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Sep
10th

Prestige Auto lost 5 dealerships during the Great Recession, but efficiency and cash helped keep it steady

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Operating lean, working harder to get financing for customers and selling more used vehicles softened the blow of losing five dealerships at Prestige Automotive.
Sep
10th

Michigan dealer survived the Great Recession by selling vehicles that GM wouldn’t supply

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When GM gave him 18 months to close, Karl Zimmermann bought hundreds of new cars from other dealers and continued to pay his sales staff typical commissions.
Sep
10th

Dealer FandI departments battle vendor overload

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As more and more finance and insurance vendors knock on dealerships' doors, how can dealers determine which are the best fit?
Sep
10th

Lada split on whether new Niva should be farmers’ friend or urban SUV

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Russia's Lada split on whether the 40-year-old Lada Niva should continue to be the farmers' friend, or a funky urban SUV with occasional mud-plugging skills
Sep
10th

Congress resists reining in Trump on trade

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According to news bombshells last week, "resistance" inside the White House is working to thwart President Trump's most dangerous instincts on trade and other matters.
Sep
10th

FCA CEO Mike Manley ready to reveal management team

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Mike Manley is set to reveal a new executive team and management structure later this month.
Sep
10th

Toyota leans on Denso in keiretsu comeback

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Denso's aggressive randd expansion plans signal a comeback of Japan's keiretsu system. New joint ventures aim to leverage Toyota's wider supplier network to confront the upheaval of autonomous driving.
Sep
10th

VW talks with its U.S. dealers will focus on profitablity

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When Volkswagen's formal discussions with U.S. dealers begin in early 2019, they'll be much different from negotiations it is holding with retailers in the rest of the world.
Sep
10th

VW talks with its U.S. dealers will focus on profitablity

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When Volkswagen's formal discussions with U.S. dealers begin in early 2019, they'll be much different from negotiations it is holding with retailers in the rest of the world.
Sep
10th

BorgWarner to consolidate two operations in Indiana tech center

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BorgWarner Inc. is combining two of its Indiana sites into a new technical center to advance its electric product portfolio.
Sep
10th

Citroen shapes international brand identity

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Citroen's CEO laid out a road map for the reinvention of the French automaker shortly after being named to her post in 2014. Four years later, Citroen's product planning director, Richard Meyer, says the core model strategy is on track.
Sep
10th

Expanding service, parts, body shop operations helped Toyota dealership weather the recession

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North Carolina's Modern Toyota reassigned staffers rather than let them go and relied heavily on fixed operations when consumers were servicing, but not buying, cars.
Sep
10th

Mercedes’ first full-electric vehicle, the EQC, is one of many aimed at challenging Tesla’s dominance

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Mercedes-Benz is firing the opening shots in what will surely be a bloody battle to dominate the next generation of powertrain technology.
Sep
10th

N.Y. BMW store relied on unusual marketing, a powerful brand and being fortunate during the Great Recession

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Luck, a good location, unique marketing and a strong brand helped a BMW store climb into the black after opening just as the recession hit.
Sep
10th

Ascent Robotics brings a bit of Silicon Valley to Tokyo

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Ascent Robotics, founded two years ago, hopes to deliver a Level 4 autonomous vehicle in two years and showcase it at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Sep
10th

GM CEO Mary Barra and Carlos Ghosn, Renault CEO and chairman of Nissan and Mitsubishi, to speak at the 2019 Automotive News World Congress

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Two of the auto industry's most prominent global leaders #8212; General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and chairman of Nissan and Mitsubishi #8212; will be keynote speakers at the Automotive News World Congress in January.
Sep
10th

Dealership group with stores in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey facing lawsuits from Nissan and Hyundai

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Described as a "house of cards" in court records, a once rapidly expanding dealership group with stores in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey is now facing lawsuits from Nissan and Hyundai's captive finance arms as the survival of its stores is...
Sep
10th

Automakers face heavy burden in use of sales metrics

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The Folsom Chevrolet case yielded an in-depth look into General Motors' thinking on what conditions warrant termination and new insights into how regulators view the industry's use of sales metrics, as well as a road map for other dealers to...
Sep
10th

GM CEO Mary Barra and Carlos Ghosn, Renault CEO and chairman of Nissan and Mitsubishi, to speak at the 2019 Automotive News World Congress

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Two of the auto industry's most prominent global leaders #8212; General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and chairman of Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors #8212; will be keynote speakers at the Automotive News World Congress...
Sep
9th

Ford won’t be swayed by Trump nudge to build Focus in U.S.

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President Trump said Ford's decision not to import a small crossover from China means the Focus Active 'can now be built in the U.S.A.' But the company said Sunday it has no such plans.
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