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Feb
2nd

Check out the ANE e-magazine for February

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The latest issue of the Automotive News Europe monthly e-magazine is ready for you to view. This month's edition looks at Europe's big 2014 sales winners and explains why 2015 is off to a positive start.
Feb
2nd

Positive signs seen for 2015 as Europe rebounds from long downturn

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Industry watchers see European sales rising slightly this year as automakers including Ford and Fiat make positive moves such as increasing production and adding staff.
Feb
2nd

Lexus reloads for a shot at luxury title

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Lexus, quickly narrowing the U.S.
Feb
2nd

2015 Rising Star nominations sought

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Automotive News Europe needs your help to identify the Rising Stars in the European automotive industry. The award honors executives with a pan-European profile who have driven change, fostered innovation and made courageous decisions.
Feb
2nd

What dealers can do in good times to prepare for the bad

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Amid forecasts of a sixth year of rising U.S. auto sales, dealers at the NADA convention said they were keenly aware of this industry's cycles. They're closely watching expenses and taking other steps to prepare for the next, inevitable downturn.
Feb
2nd

How Ford kept the GT a secret

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For 14 months, Ford Motor Co. managed to conceal a 600-hp secret in an unassuming basement storage room. The secrecy helped Ford make a big splash with its $200,000-plus GT supercar, and it kept competitors guessing.
Feb
2nd

Free-trade lobbying efforts rev up

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In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama asked Congress to grant his administration wide power to negotiate free-trade deals without too much meddling from lawmakers.
Feb
2nd

Dealer Rezi builds store with his own rules

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Michael Rezi will proudly tell you that they do things differently at his Nissan of Cookeville store, here in this central Tennessee market of 100,000 people. But that is specifically the way the 32-year-old dealer wants it.
Feb
2nd

One of the new breed — from 0 to 24 stores in 1 year

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A year ago, Rick Ford was COO of another dealer's group. Today, with the backing of private equity investors, he's leading a new 13-store dealership group poised to nearly double in size.
Feb
2nd

Moguls, superrich families and private-equity titans prowl for dealerships

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First Warren Buffett. Then George Soros. Who's next? Outside investors are shopping for auto retailers in greater numbers - and with larger checkbooks - than the industry has ever seen.
Feb
2nd

GM is betting on Encore again

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General Motors is sharply boosting Buick Encore production for the U.S., a bet that the petite crossover will continue to sell big despite a slew of coming rivals. GM has expanded production capacity to lift U.S. Encore supply by roughly 50 percent.
Feb
2nd

Final 4 vie for FordDirect software deal

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Ford Motor Co.'s 3,200 U.S. dealerships may buy customer relationship management software at a discount beginning in the third quarter from the winner of four finalist vendors.
Feb
2nd

Toledo mayor in critical condition following cardiac arrest

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Toledo's mayor -- who is leading the city's efforts to keep the Jeep Wrangler in its historic home -- suffered cardiac arrest Sunday afternoon and was in critical condition at a local hospital, The Blade newspaper in Toledo is reporting.
Feb
1st

Nissan’s Diaz leads automaker’s return to Super Bowl after 18-year absence

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Nissan's 18-year hiatus from the Super Bowl ended tonight #8212; thanks to a simple question from sales and marketing chief Fred Diaz: 'Why aren't we in the Super Bowl?'
Feb
1st

Emotion, celebs — and a surprise by Chevy — in automakers’ Super Bowl ads

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On a night filled with emotional themes and celebrities in automakers' Super Bowl ads, Chevrolet pulled out a trick play just before the kickoff: A momentary attempt to fool America into mass hysteria.
Feb
1st

Did automakers’ Super Bowl ads hit or miss with (or without) celebs?

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The Super Bowl's pregame teaser barrage is officially over. Now it's time for the main event. So far, it's been the year of the celebrity for auto advertisers.
Feb
1st

TRW recall shows the mess life-saving airbags have become

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Federal regulators' push for a second recall of 2.1 million cars and trucks whose airbags could go off while driving delivered more cautionary tales about a complex life-saving technology that's had a very bad year.
Feb
1st

Toyota thinks TRD to win younger buyers

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Since 2007, Toyota has been racing the nation's best-selling car, its Camry sedan, in the nation's most-watched motor sports series: NASCAR.
Feb
1st

Mr. Cub made history in the car business, too

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Here's a largely forgotten fact about Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks, who died Jan. 23 at 83: He was a Ford dealer from 1967-71.
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