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Dec
14th

50 years of Volvo police cars – pictures

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Dec
14th

GM, Ford cut back on rental sales; Asians pick up the slack

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Over the past few years, General Motors and Ford Motor Co. have become less reliant on the profit-eroding habit of dumping cars onto the rental-car market, according to a review of industrywide rental sales data by Automotive News.
Dec
14th

Fleet sales turned a down November into a positive

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In a month when total volume rose 16,223 light vehicles, fleet sales for the major players increased 23,500. That 14 percent fleet jump swung a negative retail month into an overall 1.2 percent increase for the industry.
Dec
14th

Platform gives Audi Q7 a steadier ride

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It may still be called the Q7, but Audi's largest crossover has evolved into a different animal than what arrived stateside in 2006.
Dec
14th

Escalade does everything, except represent Cadillac’s future

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The Escalade's success since its spring 2014 redesign has given Cadillac and its dealers a glimpse of what life could be like under the long-term vision laid out by brand chief Johan de Nysschen.
Dec
14th

FCA ends dealer spiffs that lifted Chrysler 200

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Fiat Chrysler has discontinued an aggressive stair-step incentive on the Chrysler 200 that boosted sales in a segment where the brand has long been a laggard.
Dec
14th

Toyota trains for Olympic-size sponsorship

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Toyota's broad sponsorship of the Olympic Games will vault the automaker to the top tier of the global marketing podium, alongside some of the world's largest and most recognizable brands, including Coca-Cola, McDonald's and General Electric.
Dec
14th

Dealerships take the 20 Group in-house

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In the past five years, hundreds of medium-size dealership groups have started doing their own internal 20 Groups to get a more comprehensive look at the stores' financials and operational strengths and weaknesses than they get through external 20...
Dec
14th

Mercedes positions GLS to stay on top

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Mercedes-Benz has freshened and renamed its largest SUV to give it more power, a new nine-speed transmission and styling changes. Company executives hope those changes will keep it atop its segment during the last half of its life cycle.
Dec
14th

Store gives rapid response, round the clock

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At Keller Bros. Ford in Pennsylvania, staffers often respond to Internet leads around the clock, seven days a week, and within 5 minutes during business hours. The approach has helped produce record sales for two consecutive years.
Dec
14th

GMC boss pushes for subcompact crossover

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GMC chief Duncan Aldred wants a small crossover to compete with the Jeep Renegade and other rivals in the industry's fastest-growing segment.
Dec
14th

Google’s goggles open up new world for auto marketers

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Virtual reality is making its way to the masses in auto marketing.
Dec
14th

Fields: Why electrified models are a good bet

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In an interview with Automotive News, Ford CEO Mark Fields spells out why the automaker is making a $4.5 billion investment to develop more than a dozen electrified vehicles that it knows few consumers want to buy right now.
Dec
14th

Captives add share, helped by leases, factory incentives

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Captive finance companies' share of the new-vehicle loan market continues to rise, hitting 52 percent in the third quarter, thanks to subvented loans and cash incentives from their automaker parents.
Dec
13th

VW admits: U.S. diesel rules had us stumped

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Determined to sell diesels in a market with the world's toughest emissions standards, Volkswagen faced a challenge that even its vaunted engineers found impossible to solve. So they decided to cheat. That much was made clear last week.
Dec
13th

Ram reaches out to women who love country music

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In recent years, Ram has built relationships with country music stars such as Miranda Lambert and Kellie Pickler to broaden its appeal.
Dec
13th

Nissan share up — but not enough to satisfy the boss

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With combined Nissan and Infiniti market share stalled at 8.5 percent after 12 months of new model launches and aggressive marketing, Nissan changed its North American management team to step things up.
Dec
13th

VW Group’s new chief strategist must rework roadmap for key brands

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Volkswagen Group CEO Matthias Mueller has a big challenge for former General Motors executive Thomas Sedran -- determine where the embattled automaker and its 12 brands need to be in 2025 and create a roadmap to get there.
Dec
12th

Mercedes steps up dealer expansion in smaller Indian towns

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Mercedes is stepping up expansion of its car dealer network in smaller Indian towns to tap growing wealth and aspirations for global luxury brands.
Dec
12th

Nissan supports Renault, French gov’t power agreement

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Nissan said it supported a power-sharing compromise deal between its parent company Renault and the French government, drawing a line under a power struggle between Paris and the two companies.
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