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Mar
28th

Car-buying startups of 1990s didn’t live long and prosper

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The first wave of online car-shopping sites in the 1990s had little success, despite tech-bubble investor enthusiasm.
Mar
28th

Acura dealers embrace Ikeda’s performance push

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While nearly the entire industry is in a light-truck tizzy, fortifying crossover, SUV and pickup lines and squeezing every last drop out of their production capacity, Acura is swimming upstream.
Mar
28th

Kia dealers see boost from captive lender, incentives

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After make meetings in 2014 and 2015 overshadowed by sales management shake-ups at Kia Motors America, Benny Yount, the dealer council chairman, expects smoother sailing this year.
Mar
28th

Audi dealers want profits to rebound

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Audi's U.S. dealers are seeking a rebound in store profits that were dented last year as the brand surpassed 200,000 U.S. sales for the first time.
Mar
27th

TrueCar hits reset, drops practices that riled dealers

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New TrueCar CEO Chip Perry is radically overhauling the online lead-generating site, dismantling many of the practices that have most alienated dealers.
Mar
27th

UAW retiree medical benefits trust rebounds

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An improving investment performance and innovative benefit programs have brightened the financial outlook for the $61 billion UAW retiree medical benefits trust.
Mar
27th

Nissan to launch vehicles earlier in the model year

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Nissan, responding to dealer requests, plans to redraw production schedules to get 2017 vehicles into showrooms earlier, says Jose Munoz, chairman of Nissan North America.
Mar
27th

Aldred ‘thrilled’ with Buick lineup

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When Duncan Aldred took over Buick, he envisioned needing a slew of fresh entries to fill out a relatively thin lineup. Now, with three sedans, three crossovers and a halo car, he's "thrilled" with the brand's portfolio.
Mar
27th

Lumps and punches: What people are saying about Subaru’s 2017 Impreza

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Subaru's retooled 2017 Impreza will offer new driver-assist technology and multimedia features. Here's what journalists and others are saying about it.
Mar
26th

Ford of Europe mulls cars with rugged look to benefit from booming crossover demand

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Ford of Europe may seek to benefit from the boom in crossover sales by adding more rugged versions of its mainstream models -- a style popularized by Audi's allroad quattro range
Mar
26th

BMW service satisfaction will go up, Willisch says

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BMW's service satisfaction scores will improve after tightening standards at dealers, North American chief Ludwig Willisch says.
Mar
26th

Tap the brakes: Self-driving vehicle technology is ‘absolutely not ready,’ says robotics researcher

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Missy Cummings is an engineering professor and human-factors expert at Duke University who argues self-driving cars are "absolutely not ready for widespread deployment."
Mar
26th

Wagging tongues: Mazda’s MX-5 RF and what people think

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What people are saying following the MX-5 RF's debut at the New York auto show.
Mar
25th

North Dallas dealers hammered by hail, damaging thousands of vehicles

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It started with a pinging sound as a pre-Easter hailstorm rolled through auto dealerships north of Dallas, damaging thousands of vehicles and leaving dealers huddled with insurers on Friday.
Mar
25th

Nissan promotes North American managers on several fronts

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Nissan is giving several of its key managers in the U.S., Mexico and Canada more authority as it enters the final 12-month stretch of its global Power 88 business plan to increase profits and grow market share.
Mar
25th

A lesson for Lexus, HMI, J.J. Abrams: What people think of Genesis New York concept

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Genesis offered an advance look at where its sedan lineup may be headed with the New York Concept introduced at the New York auto show. A roundup of what people are saying about it
Mar
25th

Cadillac appeals to young Chinese car buyers

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Cadillac, a favorite among America's older "supper club set," is revving up sales to younger luxury buyers in China through smoother designs and localized production to keep prices accessible.
Mar
25th

Great Wall terminates $1.8 billion share sale on China market volatility

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Great Wall Motor, China's biggest manufacturer of SUVs, said it will terminate plans for a 12 billion yuan ($1.84 billion) share sale after its stock slumped below the designated offer price.
Mar
25th

Green cars featured at New York show amid cheap gasoline

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Automakers revealed an assortment of fuel-efficient electric and hybrid models at the New York auto show, demonstrating their efforts to meet regulatory demands even as U.S. consumers snap up SUVs and pickups amid relatively cheap gasoline.
Mar
25th

March forecast calls for one of the strongest U.S. sales months ever

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March is on pace to be one of the strongest months ever for the U.S. auto industry, with sales expected to rise at least 7 percent from a year ago, according to three forecasts. The forecasts call for industry volume of about 1.
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