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Top 5 Sub-Compact Cars

Posted by dpollak  Published in Home

With gasoline prices soaring, we all intuitively understand that gas sipping cars are quickly becoming the rage. I thought it would be interesting to take three markets, Los Angeles, Chicago and Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, and show you the top five gas sippers in each market. Note that the ranking is based on lowest day’s supply, […]

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9

May

Do profit margins really matter?

Posted by cblackledge  Published in Day's Supply, Gross VS. Turn, Home, Pricing, vAuto

Of course they do. As long as you have a good profit margin on a unit that will sell in your location.
I had a great conversation with Dale last week. This is the meat ‘n’ potatoes of what we discussed.
“What is the days supply in your location?” This is the NEW first […]

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9

May

Are All Apples Created Equal?

Posted by dpollak  Published in Core Inventory, Day's Supply, Home, Pricing, Stocking Inventory, vAuto

If you asked any three top used car managers in the same market to produce a list of the best used vehicles for stock, would these lists look alike? The answer is, probably not. What does this say about the vehicles that are being purchased for our used vehicle inventories? It tells us that our […]

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