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Pakistan Incentives Reach Out to Foreign Automakers
The incentive package offers reduced duties to new foreign automakers establishing plants in the country while established car assemblers including Toyota, Honda and Suzuki would get some help, but less.
By Kaswar Klasra • April 8, 2016 -
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Toyotaʼs Solid-Wood-Body Roadster Goes Against Grain
The Setsuna incorporates several Japanese joinery techniques employing Japanese cedar for the 86 exterior panels, Japanese birch for the frame, durable Japanese zelkova for the seats and smooth-textured castor aralia for seats.
By Paul Myles • April 8, 2016 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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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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Retiring VP Welburn Retooled GM Design
GM Chairman and CEO Barra says Welburn elevated GM design to “among the most-respected and sought-after organizations in the industry.”
By James M. Amend • April 7, 2016 -
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Mazda’s Ads Matter
The automaker is winning an audience with two spots narrated by actor Aaron Paul.
By WardsAuto Staff • April 7, 2016 -
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Honda BR-V Earns High Safety Ratings From ASEAN
Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, ASEAN NCAP secretary-general, says the Honda BR-V’s 14.8 score for adult-occupant protection topped the Subaru XV with 14.3, but the Subaru also earned a 5-star rating.
By Alan Harman • April 7, 2016 -
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Toyota Cuts Parts Prices to Battle Imported Fakes
The latest cuts follow price reductions at the end of last year on a range of parts including hoods, fenders, headlamps, fans and steering racks. Toyota says that resulted in a 24% increase in sales.
By Alan Harman • April 7, 2016 -
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Subaru Aims Just Shy of 100,000 With New Impreza
Selling 80,000-90,000 Imprezas in a year would top the car’s previous record of 68,175 set in 2012, WardsAuto data shows.
April 7, 2016 -
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Union Miffed as GM Korea Shoots for Impala, Misses
GM Korea contends ex-CEO Sergio Rocha never made a concrete promise to bring Impala production to the country if annual sales hit 10,000 units and, moreover, that total would be insufficient for a newly launched vehicle to generate a profit.
By Vince Courtenay • April 6, 2016 -
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Hyundai’s Chinese JV Regains Sales Ground in March
For the month, BHMC sold 100,549 vehicles, soaring 88.9% over the dismal February total of 53,226, when sales were down 17% year-on-year. Hyundai’s own China sales had fallen even further, backsliding 28% in January.
By Vince Courtenay • April 5, 2016 -
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New GM Concepts Spring From Design Wizards of Oz
“You are seeing a globalization of design in general,” GM International design chief Mike Simcoe says. “Media has been the big leveler, so Asian designers can see what’s happening in the West, the West is seeing what’s happening in Asia and we’re seeing a cross-fertilization.”
By Edd Ellison • April 4, 2016 -
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Dyno-Mite! Ford Builds Sled to Test New Super Duty
Ford says its old testing equipment isn’t up to the challenge posed by the ’17 Super Duty, so engineers had to build a new, super-strong towed dynamometer to put the truck through its hill-climbing paces.
By Bob Gritzinger • April 4, 2016 -
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VW Says More Product, Autonomy Will Rebuild Brand in U.S.
VW brand CEO Herbert Diess met privately with ailing retailers at the National Automobile Dealers Assn. convention Saturday.
By David Zoia Editor • April 2, 2016 -
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Dealers Want VW to Fix Their Financial Damage
In arguably the 2016 NADA convention’s most important franchise meeting, VW faces its dealers.
By Steve Finlay • April 2, 2016 -
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Ford Dealers Solving Riddle of Selling Flexible Transit Van
There are myriad ways to outfit the popular fullsize van, which means selling the Transit requires deep product knowledge and a firm understanding of each customer’s unique needs.
By David Zoia Editor • April 2, 2016 -
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Toyota Down, Honda Flat and Nissan Rises in March
Toyota car and light-truck lineups both saw losses, as did Lexus cars, Honda light trucks and Honda’s Acura brand.
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BMW May Boost Russian Output in Face of Sales Slide
Longtime contract assembler Avtotor is launching a new automotive cluster in the Kaliningrad region with initial capacity of 100,000 cars and some may be BMW models.
By Eugene Gerden • April 1, 2016 -
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Lexus to Test One-Price Selling in U.S. Pilot Program
Eleven dealers have signed on for the LexusPlus program, which aims to bring luxury-level hospitality to the new-car showroom. The pilot project follows a growing industry trend among upscale brands to offer buyers more personalized, concierge-type services.
By David Zoia Editor • March 31, 2016 -
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Change or Risk Extinction, Hyundai Executive Warns Dealers
The automaker’s U.S. CEO says one-price selling and other changes to the retail model are needed – and fast – if new-vehicle dealers are to ward off competition from emerging-technology competitors.
By David Zoia Editor • March 31, 2016 -
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U.K. Buyers Back Standard Emergency Braking
Vehicles fitted with automatic braking are capable of reducing the likelihood of front-to-rear crashes up to 40%, Thatcham Research says.
By Alan Harman • March 30, 2016 -
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Mazda U.K. Upgrading Dealerships, Staff Training
Mazda U.K.ʼs Tony Hague says 107 of the network’s 135 dealerships are on track to be refurbished by late April with 14 other sites being rebuilt or relocated. He says the effort is meant to reflect “a cultural changeˮ within the retail network.
By Alan Harman • March 28, 2016 -
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Hyundai: We May Need to Incentivize Ioniq
“Nothing anymore sells itself, but the (low) fuel prices definitely create a situation where demand is lower than we’d like to see it,” Hyundai’s U.S. CEO says.
March 24, 2016 -
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Maserati Blows Into Premium-SUV Market
“SUVs are 50% of the global luxury-vehicle market,” says Maserati CEO Harald Wester, referring to why Maserati is going where it hasn’t gone before.
By Steve Finlay • March 24, 2016 -
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Mazda Commercial Tops Most Engaging Ads Chart
The commercial, launched earlier this month, is part of Mazda’s continuing “Driving Matters” campaign.
By WardsAuto Staff • March 24, 2016 -
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Nissan Bills ’17 GT-R as One Powerful Daily Driver
“We really worked on an upgraded interior,” says company executive Daniele Schillaci.
By Steve Finlay • March 24, 2016 -
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Toyota Plug-In’s New Name Aims To Clear Up Confusion
Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz tells who will buy the Prius Prime and what’s so special about it.
By Steve Finlay • March 23, 2016
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