Opinion: Dealers Must Prepare for Trump Tariffs
Dealers and manufacturers have a major stake in the outcome of the Trump administration’s new tariffs, starting with the pricing of vehicles and parts.
Dealers and manufacturers have a major stake in the outcome of the Trump administration’s new tariffs, starting with the pricing of vehicles and parts.
In the first of a series of F&I Think Tank webinars, attorney Eric Johnson offered a wake-up call to dealers and F&I professionals who thought the industry won a decisive victory over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when the federal agency’s auto finance guidance was rescinded in May.
Heard knows delegation and outsourcing are the quickest path to a work-life balance.
The Dealers’ Choice Awards are the Yelp of vendors and finance sources.
Ziegler believes Uber’s directors should face criminal charges for their role in an Arizona woman’s violent death.
Ziegler returns to list the 20 essential tasks you must master to become an executive GM and reap the financial rewards, including that elusive $500,000 salary.
Ziegler mourns the loss of Gregg Allman as Ford and Hyundai shake up their leadership teams and Carvana struggles to stay afloat.
Ziegler has harsh words for the so-called geniuses behind escalating factory incentives, political support for autonomous vehicles, AutoNation's 'millennial-friendly' pay plan, and the Carvana IPO.
Ziegler remains defiant as alien invaders from distant planets abduct car buyers from the new-car market, aim their ray guns at dealer profitability, and strip your operation of its natural resources.
The Alpha Dawg sets the record straight on Tesla’s troubled lineup, GM’s European misadventures, and Sergio Marchionne’s endless search for a suitable trading partner.
The Alpha Dawg has a lot of ground to cover after a memorable trip to New Orleans, a soul-crushing loss to the Patriots, and more factory mischief than one man can take.
‘Da Man’ has a message for the manufacturers flooding the market with inventory and the dealers who have to sell it off.
The Alpha Dawg says goodbye to recordbreaking sales, uncovers the truth behind Trump vs. Ford, seeks justice for criminals in the executive ranks, and throws ‘The Book’ at Cadillac.
Did you ever try to cancel a lead provider for poor performance and, all of a sudden, their leads started closing at a crazy percentage? 'Da Man' reveals the ugly truth about the lead provider business.
The Alpha Dawg coaches sales managers through a CRM crash, shares advice for desking deals the old-fashioned way, and explains why AutoNation’s rumored pay plan revision and GM’s thrice-delayed Project Pinnacle are doomed to fail.
Ed Bobit, the founder of Bobit Business Media, F&I and Showroom and many more media brands, passed away June 29, 2014, at the age of 86. Bobit was a man of outsized pleasures, but none more than his work and family, which were usually one and the same. Enjoy these photos of "Coach" Bobit enjoying the very full life he led.
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