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Jun
13th

M-Sport Ford Ranger pick-up gets the Raptor treatment

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News 13 Jun, 2016

Beefy Ford Ranger pick-up by M-Sport gets F-150 Raptor-inspired styling tweaks and extra off-road additions

Jun
13th

M-Sport Ford Ranger – pictures

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Jun
13th

Industry experts see limited F&I growth ahead

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Auto dealers' FandI profit per vehicle is booming. Most industry insiders expect per-unit FandI profit growth to continue, but they say the period of double-digit increases is over.
Jun
13th

Chevy opens an aluminum can on Ford

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A Chevy ad campaign built on the floor of Ford's gashed-up pickup bed makes the one-upmanship typically seen in truck marketing look like a schoolyard shoving match. Why did Chevy hit so hard?
Jun
13th

DARCARS: A succession plan gone awry

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Many family-owned dealerships have opaque succession plans. In DARCARS' case, the issue, which had simmered unresolved for years, eventually led to a lawsuit filed by Tamara Darvish against DARCARS, now run by her half brothers, and her father.
Jun
13th

Dealers see FandI profits returning to Earth

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Auto dealers' FandI profit per vehicle is soaring. Most industry insiders expect per-unit FandI profit growth to continue, but they say the period of double-digit increases is over.
Jun
13th

124 Spider: America’s best Fiat

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The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider is stylish, fun to drive and priced well under $30,000 for all but the top version.
Jun
13th

How a dealer tackled inventory problem

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Smart dealership managers are remembering the lessons they learned in the Great Recession. For them, stocking the right vehicles at the right time allows their stores to turn inventory quickly and profitably.
Jun
13th

Volvo’s hopes for S90 flagship

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Volvo Car USA expects to sell about 15,000 of its new S90 flagship in a full year and capture about 5 percent of the midsize import sedan segment.
Jun
13th

How to give control back to hands-off drivers?

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As industry engineers and designers contemplate the transition to more vehicle autonomy, they're looking especially hard at what happens when drivers take control of a car that has been in autonomous mode.
Jun
13th

A car that knows how you feel

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BMW CEO Harald Krueger said the breakneck speed of technological advances is giving automakers new rivals such as Tesla but also new opportunities in areas such as artificial intelligence.
Jun
13th

ATandT touts its car connections

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ATandT, which provides wireless services for a growing number of automotive brands, has launched its first ad campaign touting the benefits of wireless connectivity in vehicles.
Jun
13th

Is Ford moving on mobility?

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As automakers align themselves with partners from Silicon Valley, Ford has been conspicuously quiet. What is Ford up to?
Jun
13th

World changes, but Nissan’s GT-R still screams

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Sales of Nissan's GT-R are almost too small to bother with. But the automaker continues to invest in a new generation of its pricey sports car, and for good reason.
Jun
13th

As EchoPark expands, format becomes flexible

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Sonic Automotive is discovering that it has to be flexible in the design of its stand-alone EchoPark used-car stores as it seeks to expand into more markets. Stores' footprints, height and even service offerings will vary to meet local requirements.
Jun
12th

Reinventing the steering wheel

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As we enter the autonomous-vehicle age, some wonder whether the steering wheel might suffer the same fate as the tiller, which disappeared from cars after guiding the first horseless carriages.
Jun
12th

Tech race pits haves vs. have-nots

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Self-driving cars -- or more precisely, the technology that guides them -- won't be cheap will require deep pockets and could force some niche carmakers to sit on the sidelines. But even big competitors know they can't go it alone.
Jun
12th

McLaren aims cozy 570GT at new audience

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McLaren says that the 570GT is the first supercar it has produced that was not conceived primarily with the racetrack in mind.
Jun
12th

Subcompact sales set to peak in Europe this year before SUVs cause decline

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Demand for subcompacts in Europe will peak this year, analysts say, as competition from similar-sized SUVs and crossovers slowly starts to erode sales in the region's most popular segment.
Jun
12th

Can Subarus look as hot as they sell?

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Subaru takes aim at better styling to keep the brand's sales streak going. A new design language launches this year with the redesigned Impreza.
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