Automakers: Page 182
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Subaru Just Fashionably Late to 3-Row CUV Party?
“It’s a market we missed before,” says Subaru of America President Tom Doll.
By Steve Finlay • April 12, 2017 -
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New CUVs Bolster Lineup for Already Surging Volvo
A double-digit rise in deliveries last year and a nearly completed refresh of the brand’s entire product portfolio have Volvo’s top U.S. executive feeling confident.
By David Zoia Editor • April 12, 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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Toyota: FT-4X Could Define New Niche
Designers say about 75% of the off-road concept is production-ready, including its unique rear hatch, which could be made in volume with a little more engineering work.
By David Zoia Editor • April 12, 2017 -
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Honda Details Clarity PHEV, EV, Targets 75,000 U.S. Sales
The automaker calls for a 42-mile electric range for the plug-in Clarity and an 80-mile range for the Clarity EV.
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Toyota Takes Wraps Off Urban 4X4 Concept
Vertical- and horizontal-opening tailgate doors, rotating door handles and vents, color-coded interior bins and removable lighting and audio system are key functional and design elements of the small CUV concept.
April 12, 2017 -
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VW Parlays Birds, Bees Into Most-Engaging Car Ad
With 580 national ad airings and just over 35% of the industry’s digital engagement, audiences continue to enjoy this funny commercial that chronicles a couple’s amorous encounters to show how VW can serve families of all sizes.
By WardsAuto Staff • April 12, 2017 -
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Redone Lincoln Navigator Goes for ‘Quiet Luxury’
“There are customers who like aggressively designed vehicles, there are others who like elegant vehicles,” says Lincoln President Kumar Galhotra.
By Steve Finlay • April 12, 2017 -
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Buick Rolls Out Avenir Sub-Brand With New Enclave
It’s easy to see why Buick settled on the Enclave as its first model to get the Avenir treatment. Some 90% of current buyers already select one of the two top trims offered.
By David Zoia Editor • April 11, 2017 -
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Acura Expands AWD, Adds Sport Grade in TLX Refresh
A new A-Spec trim, with red leather or black Alcantara seats and door inserts, is new for ’18.
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Infiniti Looks to Next QX80 With Monograph Concept
Horizontal lines, satin-copper skin, a wider and taller version of Infiniti’s double-arch grille and the brand’s signature human-eye headlamps are some of the vehicle’s design elements.
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Meeting Trump Investment Demands Tricky But Possible, Ford Exec Says
“If the environment is right, there’s no reason we can’t see more auto industry investment,” says Joe Hinrichs.
By David Zoia Editor • April 11, 2017 -
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Toyota Exec: Industry to Catch Up on Trucks
The sudden shift to a 56% truck mix caught the industry flatfooted, bloating inventories and prompting record incentives, but the industry is responding, Bob Carter says.
By David Zoia Editor • April 11, 2017 -
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Tesla Overvalued, GM Undervalued, Says AutoNation CEO
“There will be a correction in the next few years,” says Michael Jackson, known for his outspokenness.
By Steve Finlay • April 11, 2017 -
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The Incredible Shrinking General Motors
While it may be a blow to GM’s ego to part ways with Opel, which has been a key source for engineering and product development, not everyone agrees it’s a full-scale retreat.
By David C. Smith • April 11, 2017 -
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Boycott Linked to Hyundai-Kia March Crash in China
The consumer boycott of Korean products includes not only automobiles but also cosmetics and electronics in China, which accounts for a little more than 25% of Hyundai Group’s global sales.
By Vince Courtenay • April 10, 2017 -
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Ford Technology Simulates Car Ride for Restless Baby
The parent collects the sensory elements of the ride – low engine sound, a gently rocking motion and surrounding LED lights simulating passing streetlights –via a smartphone app and transmits them to the cot as needed.
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Mazda MX-5 RF Looks Bad, But Doesn’t Bite
The vehicle’s retractable roof lets the sun shine in, but not completely.
By Steve Finlay • April 7, 2017 -
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Third-Gen Kia Picanto A-Segment Car Bound for Spain
The new Picanto initially will offer a choice of two gasoline engines used in the current generation and shared with the Hyundai i10. It is assembled on a new mechanical platform that also will be shared with a future i10.
By Jorge Palacios • April 7, 2017 -
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Honda Pulls Cover on Civic Si Ahead of New York Show
Peak horsepower of 205 is the same as in the outgoing Civic Si. However, it arrives earlier than before.
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Thai Center Built to Foster Rubber Demand Set to Roll
The project was launched in 2015 as part of a government effort to support the automotive sector and tire-related industries and boost demand for natural rubber. Officials also envision it as a regional R&D facility.
By Alan Harman • April 6, 2017 -
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Mercedes-AMG Unveils GLC63 4Matic+, 4Matic+ Coupe
The performance leader among the AMG newcomers, the 503-hp GLC63 4Matic+ S Coupe is claimed to be Mercedes-Benz’s fastest-accelerating SUV with an official 0-60 mph time of just 3.7 seconds.
By Greg Kable • April 6, 2017 -
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Honda Transfers India Chief to Top Australian Post
Hiroyuki Shimizu, previously director and senior vice president-Honda India, takes over in Australia from Managing Director and CEO Noriyuki Takakuram who becomes Managing Director-Honda Philippines.
By Alan Harman • April 5, 2017 -
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Reach Beyond Career Comfort Zone, Ford Exec Says
A 32-year veteran engineer at Ford, Kimberly Pittel is urging young women to consider careers in the auto industry. “It’s been my experience you can actually have five careers underneath the roof of one company,” she says.
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April Fool’s Freeway Fantasy Most-Engaging Car Ad
Lexus’s ad envisions a feature called “Lane Valet” that would let drivers take control of a car that’s going too slowly in the passing lane and gently direct it into the righthand lane. Alas, such technology doesn’t exist (yet) and Lexus proclaims it an April Fool’s joke at the end of the spot.
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J.D. Power Quality Survey Tracks Industry’s Progress
Affiliates Hyundai and Kia “perform extremely well in almost every market,” says Dave Sargent, J.D. Power vice president-global automotive operations. “They lead in the U.S. and are close to the top in China. Beyond that, there is a great deal of parity between the U.S. domestics, the Europeans and the Japanese.”
By Roger Schreffler • April 5, 2017
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