AUTOS

Dealer Satisfaction With Auto Makers Flat: Car and truck dealers may be selling everything in sight and collecting bigger profits this year, but their satisfaction with auto makers hasn’t grown, a new survey says. J.D. Power & Associates said its annual index of dealer attitudes shows no improvement in how dealers feel about car companies. The main reason is too much success, the Agoura Hills marketing firm said. Auto makers can’t build enough hot-selling models to meet buyer demand. Auto makers have streamlined their operations to respond more quickly when demand increases. But the new, leaner operations can’t build popular models fast enough in a year when overall vehicle sales are up more than 8%.