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Car Dealer Power: Last chance to enter

TIME is running out to have your say on which car manufacturers and suppliers are the best to do business with. Our Car Dealer Power survey – sponsored by G3 Glasscoat – closes on June 1. These awards are the only gongs voted for by those that really matter – you, the dealers – which [...]

	Power sales at Pageant
THE Cheshire-based Cholmondeley Pageant of Power is offering car manufacturers and dealers an ‘unrivalled opportunity’ in 2012. The event, which will take place June 15-17, will enable manufacturers and dealers an unrivalled opportunity to market and sell cars to potential customers from across the north of England and the Midlands, says organisers. Last year exhibitors [...]

	Proton partners WMS
PROTON dealers will now be offering WMS Group’s ‘Safe and Sound’ used car warranties and customer satisfaction scheme. The partnership between the Malaysian car manufacturer Car Dealer Power winners WMS will see the seven element warranty package endorsed by Sir Stirling Moss OBE rolled out to Proton dealers through the UK. Eric Stone, business development director [...]

	Blog: It’s that time again – Car Dealer Power
IT’S THAT time again when we ask for your help. Last year Car Dealer Power rattled quite a few cages in the automotive industry. Your responses to our survey meant some manufacturers didn’t end up where they wanted to in our list of the best car makers to represent. In fact a couple even took it [...]

	Car Dealer Power 2012 launches
OUR SURVEY which puts you in the driving seat is back – and this year it’s bigger and better than ever! Car Dealer Power are the only awards voted for by the people who matter most – you, the dealers – and this year we’re giving you the chance to celebrate even more of the very [...]

		Autotrade-mail’s aid
		AUTOTRADE-MAIL has launched a new facility giving dealers greater flexibility in doing business. Members will now be able to collect and deliver vehicles between themselves at the touch of a button. The 2010 Car Dealer Power award winner for Lead Generation has introduced the service to ease ever increasing time pressures on dealerships and showroom [...]
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		Buyers hate ignored calls
		UNANSWERED telephone calls are buyers’ biggest bugbear when it comes to interacting with car dealers. That’s according to Auto Express Magazine’s survey of 20,000 motorists in its Driver Power survey. The poll found that some 30 per cent of respondents were annoyed their calls to both franchised and independent dealers simply rang and rang. Second [...]
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		Car Dealer Power: Winners and losers
		THE results of our Car Dealer Power survey are out – and there are some shock winners and losers! Nissan swooped to victory and was named the Car Dealer Power winner after top scoring with an incredible 91 per cent. The marque scored six Faultless averages and two Excellents in our survey that aimed to [...]
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		Car Dealer Power – BE QUICK!
		THERE are just hours left until our survey to find the best car manufacturers and suppliers closes. Car Dealer Power – which quizzes franchised and independent dealers about their business relationships – closes tomorrow. Early results have revealed some very interesting stats – with some surprise manufacturers languishing at the bottom of the pile. If you [...]
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		16.04.10: Why Car Dealer Power is so important
		BIAS. It’s a thing that everyone has, whether we think we do or not. We might have been given poor service by a particular branch of a particular shop, and we’ll think that all the stores in that chain are as bad, often unfairly. Similarly, if we think one product in a manufacturer’s line-up is [...]
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		Car Dealer Power up!
		JUST a month into the launch of Car Dealer Power and we’ve been inundated with surveys already… …but we still need your help! Whether you’re a dealer large or small we’d like you to take two minutes out of you hectic schedule to give us some feedback. Car Dealer Power is about finding the best car manufacturers [...]
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		Car Dealer Power: Have your say!
		TODAY we’re launching our most ambitious project yet. It’s called Car Dealer Power and we need YOUR help! Car Dealer Power is a special survey that will help us find the best car manufacturer in the UK to represent as well as the best suppliers to do business with. And as a thank you for [...]
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		Car Dealer Power: The Prizes!
		CAR DEALER POWER is simple to fill in and we’re offering some great prizes to those that help. Remember, Car Dealer Power is confidential but without your mobile phone number we can’t let you know you’ve won, so if you want to be entered to win one of these great prizes make sure you include [...]
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		11.03.10: Why we need YOUR help!
		WHY is it when the waiter comes over halfway through a meal and asks if everything is okay, we just say ‘oh yes, thank you’? Even when the food resembles a Big Mac that’s been through a dishwasher, reheated and slapped on your plate with a rotten cockle accompaniment, most of us still nod our [...]
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