auto dealers

The new consumer financial protection agency won't oversee auto dealers.

Most small businesses are having trouble finding loans and credit lines these days, but auto dealers are in their own special financing hell.

Their inventory is expensive, their industry is in shambles, and their largest lenders are in tatters.

With some auto dealers backing out of the Cash for Clunkers program because of slow reimbursements from the federal government, car companies are coming to their aid to keep sales going.

John Dimsdale reports.

Unlike mass-market auto dealers, sellers of upscale models haven’t bent over backward to sell vehicles. But a serious buyer may still get a deal.

Auto dealers are forevering selling, but Software Advantage Consulting is trying to get them to buy its new software.

The Sterling Heights-based firm hopes this years proves to be a break-out year for its products that help streamline car selling.