Hackomotive: Reinventing the Automotive Shopping Experience

Let’s make a deal, cupcake!

Let’s play word association…… “CAR DEALERSHIP”…… what comes to mind first?

Was it the memory of an outstanding shopping experience? Or was it visions of hours spent in negotiations, bouncing from dealership to dealership (tha is IF you’re allowed to leave). Or, was in that shady stereotypical car salesman doing “whatever” it took to make a deal “today”?

Chances are For most, buying a vehicle will be the 2nd largest purchase they will ever make, yet it remains an unpleasant, anxiety-filled experience that has changed little even with the benefit of online resources.

Hackomotive is a two-day challenge that focuses

2013 Dodge Dart gets all Moparized

2013 Dodge Dart gets all Moparized

Dodge Dart Most Offered in Compact-car Segment:

 

January 10, 2012 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – When the all-new 2013 Dodge Dart arrives in showrooms later this year, consumers will have a full menu of more than 150 Mopar® accessories and performance parts from which to choose.

“By itself, our new Dodge Dart will stand out in the compact-car crowd,” said Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO of Mopar, Chrysler Group LLC’s service, parts and customer-care brand. “But for those who want even more

A Well Timed Return to Today

So I’m back…. in the auto biz that is! My three year (not so) “vacation” to play full-time mom, dad, chauffeur, tutor, peace-keeper, etc while my wife buckled down at school to complete a Physicians Assistant program has come to an end. Is it natural that an industry owning twelve years of my life would be the place that I plug back in to pick up where I left off?

Where did I leave off? Well, as a commercial fleet sales manager for a Phoenix area Ford dealership, 2007 hit me like a ton of bricks!

How long do you keep a vehicle?

I’m all over the board on this one myself! I’ve had cars and trucks for as little as three months and have run them till the wheels have fallen off. Literally! Where do you fall?