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Oct
16th

Hyundai Shopper Assurance retail plan borrows from ’09 playbook

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Hyundai Motor America CMO Dean Evans predicts that with new vehicles luring first-time Hyundai shoppers and the Shopper Assurance program promoting loyalty, Hyundai could post a 10 percent sales gain over 2017.
Oct
16th

Dealers must retool retail

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Dealers can reshape auto retailing by embracing new business models and developing value propositions that meet the needs of today's consumers, says Don Flow, CEO of Flow Automotive Cos.
Oct
16th

Industry braces for Kobe Steel scandal fallout

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Global automakers and suppliers are scrambling to learn how much trouble they face after the revelation that Kobe Steel falsified inspection data on metals they used.
Oct
16th

Mexico’s crossover production adds to trade tensions

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A new generation of light trucks is being built and sold in Mexico, upending traditional notions of the country's place in the North American auto industry.
Oct
16th

Samsung vies for $20 billion in auto business

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Samsung probably wouldn't have paid much attention to automotive -- until suddenly the industry started talking about real technology.
Oct
16th

Cadillac holds off on virtual showrooms as small dealers balk

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Cadillac plans to hold off on a key pillar of its Project Pinnacle dealer incentive program and shift its strategy for virtual reality technology in showrooms to larger dealers.
Oct
16th

A lean winter for Infiniti lineup

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Infiniti has stocked up on QX50 and QX70 inventories to make it through the winter after halting production in preparation for new models to come.
Oct
16th

Why is Tesla struggling to build the Model 3?

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What's behind Tesla's manufacturing woes? It could be something as simple as steel.
Oct
16th

Porsche experiments with vehicle subscriptions

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An experimental subscription service in Atlanta lets customers switch among up to 22 models for $3,000 a month.
Oct
16th

Automakers add more tech to subcompact cars to boost margins

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New models, increased technology and a strong focus on personalization are helping volume automakers such as VW, Ford and Nissan boost sales and improve their bottom lines by selling more expensive versions of their subcompacts, data shows.
Oct
15th

Vauxhall to cut 400 jobs at Ellesmere Port plant

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News 15 Oct, 2017

Falling sales of the Vauxhall Astra are being blamed for 400 job losses at Ellesmere Port

Oct
15th

Grim reality of NAFTA talks sets in after tough U.S. demands

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Negotiators from Canada and Mexico grappled with U.S. demands to drastically alter NAFTA as talks over renewal of the pact vilified by President Donald Trump ran through a fourth straight day.
Oct
15th

Advice to dealers on managing used-car inventory

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In this excerpt from his new book, Dale Pollak, founder of vAuto, offers two alternatives to managing the age of a dealership's used-car inventory.
Oct
15th

Automotive startups face long odds

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Tesla has energized a wave of entrepreneurs who are trying to launch car-making ventures of their own. The odds aren't in their favor.
Oct
15th

Tokyo auto show spotlights home team’s EV ambitions

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Japan's automakers aim to electrify at the Tokyo Motor Show with a cavalcade of battery-powered cars as well as visions for autonomous driving and connectivity under the banner "Beyond the Motor."
Oct
15th

Dealer groups may step up expansion in the UK after Brexit

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Big dealership groups could boost investments in Britain after the country's vote to leave the EU led to a weaker pound, making investments attractive.
Oct
15th

Valeo sees ‘triple revolution’ in EVs, autonomy and new mobility services

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Guillaume Devauchelle, Valeo's head of Innovation, has called the move toward electrification, autonomy, and connectivity and future mobility as "a triple revolution in a very disruptive environment."
Oct
14th

Nissan applies chuckles to big pickup marketing

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Nissan's newest Titan TV ad inserts a belly laugh into the solemn no-nonsense world of advertising big pickups.
Oct
14th

PACE Awards announces 33 finalists

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Thirty-three innovations from 27 component and technology suppliers around the world have been selected as finalists for the 2018 Automotive News PACE Awards.
Oct
14th

Tesla fired hundreds of employees in past week, reports say

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Electric vehicle maker Tesla fired about 400 employees this week, including associates, team leaders and supervisors, according to a local news report and a former employee.
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