WardsAuto Dealer 5
WardsAuto Dealer 5
 

MAY 3, 2017

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Hey there. Welcome to the WardsAuto Dealer 5 for Wednesday, May 3. To start your day, we've put together items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:

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GM dealers delivered 244,406 light vehicles last month, compared with 259,557 in the same period last year, according to WardsAuto data

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Sales of more than 5,000 F-Series Super Duty trucks combined with steady light-duty F-Series volume to push Ford pickup sales past the 70,000 mark in April, but car sales continued to plummet.

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In a WardsAuto Q&A, Kia of America’s Orth Hedrick discusses sales, capacity challenges and an intensely competitive U.S. market.

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The nation's whacky weather claimed another victim when a tornado struck this dealership in East Texas.

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“Now for the latest dealer news from CBT Automotive.

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“Our labor gross profit is up 24%. Our biggest challenge was having clients leave. About 20% were going somewhere else. With Advanced Service, they are coming back in. I would tell other customers they would be foolish not to try it.”
– Clay Caruthers, Service Manager, Land Rover Dallas

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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, contact Steve Finlay at sfinlay@wardsauto.com .

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