Amusingly, I am leasing a 200C that has almost all the options; no engine block heater, as it does not get ‘freeze my oil’ cold in (this part of) the Midwest, though. In my defense, I work for a dealer group that has Chrysler in it and got a pretty solid deal - nothing else looked good, I refuse to own the same car…

The sites I manage, we struggle with this in the design philosophy occasionally. We're carrying (between three rooftops) around 1000-1100 cars, pretty routinely, about 55-60% of that new, so getting people to the car they want can be an exercise in frustration.

I did a nationwide search; found 115 of the 2015 SS models available, of which 7 were manual and all but one was showing as Newly Listed on AutoTrader - I think the window for that banner is like a week. It's far more likely that they started production of the automatics first and scaled manual down because the take…

We've got a standing policy that the only time we mark a car up is when we've added something to justify the increase (like, say, a lifted truck with warranty for using OEM parts plus an appearance package). In those cases, we do include an addendum sticker with a summary breakdown and a copy of the equipment we've…

The day that I had to explain to one salesperson what a Limited Slip Differential was and then shortly after tell another why it was called a V6 engine, was the day I finally and entirely stopped trusting other people's knowledge level, especially salespeople.

For all the online coursework some of them have to do (Ask…

Unbelievably, this is the "worst" I can find for sale locally, barring some track prepped cars, but that's a noble death for any car: http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/4646187040…

Chevrolet was (I think they still are? I am woefully ignorant on this, I will look it up later... way later) doing this last I checked. We actually have a little form a customer has to sign acknowledging that they are in fact aware that GM is providing them tire rotations, oil changes and inspections at scheduled…

I wound up leasing a Dodge Charger R/T Plus in Jazz Blue Pearlcoat without the sunroof. V8 and RWD are an easy sell for me, plus we have a Chrysler franchise in the group so I got a silly discount.

I wound up buying the Charger R/T Plus (no sunroof) for a few reasons. First, we sell Chrysler products, so I got an idiotic dealer discount on a lease, on top of some stuff for being a VW owner at the time. Second, because V8. Third, because RWD.

On the one hand, I kind of want to like it for the things they're trying to accomplish. On the other hand, it looks like a total dumpster fire. I remember the old site (was cross-shopping a Touareg against... um, a Volvo S60 T6 R-Design and a Dodge Charger R/T Plus; stop judging me) and it was a pretty decent affair.…

You can sidestep some of the rigmarole, go in not asking to buy a car from them but just that you want to sell them your car - we do this all the time, many dealers do. I can't speak for how other dealers handle things, but we don't have our service techs or anyone in service actually look at a car during the…

Don't get too wrapped up just in trade value or you might lose sight of the big picture. A decent dealer is going to be able to justify the number they give you on your trade; ACV (actual cash value) for your vehicle is probably not going to happen, unless it's being made up for somewhere else. We factor our average…

I don't work directly on the sales floor, but I get to see how everything works "under the hood" (desking, incentives, advertising, site design, pricing, etc) at our dealer group and compare it to how others in our area and around the country do things. The above advice is excellent.