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Feb
8th

Honda Ridgeline: Not your teenager’s truck

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Honda hopes its marketing campaign for the Ridegline will grab buyers with a little more gray in their hair and green in their wallets than the prototypical Toyota Tacoma fan.
Feb
8th

Cash for Nissan’s preferred dealers

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In its drive to grab a larger slice of the U.S. market, Nissan North America is quietly forming alliances with selected dealers who get favorable treatment, and sometimes millions of dollars, from the company.
Feb
8th

Used-car loophole for recalls tightens up

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While a proposed federal law to close the used-car loophole is dead for now, efforts to keep unrepaired recalled vehicles out of circulation are stirring.
Feb
8th

Where Toyota, Lexus got their leaders

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While Scion served Toyota as a test bed for marketing and retail innovations, it was also an effective proving ground for executives.
Feb
8th

Premium brands face challenges as incentives rise and trucks rule the day

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Luxury sales are slowing down, particularly on the car side. Can the luxury automakers keep a lid on their incentives and inventories?
Feb
8th

Bentley at work on a sporty SUV

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Bentley is developing a sportier, coupelike version of the Bentayga, the ultraluxury brand's first SUV.
Feb
8th

AutoNation’s recall policy disrupts used-vehicle business

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AutoNation's recall policy challenged its used-vehicle business in the fourth quarter. The disruptions will continue through the first half as the retailer continues to expand its used-vehicle inventory.
Feb
8th

Countering Chevy’s Silverado surge

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General Motors gained a chunk of share in the full-sized pickup segment last year. But it faces stiffer competition from Ford and Ram in 2016.
Feb
7th

Ford to build Prius rival and plant in Mexico – report

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The rumours have been increasing in number in recent weeks and now The Wall Street Journal claims to have information confirming that Ford will indeed build a new plant in Mexico.
Feb
7th

US Class 8 truck orders crash in January

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After a month-on-month improvement in December, US market orders of Class 8 heavy trucks plunged by 35% in January, and 48% compared to January 2015.
Feb
7th

IKCO and FCA’s Fiat to set up JV in Iran

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According to Iran Daily, which quotes the chairman of the Iran-Italy Joint Chamber of Commerce, FCA is to set up a joint venture with Iran Khodro.
Feb
7th

Fiat Chrysler rollaway reports draw more NHTSA scrutiny

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Federal regulators are escalating an inquiry over complaints that certain Fiat Chrysler Automobiles vehicles can roll away when a driver thinks the transmission has been set to park.
Feb
7th

Christopher Walken was the only choice for Kia’s Super Bowl ad

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Only one person could've done Kia's 'Walken Closet' Super Bowl spot. Christopher Walken was the lone option. There was no Plan B.
Feb
7th

Dealers pay high price with latest recall wave

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Honda's order that U.S. dealers stop selling some 2.2 million popular models is compounding financial and regulatory headaches for car dealers stuck with millions of vehicles that have potentially hazardous airbags or other safety defects.
Feb
7th

VW will offer U.S. diesel scandal customers generous compensation, paper says

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Volkswagen will offer generous compensation packages for the roughly 600,000 U.S. owners of diesel vehicles that emit an illegal amount of emissions, Ken Feinberg, the head of its claims fund, told a German paper.
Feb
7th

VW delays 2015 earnings report until April due to diesel scandal

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Volkswagen said it will publish its annual results as soon as April and may hold its annual shareholders' meeting in early June, four to six weeks later than scheduled as the company determines the financial fallout from the diesel emissions scandal.
Feb
7th

Toyota’s youth brand fulfilled its purpose, if not its potential

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Fourteen years after Scion's introduction, Toyota has decided to shutter the brand. But within the failed experiment are crucial successes that Toyota will draw on long after Scion fades to a footnote on Wikipedia.
Feb
7th

Here’s your auto ad lineup for Super Bowl Sunday

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Beneath the glamour of 2016's star-filled auto Super Bowl ads sits a group of vehicles that will be pawns crucial to each brand's product lineup.
Feb
7th

GM sacrifices rental sales to nab higher-margin business

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GM is in the midst of a big cutback in sales to rental fleets, an effort that executives say is aimed at improving the bottom line, even if it stunts revenue or market-share growth in the short term.
Feb
7th

For game day, Nissan changes the channel

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Nissan's new college sports marketing campaign is its top priority this year. And that meant no Super Bowl ad.
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