We take a closer look at how new car sales are performing across Europe and the picture is not looking rosy.
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Topics: car purchase, Aftersales, selling, buying, automotive, car buying, petrol
45% of people want face-to-face guidance from a dealer during the car buying journey. The main elements people want guidance with is the vehicle (67%), warrantee and maintenance (68%), and finance options (37%).
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Topics: digital, car purchase, dealer software, buying
I recently read an article that talked about a recent study by Marketing Delivery. It found that 57% of UK motorists said they would be less likely to purchase a new vehicle from a dealership that made an error such as their name or details of their current vehicle.
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Topics: dealerships, digital, car purchase, buying
Millennials. If you google the term you will get a number of different descriptions but Millennials are people who are born from 2001 onwards. As I’m classed as a generation Y it’s safe to say I feel old! But jokes aside, there is common misconception of Millennials- they are tight! Well Ally Bank reported that millennials are not buying cars less often than baby boomers or members of Generation X. They are saving money for longer periods before purchasing.
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Topics: technology, dealerships, millenials, car purchase, selling, buying, finance, car buying
When it comes to customer retention, I know this is every dealership’s primary goal but it’s easier said than done. The car buying process has changed because the customer has. We now live in a digital world which allows the customer to be firmly in the driving seat. The modern customer now has a range of dealers, service options and price plans to choose from, and all with the click of a button.
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Topics: retention, digital, car purchase, selling, repurchase
There are a lot of stages to the modern car-buyer journey. The majority of the process is now online, with customers coming into dealerships only when they have a clear idea of what they’re buying, at the end of their buying journey.
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Topics: customer experience, technology, dealerships, customer satisfaction, integration, communication, car purchase, Customerlounge, buyer Journey, personalisation
Before the digital age changed the way we shop, buying a car was a long process of more than five dealer visits and a lot of questions, answered mostly by the dealership.
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Topics: technology, dealerships, millenials, online, digital, social media, car purchase
