MARCH 4, 2020

Hey there. Welcome to the WardsAuto Dealer 5 for Wednesday March 4. To start your day, we've put together items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:

Dealers should lead the way on the new-mobility journey, says Wards Industry Voices contributor John Possumato.

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Introducing Acxiom Auto 360: Combining Consumer Data + Financial Data. A single data-marketing tool using best-in-industry capabilities combining household data sets with credit header data and adding insights to influence a customers next buying decision. A data solution so easy-to-integrate, OEMs and dealers will have a seamless link to additional sales without a disruption to your processes. Watch the Video

Audi will take the lead on R&D within the Volkswagen Group.

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Find out why you need a profit-first inventory strategy.
Hear from Brad Kokesh, General Manager of Inventory+ at DealerSocket, about why his team has been focused on a profit-first inventory management strategy for their dealers since the beginning. They call that strategy Profit Per Day™, find out why you'll call it a game-changer in this margin-compressed market.

To see our U.S. light-vehicle sales chart, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page.

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New RegUSA® simplifies complex cross-border deals in 5 ways.
Now you can gain guidance on collecting only relevant information, compare deals side by side, identify which documents are needed and any conditions required, as well as confirm data accuracy and progress deals faster for all your out-of-state deals.

When a start-up automaker says it’s going dealer-less, it sometimes means it can’t afford to do otherwise. This could be one of those instances.

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The average new-car transaction price will reach $35,538, up 2%, TrueCar forecasts, while adding some affordable vehicles are still out there.

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That’s our WardsAuto Dealer 5 for today. We’ll be back soon with more high fives.

And to reach the editor for whatever reason (i.e. comments, complaints, questions, directions), contact Steve Finlay at sfinlay@wardsauto.com.

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Now for the legal stuff...

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