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Apr
17th

Dealers relying more on fixed ops

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Car dealers are getting more of their profits from the service lane even as unit sales remain near record levels, an NADA study found.
Apr
17th

Kia tests higher tier in home market

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Kia Motors Corp. is attempting a new premium line in its South Korean home market with the arrival of its slick Stinger GT.
Apr
17th

GM retooling plan signals pickups’ launch

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General Motors has nearly 100 days' worth of inventory right now but plans to get that down to about 70 by the end of the year, in part by taking some of its plants offline for 10 weeks in the summer and fall.
Apr
17th

Hyundai speeds car-to-home connectivity

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Hyundai steps up its connected-car strategy with two new technologies that will debut within two years to connect cars and homes through voice commands.
Apr
17th

Inventory soars as GM builds cache before retooling

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Automakers and dealers started April with near-record stocks of unsold new vehicles, but much of the surplus may stem from General Motors bulking up to prepare for factory shutdowns.
Apr
17th

Lincoln focuses on customers’ needs

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Lincoln says it is successfully differentiating itself via experiences, rather than vehicle features. Now it wants to craft the experience before designing the car.
Apr
17th

Mercedes’ redesigned G class stays boxy

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The venerable G class will be new inside and out after a coming redesign, Mercedes design chief Gorden Wagener confirms. But as for its iconic boxy shape...
Apr
17th

Ford extends Shelby Mustangs another model year

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Ford is keeping the Shelby GT350 and GT350R Mustangs in its product lineup for the 2018 model year.
Apr
17th

Nissan OK with rising fleet sales

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As other automakers shun the daily rental business, Nissan sees an opportunity. "The dollars we get are relevant, so we're going to continue to be there, even if other companies don't want to," says Nissan North America Chairman Jose Munoz.
Apr
17th

YouTube’s ‘wrong call’ gives dealers reality check

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A 'wrong call' by YouTube delivered a dose of reality to dealers who depend on the free online video service: Nothing is guaranteed - not even an explanation.
Apr
17th

What to do about cars?

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Behind the scenes at the New York auto show, industry executives were grappling with questions about cars. How low will their market share go, amid hot crossovers and SUVs? How to reignite the appeal of cars?
Apr
17th

Brassy in the Big Apple

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Nobody ever succeeded in New York by being modest. These concepts and production models show the variety and audacity of some of the New York show's best.
Apr
16th

Porsche uses ‘soft sell’ approach to win sales

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Porsche is expanding its global dealership network with a showroom format that abandons normal markers of corporate identity for a "soft sell" approach. The first store has just opened in Germany, with others to follow in China, the U.S.
Apr
16th

Is the Dodge Demon devilishly clever or evil incarnate?

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The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, unveiled at the New York auto show, traded in the performance brand's halo for horns with performance numbers normally associated with much more expensive brands.
Apr
16th

Is the Dodge Demon devilishly clever or evil incarnate?

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The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, unveiled at the New York auto show, traded in the performance brand's halo for horns with performance numbers normally associated with much more expensive brands.
Apr
16th

5G will see slow rollout to cars

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Hyundai's auto intelligence chief says 5G cellular technology, often seen as the key to truly autonomous driving, is about 10 years away.
Apr
16th

Incentives, inventories are top concerns among executives

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Auto executives are cautiously optimistic about sales in 2017. But that doesn't mean solid if unspectacular gains; it means flat - or even down slightly from record levels.
Apr
16th

Tesla surpassing GM? Only on Wall Street

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It's important to remember how irrelevant Wall Street's arbitrary measure of a company's value is on every other street in America, where you're far more likely to see a GM vehicle in the driveway than a Tesla.
Apr
16th

Porsche uses ‘soft cell’ approach to win sales

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Porsche is expanding its global dealership network with a showroom format that abandons normal markers of corporate identity for a "soft cell" approach. The first store has just opened in Germany, with others to follow in China, the U.S.
Apr
15th

Solar-power push is on for Colorado dealers

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A new initiative hopes to get as many Colorado dealers onto solar energy as possible before federal tax incentives begin to fade in 2020.
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