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Apr
17th

Hyundai Mobis marshals resources to develop self-driving tech

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Hyundai Mobis, the top supplier to the Hyundai-Kia group, unveiled a roadmap to autonomous driving that calls for new technology rollouts in 2019 and 2022.
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

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

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

Despite losing VW power battle, Piech’s achievements are indisputable

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Ferdinand Piech can look back at a lifetime of accomplishments that put Volkswagen Group on the path to becoming the world's largest automaker.
Apr
17th

Hits, misses from the show that never sleeps

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A month ago, the word on the street was that "New York looks light this year." "Nothing's happening this year," the wise guys said. "Nobody's going." And of course, they were wrong.
Apr
17th

Volvo’s sales turnaround

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Volvo's recent success can be attributed to smart decisions, a tactfully handled sale by Ford, seductive vehicle design and an advantageous introduction to the world's largest car market, China.
Apr
17th

Dealership group gains an edge from ESOP

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Employees own 30 percent of Van Horn Automotive Group. That gives the Wisconsin group an edge in hiring and bidding for stores.
Apr
17th

Magna sees carbon fiber use expanding

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Automakers have been cautiously converting small numbers of vehicle body parts to lighter-weight carbon fiber. Magna says it is ready to roll with it.
Apr
17th

Off-road course convinces Jeep shoppers

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Victory Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram built an off-road test trail on its wooded property to show customers the capability of a Jeep.
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
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
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

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
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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