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Market Leader Honda Opens Thailand Proving Ground
The Prachinburi Proving Ground is a comprehensive test course designed for the Asia & Oceania region. It makes Thailand only the third country where Honda has proving grounds, after Japan and the U.S.
By Alan Harman • July 21, 2017 -
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UAW President Accuses Nissan of Intimidating Workers
The upcoming vote will be the UAW’s third attempt to organize Nissan workers in the U.S. South; it lost two previous elections at the Smyrna, TN, plant.
By Joseph Szczesny • July 21, 2017 -
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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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Technology in Newer Cars Confounds Car Wash Operators
The International Carwash Assn. suggests a “telematics solution” that would inform the vehicle it is in a car wash, adjust its systems for the wash cycle and reset the systems afterward.
July 21, 2017 -
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Tesla Pops Up on Spain’s Mediterranean Coast
Tesla’s pop-up stores in Puerto Banus and Barcelona are closing later this summer, but the automaker says permanent stores will be opened in Barcelona and Madrid during second-half 2017.
By Jorge Palacios • July 21, 2017 -
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Nissan Aims to Ease Stress of Heavy Traffic With ProPilot
The automaker is targeting a wide rollout of ProPilot Assist, with similar technology to be offered across its Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun brands.
July 21, 2017 -
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Buick Regal GS Finally Gets Its Props, Brand Chief Says
GM executive Duncan Aldred says he always thought the car should pack a large, naturally aspirated engine recalling historic Buick GS models such as the ’65 Riviera. The new Regal GS uses a V-6 with 310 hp.
By James M. Amend • July 20, 2017 -
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Hyundai Upbeat About New China Plant Despite Boycott
Hyundai wanted to launch the soon-to-open Chongqing plant three years ago. But the automaker put it on the back burner and instead built its fourth Chinese plant in Changzhou to meet government demands.
By Vince Courtenay • July 20, 2017 -
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Toyoda Gosei, Toyota Develop New Side Airbag
Toyoda Gosei and Toyota create a new side airbag for use in a variety of models, regardless of whether they are small or large.
By Remi Murrey • July 19, 2017 -
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Honda Expects to Maintain Market Share with Accord
The sleek new shape of the sedan is one of Honda’s strategies in dealing with declining midsize car sales.
By Remi Murrey • July 19, 2017 -
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Mitsubishi Airs Most-Viewed Car Commercial
Real customers praise notable features in the Outlander and Outlander Sport while Mitsubishi promises deals such as $2,000 cash back or 0% financing during its 100th anniversary sales event.
By WardsAuto Staff • July 19, 2017 -
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Great Product Counts, But So Do Customers, Cadillac Marketer Says
“In my family, when you made it you owned a Cadillac,” says Eric Angeloro. “We need to get that back.”
By Steve Finlay • July 19, 2017 -
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Kia Workers Latest to Authorize Strike in Korean Wage Talks
Demands for higher wages come at a time of shrinking domestic sales for Korean automakers.
By Vince Courtenay • July 18, 2017 -
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FCA Phases Out Sales of Fiat Brand in Russia
Although FCA cites slow sales in announcing the end of Fiat sales in Russia, deliveries through May totaled 622 units, up 17.8% year-on-year, according to WardsAuto data.
By Eugene Gerden • July 18, 2017 -
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Korea’s Kia Launches Stonic CUV in Home Market
Some analysts, noting Hyundai owns a 34% stake in Kia and both are controlled by Hyundai Motor Group’s senior management team, believe Kia is keeping the Stonic out of the U.S. market so as not to hamper the Kona, which launches there at year-end.
By Vince Courtenay • July 18, 2017 -
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Hyundai Goals: Reinvigorate Sonata, Resist Fleet
Production data shows Sonata builds were down 13.9% in the U.S. through May.
July 18, 2017 -
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Ford Unveils New-Generation Transit Custom Van
The U.K.’s best-selling commercial vehicle sports a new front-end design with three-bar Transit grille, as well as improved comfort and ergonomics and easy connectivity with SYNC 3 or MyFord Dock options.
By Paul Myles • July 17, 2017 -
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Nissan Hiking Russian Output 25%, Hiring 450 Workers
Nissan’s plant is designed to manufacture 100,000 vehicles a year. Last year’s output amounted to only 36,458 units, but that was 8% more builds than in 2015. A 25% increase would bring this year’s total to nearly 50,000 units.
By Eugene Gerden • July 17, 2017 -
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Hyundai Puts Focus on Driving Fun With i30, i30 N
Thomas Schmid, Hyundai Motor Europe’s chief operating officer, announces 30 new models and derivatives will be launched in Europe over the next five years.
By Vince Courtenay • July 14, 2017 -
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Honda Reveals 10th-Gen Accord
All-new exterior and interior design are designed to bring about a “premium” feel, the Japanese automaker says.
July 14, 2017 -
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GM Has Ambitious Plans for Cadillac Brand in Russia
Cadillac chief Johan de Nysschen said in a 2015 interview that parent General Motors plans to increase the number of Russian dealerships to 17 and increase annual sales to 10,000 cars.
By Eugene Gerden • July 14, 2017 -
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EU Automakers Not Fully Sold on Japan Trade Deal
A draft of the trade agreement includes a safeguard clause allowing the EU to enact tariffs “quasi-automatically” in case Japan stops applying United Nations international vehicle regulations, restores tariffs or introduces new ones.
By Sara Lewis • July 14, 2017 -
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Renault-Nissan Morocco Plant Builds 1 Millionth Car
The launch of a second production line in 2013 marked a turning point in Morocco’s automotive sector, making the Renault-Nissan plant the biggest car-making facility south of the Mediterranean.
By Paul Myles • July 13, 2017 -
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Nissan Begins Production of New-Generation Qashqai
Crafted at Nissan’s plant in Sunderland, changes to the new Qashqai include a revised body design, improved interior quality, enhanced driving dynamics and the addition of new Nissan Intelligent Mobility technologies.
By Paul Myles • July 13, 2017 -
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Volkswagen to Grow Russian Output With GAZ Group
Volkswagen Group Rus CEO Markus Osegovich says the automaker plans to double the number of exports from Russia in 2017. That will be achieved by adding shifts at Nizhny Novgorod and selling fewer Jetta, Octavia and Yeti models domestically.
By Eugene Gerden • July 13, 2017 -
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Chevrolet Races to Top of Most-Seen Auto Ads Chart
The Chevy ad, which racked up the highest number of TV impressions across national television broadcasts during the period, showed “real people” test-driving models including the Impala Premiere on an empty race track.
By WardsAuto Staff • July 12, 2017
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