Good News For The Dealer Dudes

One minute you're an outcast, the next, you're Mark Reuss' BFF.

Automotive News reports the GM North America president has been letting reinstated GM dealerships know by Facebook...using phrases like "Trust me dude you guys are in!"

Full story here.

8 Vehicles You Probably Didn't Know You Could Still Buy New

 

Looking for a real bargain? Here are 8 cars dealers can't wait to get off their lots...because they aren't even being made anymore. One of them hasn't been in production since Fall 2007, but you can still find it, likely at a big discount.

From Automobile.

Challenger SRT-8 Auction Dispute Goes Face To Face Saturday

We've been following the story of the Southern California Dodge dealer who put a 2009 SRT-8 up on eBay, found itself with a winning bid of only $29,100 and claims a computer glitch erased their $42,995 reserve, only to have eBay say that couldn't and didn't happen.

Now, Jalopnik reports the bidder and the dealer will be sitting down to talk with each other tomorrow.

The winning bidder posts to the Challenger Talk Forums under the name "Hitman". Here's a link to the most recent page of the thread about the auction gone wrong as of post time. Hit "next" if the page count is above 115 when you get there.