Auction123 Receives Platinum Award for Best Online Inventory Marketing Tools at 2014 Dealers’ Choice Awards
Auction123, the leading provider of inventory marketing solutions for dealerships of all vehicle categories, is the recipient of the Platinum Award for Best Online Inventory Marketing Tools in Auto Dealer Monthly’s 2014 Dealers’ Choice Awards. This marks the fifth year Auction123 has been recognized in these awards.
Powersports Business Institute@AIMExpo Details Announced
For 2014, Powersports Business Iinstitute@AIMExpo will feature 32 educational sessions focused on improving all facets of the powersports retail business model in four key areas: sales and marketing, digital solutions, services and operations, and powering profits.
Harley-Davidson Brings Back the Road Glide for 2015
Weeks before the announcement of its complete 2015 model line-up, Harley-Davidson is previewing the Road Glide and Road Glide Special, two of its new 2015 motorcycles. The two sleek, shark-nose Touring models are being revealed at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
The All-New 2015 Polaris Slingshot is Unleashed
Polaris celebrated 60 years of innovation by introducing the highly anticipated Polaris Slingshot, a 3-wheel roadster that represents the future of on-road driving exhilaration. Slingshot is powered by a 2.4 liter dual-overhead cam engine and a 5-speed manual transmission.
Harley-Davidson’s Project LiveWire Will Appear in Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
The announcement at San Diego Comic-Con confirms Harley’s first electric motorcycle will light-up the screen in another heroic adventure from Marvel, alongside new Street 750. Project LiveWire will be the ride of choice for Natasha Romanoff (a.k.a. Black Widow) played by Scarlett Johansson.
Shifting Gears
Printing All The News That Fits
Accessorizing the Adventure Rider
Adventure motorcycling is bigger than ever. Whether it’s local trail riders or those riders wanting to escape the shackles of civilization for a weekend or longer, getting off the beaten path on a motorcycle just keeps getting more and more popular. Because of the extreme variety of places one can ride a dual sport motorcycle,
Gibbs Adds New Model and Appearance To Its 2014 Quadski Lineup
The Gibbs Quadski, billed as the world’s first high-speed sports amphibian, gets a new front-end appearance and a Quadski XL model added to its lineup for 2014. Compared to the standard Quadski, the new Quadski XL offers seating for two, has 11.8 inches of additional wheelbase, is nearly a foot longer and offers increased storage
Community as a Way of Creating Sales
BMW Motorcycles of Ventura County
The Absolutes of Parts Department Discounting
Make It Easy For The Customer and Your Staff
Mid-Summer Sizzle
How is your dealership cooking up more business?
May Sales Department Performance
This article contains actual dealer data obtained from GSA’s 20-group reporting system. 20-groups consist of dealers from non-competing markets who meet 3 times a year to share financial and best practice information. Their goal is to grow and improve their businesses profitably. In Chart 1, total store gross margins are still light for this group
Five Keys to Finding Your Next Big Lender
Since the 2008 banking crisis, national lenders have changed and tightened their criteria for lending, which has left many dealers and customers in the lurch. One solution for dealing with this is to circumvent the big banks and establish relationships with local lenders. Community banks have a different business model than national banks, which engaged
Black Hills Billet is Open for Business
Black Hills Billet, formerly known as Badlands Motorcycle Products is now open and shipping products form its newly re-organized facility in Sparks, Nevada. Black Hills Billet has over 20 years of experience, specializing in the design and production of Custom Billet Accessories and Lighting.
Mustang Vintage Wide Touring Seats Indian Chief/Chieftain
Riders in Sturgis will be among the first in the nation to sample the two versions of Mustang’s popular Vintage Wide Touring style seat configured to match the all-new Indians. Although both styles offer 16.5″ solo seats that position the rider 1.5″ back from stock, the key difference is cosmetic.
ADP Lightspeed Recruits Experienced Director of Client Services
ADP Lightspeed, a division of ADP and a leading provider of dealer management solutions for powersports, marine, marina and RV industries, ihas announced the hiring of Steve Morton as the new Director of Client Services.