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Chevrolet ‘Test Track’ Takes Disney Visitors Into Car Design
There’s no “hard sell” for Chevrolet products, but there is potential for residual marketing as a result of the redesigned attraction.
By Aaron Foley • Nov. 9, 2012 -
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Chrysler Recalls Older Jeeps Over Airbag Issue
Airbags in some Jeep Liberty and Grand Cherokees can deploy without warning, although the auto maker says it has not heard of any injuries.
By WardsAuto Staff • Nov. 9, 2012 -
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Automakers are evaluating their long-term strategies, revisiting their product mix, and approach to both retail and manufacturing approach along the way.
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Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant to Serve as Blueprint for Flexibility
Converted from a facility that produced two fullsize SUVs, Michigan Assembly now becomes the only factory in the world to build gasoline-powered, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles under one roof.
By Byron Pope • Nov. 9, 2012 -
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Mazda to Build Toyota Vehicle at Upcoming Mexico Plant
The Toyota subcompact, to be based on the Mazda2 B-car, is scheduled to start production in the summer of 2015. Annual volume will be 50,000 units, the auto makers say.
By WardsAuto Staff • Nov. 9, 2012 -
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U.S. Market Not in China’s SAIC Short-Term Growth Plan
GM’s Chinese auto maker partner recently opened its U.S. headquarters in an upscale suburb north of Detroit, tasked by its parent in Shanghai to grow the company’s reputation in industry circles.
By James M. Amend • Nov. 7, 2012 -
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Nissan Focus Returns to Navara Pickup With New Thai Plant
The fresh investment confirms the auto maker’s aim to make Thailand its ASEAN production hub for cars and trucks, as the region counts down to the loosening of trade barriers in 2015. Nissan’s output is slated to double by 2016.
By Edd Ellison • Nov. 7, 2012 -
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Renault Partners With U.K.’s Caterham to Build Sports Cars
Renault is reviving its Alpine brand and Caterham will have its namesake models in addition to the Lotus Seven it builds in England. The partnership assures the future of the French auto maker’s Dieppe plant that makes the Clio Sport.
By William Diem • Nov. 7, 2012 -
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New Maserati Quattroporte Headed to Detroit
Fiat’s sports-car arm is targeting volume growth to 50,000 units annually worldwide by 2015, and the new sedan is one of three new models on the horizon expected to play a big role.
By WardsAuto Staff • Nov. 6, 2012 -
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Ford Sets Fusion Apart From Competition in New Ad Campaign
Print ads will run in conjunction with a digital campaign called “Random Acts of Fusion,” in which TV’s Ryan Seacrest travels the country performing acts of goodwill in an effort to generate buzz for the ’13 Fusion.
By Byron Pope • Nov. 2, 2012 -
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Hyundai, Kia to Restate Fuel Economy After EPA Determines Tests Faulty
The change affects roughly 900,000, or 35%, of the 2.7 million ’11-’13 model-year vehicles sold by Hyundai and Kia in the U.S. through October.
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Keeping Score Between Romney, Obama and Chrysler: Everyone Loses
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.The tennis match between U.S. Republicans (and their supporters) and the U.S. auto industry continues with no end in sight.I predicted in a ...
By Aaron Foley 1 • Nov. 1, 2012 -
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Ford Sales Flat in October; Bounce-Back Expected Following Hurricane
Consumers with vehicles damaged by Hurricane Sandy will likely replace them in November, says sales chief Ken Czubay.
By Byron Pope • Nov. 1, 2012 -
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VW Looks Terribly Inefficient, Except on the Bottom Line
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.Good thing American efficiency experts can’t get their hands on Volkswagen. They’d destroy it in a second. By traditional Business School me...
By John McElroy 1 • Oct. 30, 2012 -
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GM Builds 1 Millionth Unit on Chevy Equinox, GMC Terrain Platform
The popularity of the Equinox and Terrain is a positive manufacturing story for the auto maker.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 30, 2012 -
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GM’s Fifth-Generation Small-Block V-8
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts. General Motors video demonstrates three significant fuel-saving technologies on the new LT1 fifth-generation small-block V-8: gasoline dire...
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Toyota Counting on Younger Buyers, Livery Business to Meet Avalon Sales Goal
Calty in Newport Beach, along with Toyota’s Ann Arbor technical center, exclusively directed the design and engineering of the new Avalon, making it the “most American” Toyota ever.
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New GM Small Block Pairs Power, Efficiency
GM’s fifth-generation V-8 will spend more time in 4-cyl. mode, use Delphi-supplied GDI, boost efficiency with continuously variable valve timing and no longer will be produced in Romulus, MI.
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Ford Plummets in Consumer Reports Reliability Survey
Some owners report they have experienced failures with Ford’s MyFord Touch infotainment system and PowerShift transmission, the magazine says.
By Byron Pope • Oct. 29, 2012 -
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Ford Explorer SUV Excels as Urban Warrior
America's best-selling SUV seems to be more at home in the office canyons of Manhattan and other urban streets, and with good reason. The New York tri-state region is the Explorer's top market nationally.
By Herb Shuldiner 1 • Oct. 29, 2012 -
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Chrysler Falls Victim to Internet Fear-Mongering
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.Being a 20-something Millenial, I’m in tune with everyone I’ve ever known in life on the Internet. And even though I’m fortunate to know suc...
By Aaron Foley 1 • Oct. 26, 2012 -
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Ford Car Buyers Embracing Black Wheel Option
What once was an aftermarket niche now is becoming a middle-of-the-road trend as black wheels find their way on family haulers, Ford’s marking manager says.
By Byron Pope • Oct. 26, 2012 -
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Nissan Sees Loyalty, Styling Carrying Aging Light-Truck Lineup
While the majority of U.S. trucks and utility vehicles today bear a swoopy, softer design language, the auto maker’s marketing director says the boxy look of the Titan and Frontier, as well as the Xterra SUV, does have its fans.
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GM to Make $450 Million Investment in Argentina
GM’s investment will occur between 2013 and 2015 and pave the way for an all-new global Chevrolet vehicle for sale in the local market and for export to other regions.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 25, 2012 -
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Ford Looking to Shutter Belgium Plant, Transfer Production to Spain, Germany
The auto maker says it has initiated an information and consultation process with union representatives regarding the factory’s closure, which would displace 4,300 workers.
By Byron Pope • Oct. 24, 2012 -
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GM, PSA Detail Product-Sharing Plans; Two New Platforms Planned
PSA’s B-platform likely will be the basis for the next Opel Meriva, and the French auto maker’s C-platform could underpin the next Zafira.
By William Diem • Oct. 24, 2012
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