The Volkswagen emissions scandal continues. VW hasn’t fully clarified what it will do for owners of the affected vehicles, which also leaves VW dealers hanging. Meanwhile, VW has withdrawn applications for EPA certification for 2-liter engine 2016 diesel models in the U.S., which means there is no timeline for when they can be sold.
I wrote about this situation last week, and in my story in Automotive Buy Sell Report. Mark Johnson, one of our contributors, said it could, in the long term, be good for VW dealers. Johnson wanted to expand on that thought and sent us a video instead of a column. He does a good job of laying out the different issues and why it could work in dealers’ favor. Check out the video on our site. (If other contributors are interested in submitting video columns rather than written, check with me. If the topic is a current news topic, as is the VW scandal, we would welcome it.)
We’re getting away from VW in this week’s issue, which is all about Jaguar Land Rover. First, attorney Leonard Bellavia looks at how facility image programs can throw a monkey wrench into a buy/sell deal and uses JLR’s program as an example.
Image program or not, it seems Jaguar Land Rover dealers could see a lot of new business in the next few years because of new model introductions by JLR. The automaker is targeting the hot entry luxury segment. Dealers will get some marketing help, which may or may not help assuage any gripes they feel because of a facility upgrade.
Of course we also have Transaction News.
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