Where are your new-vehicle profits hiding?
- Dealer News
- 26 November 2024
When you walk into the office of any DP a day before month end and the end of the quarter is looming at the same time, you will expect a fair bit of running around and accompanying tension, with even a bit of screaming and aggression.
Hyundai Hermanus is a small, rural dealership with a real personal touch. They know their local customers by name – they are family, almost. And that is the name of the game to be successful in a smaller, tougher rural market.
Key Group Pietermaritzburg entered the Isuzu Summer Promotion with the aim to win.
When it comes to customer satisfaction and customer experience you will find the best of the best at KIA Randburg, who received two Gold awards at the recent KIA Dealer Awards digital ceremony.
With the motto to start from the bottom and work your way up, and a lifelong experience as a versatile specialist in the automotive diesel electric business of William Swarts from Worcester who has just retired after more than four decades in this trade.
All vehicle sales staff know about the JD Power car ratings that are based on owners’ feedback, but few know the biggest complaint car owners have with their cars is the smell.
Smaller towns suffer more hardship because of the depopulation and migration of people to bigger towns and cities looking for better job opportunities. As with banks and other bigger industries, motor dealers also battle to sustain a viable existence in these towns as the critical mass of running a successful business is shrinking.
After winning the Best Dealer in After Sales awards for 2018 and 2019, the team at Supertech Motorrad in Pinetown say they are already working towards winning their third Best Dealer in After Sales award in 2020.
With a presence in three provinces consisting of four KIA, one Hyundai and one Renault franchise, the LS Group’s establishment could be traced back to the Free State Goldfields.
With close to pre-lockdown sales around the corner, business at one of Bloemfontein’s biggest car dealers is starting to look up. Dealerfloor spoke to Dealer Principal, Peter Scott, at Hyundai Bloemfontein about getting business back on track so to speak.
Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance announced the winners in the 2019 Golden Partner Awards for commercial partnerships.
Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance has announced their winners of the 2019 Golden Partner programme for Franchised Dealers.
Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance has announced their winners of the 2019 Golden Partner programme for non-franchised dealers.
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