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Aug
6th

Porsche confirms specs for 2020 Taycan, Tesla Model S fighter

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Porsche has confirmed a few specs for the 2020 Taycan, the Tesla Model S fighter slated to go on sale next year.
Aug
6th

Why the auto industry is abuzz about ‘4.0’

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It's about gaining visibility into the entire manufacturing and logistics enterprise to see what's happening and make informed decisions about it.
Aug
6th

Traverse City conference: Auto industry experts share their visions of what’s ahead

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At the Management Briefing Seminars last week in Michigan, the annual high-level "big think" held by the Center for Automotive Research, executives, engineering leaders, consultants and automotive startup entrepreneurs agreed on one recurring point:...
Aug
6th

Auto dealers’ floorplanning revenue dries up as interest rates rise

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Floorplan expense in the United States flipped to a cost this year for the first time in eight years. Dealers all knew the low-interest-rate environment wouldn't last forever. Now they are exploring ways to mitigate the cost.
Aug
6th

Lithia Motors Inc cuts underperforming dealerships

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After acquiring scores of dealerships across the country in recent years, Lithia is now scrutinizing its store network for underperformers and will sell nearly a dozen.
Aug
6th

AutoNation Inc, others feel profit pinch from new BMW, Honda incentives

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Four of the six public dealership group peers are feeling a new-vehicle profit margin squeeze driven by BMW and Honda.
Aug
6th

Sonic opts to sell stores rather than revamp them

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Sonic Automotive executives have been critical of pricey automaker dealership demands. The retailer's latest divestitures show what Sonic is doing about it.
Aug
6th

Automakers can’t risk big mpg retreat

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With California and other states mobilizing in the courts to fight the new proposal on public-health grounds, automakers can't risk too much of a pullback.
Aug
6th

Incentives erase sales increase at Mazda

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Mazda reports a 17 percent drop in operating profit in the most recent quarter as rising incentives, foreign exchange rate losses and increased investment in U.S. retail network reforms offset higher sales volume and aggressive cost cutting.
Aug
6th

Audi to unveil e-tron version of R8 at Pebble Beach

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Audi will unveil an electric supercar concept that could signal the company is ready to add an e-tron version of its R8 supercar or even replace it altogether.
Aug
6th

Ruling against Jerry Durant Auto Group offers lesson for dealers

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The road to becoming a dealer can be fraught with pitfalls and obstacles, as dealership general manager Andrew Anderson found out.
Aug
6th

Priority 1 Automotive Group tests no-haggle, Internet sales

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Officials at Priority 1 Automotive Group say they're confident the no-haggle system, paired with a new digital storefront and a laser focus on customer satisfaction, will boost results.
Aug
6th

Uber exits trucks to focus on ‘sweet spot’

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Uber's surprise shuttering of its self-driving trucks program reveals more about what is happening inside the company than the state of autonomous truck technology.
Aug
6th

Dealerships in Charlotte and Duluth turns leads into sales

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Two dealerships -- Sonju Two Harbors near Duluth, Minn., and Scott Clark Toyota in suburban Charlotte, N.C. -- demonstrate how leads can turn into sales.
Aug
6th

Toyota profits dragged down by incentives

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The high cost of incentives in North America dampened Toyota Motor Corp.'s mostly rosy global profit report last week, although the automaker said it has now eased off the spending throttle.
Aug
6th

Porsche confirms specs for 2020 Taycan, Tesla Model S fighter

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Porsche has confirmed a few specs for the Taycan full-electric car, its Tesla Model S fighter slated to go on sale next year.
Aug
6th

Indiana responded fast to German supplier plan

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When the German supplier ElringKlinger looked at Fort Wayne, Indiana, for a $23 million investment in green-tech automotive components this year, city officials moved fast to prepare.
Aug
6th

Why Europe is losing ground in race to offer self-driving cars

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Rules that restrict the use of driverless cars on public roads in Europe may give the U.S. and China an advantage in the race to launch fully autonomous vehicles.
Aug
6th

Europe may fall behind in self-driving cars

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Rules that restrict the use of driverless cars on public roads in Europe may give the U.S. and China an advantage in the race to launch fully autonomous vehicles.
Aug
5th

Ann Arbor, Mich., becomes a living laboratory for auto connectivity

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Demonstrating the potential of connected vehicles requires more than just a few loops of empty pavement. So all 27 square miles of Ann Arbor, Mich., will become an inconspicuous, real-world test bed.
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