DETROIT — Honda Civic compact car on dealer lots was criticized for being cheap and boring, the company still sold almost 326,000 of them last year.Honda unveiled the new 2016 version in Detroit on Wednesday. The 10th generation Civic will come in sedan, coupe, hatchback.Their inside are much bigger and gives them a more athletic stance for better handling. With new engines, transmissions and suspensions, which will make them more efficient and more fun to drive than the outgoing model. The new version was and engineered in the U.S., and German luxury automakers designed the quality...
“Today, crude oil prices, the main ingredient for gasoline, is less than half the price it was a year ago,” said Nuuanu gas station owner Barney Robinson, “so that’s why we’re enjoying lower prices today.”Hawaii ranks among the highest average of gas prices, but Robinson said the state will no longer be on the top of the list. It now trails Nevada, California and Alaska.“California has a supply problem,” explained Robinson, “and they have a boutique gasoline requirement, so when they have a supply problem, it always drives gas (prices) up t...
China’s Black Monday sent the western markets into a tail-spin. And even though it was not as bad of a tail-spin as it was anticipated, it nevertheless sent the rest of the world stock markets —principally in the west, into a “Correction Mode.” And for good measure.When the markets close on Tuesday, we will know if investors decided to drive a strong recovery or if it all was left to spiral down deeper into the red abyss. Whatever happens, the general public will have now to learn a very strong and harsh truth: What happens around the world or outside our bo...
Most car buyers today want the car buying experience to be easy and less stressful than they imagine it should be. The question which arises for a car salesman is how to make the selling process more informal and unconstraining, so that the customers were very happy with their experience and give the dealership and the car salesman only favorable reviews.Some of the great tips and advice for car salesmen that can improve the trading process and help establishing a more confidential atmosphere while communicating with the potential buyers, are presented in this article. To optimize t...
With the Great Economic and Financial Recession that began with the U.S. in 2007 and 2008, standard business schemes are no more sufficient in the automotive industry. In order to return to pre-2007 numbers companies have to rely on specific new dealership marketing tools including specialized websites, softwares, social media, but also unconventional promotions and events. One of the most vital dealership marketing tools are websites. On numerous classifieds and auto auctions on line you have the ability to browse through current inventories, send inquiries, chat with customer service represe...
