CNW’s September Retail Automotive Summary

The CNW Sep­tem­ber Retail Auto­mo­tive Sum­mary is now available.

Here are some of the headlines:

♦ Three Trends to Watch: Younger Buy­ers Return­ing; Used Leas­ing Grow­ing; Box-Store CPO Sat­is­fac­tion
♦ Sep­tem­ber Lead­ing to monthly sales gain; Sub­Prime Rock­ets
♦ Jit­ters down; Clos­ing Ratios up
♦ Sep­tem­ber Used Sales Ahead of Year Ago
♦ Used Diesels in Grow­ing Demand
♦ NEW COLUMN: Jesse S: Socially Speak­ing -- Hash­tag as a Busi­ness Tool

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