Automakers: Page 168
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Korean Automakers Endure Stormy Labor Relations
If the union wins the same wage increase from GM Korea as it seeks from Hyundai and Kia, analysts believe, it will push GM’s strategic planners to look for ways to cut the money-losing, strike-prone subsidiary loose from the parent company’s portfolio.
By Vince Courtenay • Dec. 15, 2017 -
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Toyota Revamps How It Handles Goodwill Service Claims at Dealerships
A new automated system now is in place to promote peace, harmony and better communications in the automaker’s service network.
By Steve Finlay • Dec. 14, 2017 -
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TrendlineArtificial Intelligence
Automakers and dealers alike are increasingly seeing the use case for AI within their operations. Explore some use cases in this trendline.
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Korean Racetrack Renamed for Mercedes-AMG Brand
“The speedway will house special facilities for AMG owners, including an exclusive lounge and parking lot, all of which will help cement brand loyalty among our customers,” says Dimitris Psillakis, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Korea.
Dec. 14, 2017 -
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Mitsubishi Looking for Synergies With Nissan, Targets Growth
Figuring out how and when the two automakers will share features and technology still is being determined, although some non-vehicle changes already have occurred.
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Barra: GM Focused On Shareholder Returns, Not Size
“We aren’t the company anymore that plants a flag everywhere and tries to be everything for everybody all the time,” CEO Mary Barra says.
Dec. 12, 2017 -
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Grand Auto London Expo Planned for July
Brand Events, the company behind the globally successful Top Gear Live event, says Grand Auto will be the ultimate celebration of motoring, showcasing more than 250 of the world’s most desirable cars from the world’s greatest marques.
By Alan Harman • Dec. 11, 2017 -
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GM Holden Stakes Out Life After Car Production
General Motors’ Australian subsidiary’s “dealership of the future” includes new signage, concierge services, airport-lounge-style layouts, technology including large LED screens to help customers visualize and choose cars, and a boutique cafe.
By Alan Harman • Dec. 11, 2017 -
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Hyundai: New Korean CEO Should Alleviate Inventory Issues
Reducing car inventory is high on new Hyundai Motor America COO Brian Smith’s to-do list.
Dec. 11, 2017 -
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Forecast Improves for GM’s Snowplow Business
A 19% hike in torque to a peak 910 lb.-ft. brings a new level of plowing capability to the automaker’s lineup of heavy-duty pickups and a chance to challenge longtime market leader Ford.
By James M. Amend • Dec. 8, 2017 -
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Chevrolet Employees Star in Most-Watched Car Ad
Chevy has a new take on its signature theme of using “real people (not actors),” this time with real Chevy employees. The ad emphasizes the importance of family and relates how all customers can get the Chevy employee discount on certain models.
By WardsAuto Staff • Dec. 6, 2017 -
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Kia Touts Extensive Improvements to ’19 Sorento
The cabin’s newly added technology better caters to consumers seeking a premium CUV that’s “hugely refined, incredibly rugged, with class-leading roominess...and now with standard 7-passenger, 3-row seating on every trim level,” Kia executive Orth Hedrick says.
By Erik Derr 1 • Dec. 6, 2017 -
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Nissan Targeting High Kicks Volume Despite No AWD
The Juke-replacement Kicks originated as a CUV for the Brazilian market, where it appeals to families, so changes had to be made for the U.S.
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Toyota Looks to 2018 – and Beyond
Toyota’s VP sees bright future, whether for sales of the Japanese automaker’s all-new Camry sedan in the coming year or for mobility devices down the road.
By Bob Gritzinger • Dec. 5, 2017 -
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Extra Hot or Extra Shot? GM Offers In-Car Shopping
The automaker says the technology adheres to federal distracted driving guidelines and only works with customer consent because personal data is transferred between the vehicle and merchants to complete sales.
By James M. Amend • Dec. 5, 2017 -
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Toyota Thailand Begins Exporting HiLux to Japan
“We are confident that HiLux will be a roaring success in Japan,” Toyota Japan Managing Officer Hiroki Nakajima says. “We have received an overwhelming response from customers, which is a fantastic sign of great things to come.”
By Alan Harman • Dec. 5, 2017 -
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Hospital Operations Adopt Ideas From Ford Plant
Hospital staff at the Center for Integrated Oncology at the University of Cologne, one of Germany’s leading cancer treatment centers, are bringing their experience of working with big data to use on Ford’s research into future vehicles.
By Alan Harman • Dec. 4, 2017 -
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Nissan Australia Thriving as Parts Manufacturer
With its expertise in high- and low-pressure die casting, precision machining, component assembly and accessories production, the plant makes 60 different parts specific to oil pans, transmission and final-drive housing, and electric vehicles.
By Alan Harman • Dec. 1, 2017 -
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Lidar System Key to GM’s Autonomous-Car Development
GM is folding Strobe Inc.’s engineering team into subsidiary Cruise Automation, which recently unveiled plans for “the world’s first mass-producible car designed with the redundancy and safety requirements necessary to operate without a driver.”
By Erik Derr 1 • Dec. 1, 2017 -
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Nissan Brings ‘Star Wars’ to Dealerships
Nissan is extending its tie-in with a popular movie franchise across the automaker’s entire galaxy, including 1,100 U.S. retail points.
By Steve Finlay • Nov. 30, 2017 -
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VW Looks to Build MEB-Based Electrics in North America
A U.S. production site appears likely, but the automaker may be delaying a decision on a new dedicated-EV plant in part due to uncertainty over NAFTA.
By David Zoia Editor • Nov. 30, 2017 -
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Toyota Projects Strong November; Camry Won’t Lead
Younger buyers are embracing the Camry’s sportier grades, but it won’t be enough to put the midsize sedan back atop Toyota’s sales chart, says a senior executive.
Nov. 30, 2017 -
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Toyota’s Off-Roading Concept FT-AC
The concept utility vehicle has removable parts, including fog lights doubling as flashlights, as well as side-mirror cameras.
Nov. 30, 2017 -
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Porsche Applies Augmented Reality to Tech Services
Tech Live Look allows the technical-support team to take screenshots or send technical bulletins and instructions onto the projection surface of the smart glasses while the service technician is working on the vehicle.
Nov. 30, 2017 -
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Subaru Courts Families With New 3-Row Ascent
Subaru officials explain the automaker was prompted to develop the Ascent by the discontinuation of the Tribeca SUV nearly four years ago and the resulting gap in the automaker’s otherwise stellar nine consecutive years of market growth.
By Erik Derr 1 • Nov. 29, 2017 -
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Hyundai Kona Makes North American Debut, Better Availability Projected
While Hyundai alternately has called the Kona a small or subcompact CUV, the vehicle actually rides on the Elantra’s C-size platform.
Nov. 29, 2017
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