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Jan
26th

Hyundai’s new infotainment strategy: Leveraging smartphone apps

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Over the next few years, Hyundai plans to remove CD players from mainstream cars such as the Elantra and Sonata as it rolls out an infotainment system called Display Audio that's built around Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto interfaces.
Jan
26th

Viewing the 2015 Detroit show through a designer’s eyes

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To get a read on the visual appeal of this year's Detroit auto show, we sought a designer's perspective on the Ford GT, Chevy Bolt and Infiniti Q60.
Jan
26th

As the new year begins, Sonic goes shopping

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Sonic Automotive Inc. plans to buy more dealerships in 2015 than the four it bought last year.
Jan
26th

Family feud disrupts DARCARS

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Tamara Darvish, a well-known face of the DARCARS dealership group, filed a lawsuit against her father, John Darvish Sr., and the company he founded. The suit will have a ripple effect on the chain's 22 dealerships, experts say.
Jan
26th

Renegade comes through, on-road and off

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When Jeep introduced the Compass -- and later, its platform mate, the Patriot -- with front-wheel drive and continuously variable transmissions, it was derided by the faithful as an affront to the brand's off-road heritage.
Jan
26th

Super Bowl advertisers hype their messages early and often

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Building an elaborate pregame hype machine reflects a growing trend among Super Bowl advertisers: To get the most bang for the buck from the biggest advertising event of the year, use social media early and often -- emphasis on "early."
Jan
26th

With Titan, Nissan aims for ‘white space’ below biggest pickups

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Nissan has a new strategy for scratching out a piece of Detroit's full-size pickup market: It will stop chasing cowboys. And it will instead think about Roman gladiators, Spartacus, NFL football players, and maybe even flesh-eating zombies.
Jan
26th

How VW veered off target

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Competition has heated up, the Jetta and Passat have cooled off, and with back-to-back yearly declines, VW has missed out on a key boom period in U.S. auto sales -- a sore spot with dealers who made big bets on sustained sales growth.
Jan
26th

Dealers see another good year in 2015

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Dealers expect 2015 to be another good year, though perhaps not quite as good as 2014.
Jan
26th

Suppliers dream up future innovations. Will automakers bite?

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Suppliers try to look over the horizon and craft new features and equipment for autos.
Jan
26th

Chevy store redo goes above and beyond

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Keith McCluskey put on steroids the Apple Inc.-like approach that many dealers are using to modernize their customers' experience.
Jan
26th

Volvo’s revival plan ‘starts now’

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After its U.S. market share fell to the lowest level since 1978, Volvo has put its global product strategy chief in charge of North America and significantly boosted its marketing budget in preparation for an upcoming blitz of new vehicles.
Jan
26th

Audi readies Q1 compact SUV after Fiat rebuff over name

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Audi is reluctantly using the Q1 badge for its new compact SUV after failing to gain permission from Fiat Chrysler to call it the Q2, a name held by Alfa Romeo.
Jan
26th

Audi readies Q1 SUV after Fiat rebuff over name

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Audi is reluctantly using the Q1 badge for its new compact SUV after failing to gain permission from Fiat Chrysler to call it the Q2, a name held by Alfa Romeo.
Jan
26th

Porsche works to deliver more Macans to U.S. dealerships

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Porsche is working to increase supplies of the new Macan midsize crossover to US dealers in 2015. Wait times for Macan buyers have been six months or more since it went on sale last May.
Jan
26th

Game on with steel, says aluminum supplier Novelis

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Phil Martens, CEO of aluminum giant Novelis, knows both sides of the auto metals business.
Jan
26th

Visteon zeros in on 1 segment: The connected car

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With Visteon Corp.'s announcement last month that it would sell its division that produces heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, the supplier is concentrating on one product segment: cockpit information systems.
Jan
26th

With TRW, ZF can offer advanced driverless tech

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG's acquisition of TRW Automotive will make it a key player in collision avoidance and driverless cars.
Jan
25th

Toyota sees sales boost from trucks, Tacoma

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Toyota Motor Sales plans to top 2.4 million in US sales this year across its Toyota, Lexus and Scion divisions, up from 2.37 million units last year.
Jan
25th

Hyundai plans incentives, run-out packages for Elantra

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Hyundai is less than a year away from redesigning the Elantra compact car, its most popular US model.
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