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May
29th

Automotive News Europe salutes Frank Kremer

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Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2017 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Aftermarket and Customer Service is Frank Kremer, who is an aftersales director with Nissan in Europe.
May
29th

911 version caps rise of Porsche’s GTS sub-brand

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The 2018 911 GTS embodies Porsche's racing heritage #8212; and shows that the GTS designation has built enthusiast credibility.
May
29th

Mini offers dealers bonuses for more used-car sales

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Mini executives want the brand's U.S. dealerships to pursue used-car sales with more vigor, so they're offering bonuses to dealerships that hit used-volume targets.
May
29th

Lithia Hyundai of Reno scrutinizes ad traffic for bots

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When a dealership pays vendors to generate clicks on its advertising, every dollar spent on a click that came from a bot and not a human is a wasted dollar.
May
29th

A $256 million court victory, but ‘I still lost’

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Ex-Nissan dealer Mike Kahn won big in his case against his lender, but says he's still out "the eight years I spent fighting for my reputation and my name."
May
29th

CDK buys Auto/Mate, access to smaller dealerships

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CDK's purchase of Auto/Mate gives the dealer management system giant the offering for smaller dealerships at a lower price point that CDK CEO MacDonald sought.
May
29th

Trade anxiety rising among suppliers

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Supplier executives say uncertainty about trade policy is making it difficult to make decisions about their manufacturing needs.
May
29th

Dealership buy-sells fell in Q1, but advisers predict rebound

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Buy-sell deals tumbled in the first quarter from robust year-earlier levels. But buy-sell advisers expect deals to rebound in 2017.
May
29th

Failed Google deal left Fields in the lurch

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A look back at the timeline of the failed Ford-Google talks reveals a moment that became a turning point in Mark Fields' career at Ford.
May
29th

Automakers wary of Trump’s focus on trade deficits

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Automakers and other stakeholders in the coming trade debates are urging Trump administration negotiators to look beyond the size of bilateral trade deficits in determining where and how to attack the nation's export gap.
May
29th

Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda reaffirms U.S. commitment ahead of Camry launch

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Toyota's CEO sought to give U.S. dealers an extra dose of motivation ahead of the critical launch of the redesigned, eighth-generation Camry.
May
29th

Nissan’s Jose Munoz says there is money in fleet sales

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Jose Munoz says there is money to be made for Nissan in fleet sales -- if it is done correctly.
May
29th

Embattled FCA denies it cheated on diesel testing

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The government's civil suit over diesel compliance could cost cash-poor FCA more than $1 billion.
May
29th

Subaru ‘pretty confident’ of another U.S. sales record

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Subaru of America President Tom Doll wants Subaru's younger employees to realize that one day setting sales records might not be this easy.
May
29th

Gentex hires robots as production moves stateside

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Mirror supplier Gentex ended production at foreign plants in favor of American ones. But to do that, Gentex needed robots.
May
29th

Mazda’s road to premium

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Mazda North American chief Masahiro Moro's "Mazda Premium" strategy aims at turning the company's roughly 2 percent U.S. market share into a "good" 2 percent.
May
29th

Toyota’s Leroy to speak next month at Europe congress

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Didier Leroy, Toyota's highest ranking non-Japanese executive, will speak at the Automotive News Europe Congress on June 21 in Barcelona, Spain.
May
29th

Will Facebook be the next big thing in online used-car ads?

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Facebook has the potential to be a major force in used-car sales with a new feature called Marketplace, which eases concerns about dealing with strangers.
May
29th

Good communication can ease a DMS switch

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A top CDK official explains the process of installing a new dealership management system and the importance of good communication between vendor and dealer.
May
28th

BMW factories hit by shortage of Bosch parts

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BMW factories in Germany, China and South Africa have been forced to reduce production after Bosch was unable to deliver enough steering parts.
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