Perspective on the
Auto Sales Plateau
Total Vehicles Sold by Year
Units in Millions
U.S. Unemployment Rate by Year
Consumer credit rose at a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of 5.5% in Q3 2017
The sky is not falling.
There is still plenty of business available. While that business lasts, this is the time for dealers to regroup and re-address their go-forward plans with the focus on increasing back-end margins.
Train your team to focus on penetration rates over product pricing.
Ensure your F&I products match your inventory and customer demographic.
List your F&I product
information online.
Review your pay plans to ensure they are motivating and realistic.
The median price of a home
has risen to $319,700
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Consumer has a general idea of the products offered. They know which products they want, and they come in to the finance office with questions. With genuine interest in what the F&I manager has to say, their guards are down.
They want to buy.
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Consumer knows nothing
about F&I products
until they reach
the finance office.
Sources: Automotive News, CNN, Federal Reserve, Bureau of Labor and Statistics