Comments on: Rolling Up the Red Carpet on Leases http://pantsinacan.com/2008/07/31/rolling-up-the-red-carpet-on-leases/ A Personal Finance Blog with a Silly Name Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dodge Dealer http://pantsinacan.com/2008/07/31/rolling-up-the-red-carpet-on-leases/#comment-37872 Dodge Dealer Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:03:08 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/2008/07/31/rolling-up-the-red-carpet-on-leases/#comment-37872 Running a dealerships website, I can tell you this: According to my website stats, interest in trucks and SUV's never dropped. Not even when gas hit $4 a gallon. Yes, sales did drop - but sales for everything have dropped across the board. Leases were reported as sales, and the drop in leasing alone was enough to cut a lot of dealers 'sales' by over 75% - overnight. Many would say "truck sales are down" for those same dealers, and they technicaly were since trucks and SUV's are the big sellers for all domestics, but the truth is that "no leases" = "overall drop in sales." Running a dealerships website, I can tell you this: According to my website stats, interest in trucks and SUV’s never dropped. Not even when gas hit $4 a gallon.

Yes, sales did drop – but sales for everything have dropped across the board. Leases were reported as sales, and the drop in leasing alone was enough to cut a lot of dealers ‘sales’ by over 75% – overnight.

Many would say “truck sales are down” for those same dealers, and they technicaly were since trucks and SUV’s are the big sellers for all domestics, but the truth is that “no leases” = “overall drop in sales.”

]]> By: Bye-bye? Car leases are on the endangered species list - Smart Spending Blog: Money saving tips from around the web – MSN Money http://pantsinacan.com/2008/07/31/rolling-up-the-red-carpet-on-leases/#comment-31163 Bye-bye? Car leases are on the endangered species list - Smart Spending Blog: Money saving tips from around the web – MSN Money Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:06:56 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/2008/07/31/rolling-up-the-red-carpet-on-leases/#comment-31163 [...] an NBC News report on the Big Three automakers' moves to discourage or totally eliminate leasing, he wrote: "Only being able to drive something that you can actually [...] [...] an NBC News report on the Big Three automakers’ moves to discourage or totally eliminate leasing, he wrote: “Only being able to drive something that you can actually [...]

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