS Chat Auto dealers' political agenda (#)

„Auto dealers send unwanted faxes to consumers, advertising “deals,” using up consumers’ paper and toner, and tying up their fax machines. One of the auto dealers’ top priorities in Washington is to “keep a Federal Communications Commission regulation to ban unsolicited commercial faxes from taking effect.” (Automotive News, March 7, 2005)“

http://www.carconsumers.com/blog/?cat=15 - Cached

Autextremist Research Homepage (#)

„a survey of 422 auto industry professionals--including OEM and supplier management, engineers, designers, dealers, and automotive public relations and advertising agencies“

http://www.autoextremist.com/research/ reports.html - Cached

 

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Posted at March 7, 2007 03:43 PM