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Geneva Auto Show to Lure Media With ‘VIPs’
Ford will offer 2-time world champion figure-skater Stéphane Lambiel. BMW has invited actress Gwyneth Paltrow, and Subaru will battle back with wrestler Jörg Abderhalden.
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Ford Fiesta Invading C-Segment
The Fiesta’s hatchback is “the core of what is popular now” in the car’s sales mix, says Ford’s Jim Farley.
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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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Court Fines Hyundai’s Chung
A suit filed by a civic group and minority shareholders alleges Chung and former Vice Chairman Kim Dong-jin deprived Hyundai Motor of potential profits by showing favoritism to affiliates within the group.
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Hyundai’s Showroom-Within-A-Showroom Plan Progressing
Half of the U.S. Hyundai stores opting for the scheme have completed their modifications.
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Shanghai GM Names New President
Ye Yongming, 47, most recently served as vice president and general manager of the service and trading department of SAIC.
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Nissan Leaf EV Slowly Making Way to U.S. Customers
The car’s reservation process, which requires interested buyers to make a $99 deposit to secure their place in line, may have created unrealistic expectations, Nissan’s top U.S. sales executive tells Ward’s.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Feb. 23, 2011 -
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Versatility, Refinement Hallmarks of Chrysler Pentastar
The all-new V-6 will power 10 Chrysler vehicles by the end of this year and 13 by 2013.
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Cerberus Instinct Letter-Perfect
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.Like me, I’m sure you've wondered why Chrysler broke with convention by retaining “LX” as the codename for its new-generation fullsize car p...
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Ford Surpasses Chevy in Dealership Count
The Ford-Chevy rivalry has dominated the American landscape since the early 20th century.
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iPads Give Mercedes Dealers Freedom of Movement
“This is about dealer mobility instead of a deskbound system,” Mercedes-Benz Financial’s Anreas Hinrichs says of iPads at dealerships.
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’11 Hyundai Elantra Among New Breed of Upscale Compacts
Like the Genesis and Sonata, expect the Elantra to push Hyundai farther up the consideration ladder of consumers and carve deeper into the share of traditional segment leaders.
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Bentley Expects to Ride Luxury Upturn With New Continental GT
The high-luxury market is bouncing back alongside a stabilized real-estate industry and rejuvenated stock market in the U.S., a North American executive says.
By James M. Amend • Feb. 16, 2011 -
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Hyundai Debuts Refreshed Genesis; Veloster to Rallycross
The 5.0L direct-injected V-8, with a higher 11.5:1 compression ratio, is exclusive to the R-Spec version of the ’12 Genesis.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Feb. 9, 2011 -
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Ford Launches Social Media Campaign for Explorer
The auto maker will select consumers with the best ideas to live out their dream adventures in the all-new SUV.
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Hyundai Walking Supply-Side Tightrope With Dealers
“We’re very self-conscious right now about expanding too quickly,” says HMA CEO John Krafcik. “(But) we don’t want to get complacent.”
By Eric Mayne • Feb. 7, 2011 -
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Clock Ticking for Lincoln Dealers
Ford wants a trimmer Lincoln distribution network made up of elite dealers. “Without those two elements, everything’s lost,” says Ken Czubay, vice president-sales and marketing.
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OnStar Secret GM Sales Weapon
The vehicle-telematics service counts 31,000 users of its recently released smartphone application. That number is growing by 10,000 every month, the auto maker says.
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Hyundai’s Top U.S. Designer Heading Back to GM
The departing Phillip Zak started his career at General Motors in 1988 and spent 20 years at the Detroit auto maker.
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Mitsubishi to Assemble Outlander Sport in U.S.
The compact CUV will take the place of the three midsize models built at Mitsubishi’s Illinois plant.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Feb. 4, 2011 -
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I’m Always Looking to Grow
ST. GEORGE, UT Stephen Wade, the National Automobile Dealers Assn.'s 2011 chairman, started in the car business 41 years ago as general manager of a new Mazda dealership in Salt Lake City. Many franchises later, the Stephen Wade Auto Center is headed by a growth-minded entrepreneur with dealerships in St. George, UT, and the northern California city of Chico. Wade, 67, co-founded the SunFirst Bank
By Mac Gordon • Feb. 1, 2011 -
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MultiAir Strategy Multi-Faceted
Schaeffler Group will launch U.S. production of the MultiAir valve-control system for Fiat Automobiles SpA in June, beginning what could be the start of something big in North America for the German supplier. The first Cheraw, SC, MultiAir units will be headed to Dundee, MI, to support production of 1.4L FIRE engines for the North American market Fiat 500, slated for assembly at Chrysler Group LLC's
By David E. Zoia • Feb. 1, 2011 -
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Nissan’s 80kW Synchronous Electric Motor: Love that Leaf
A new day has dawned, and purveyors of petroleum should be plenty nervous. Vehicles running on electricity have arrived and more are on the way from well-known brands such as Ford, BMW, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Smart. But the EV that sets the benchmark for others to meet because it's the first one to be affordable, functional for five occupants and practical for everyday driving is the Nissan Leaf.
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Critics Need to Drive New Chryslers
As controversial as the U.S. government bailout of General Motors remains, the rescue of Chrysler is even more so. In the dark days of 2009, even President Obama's Automotive Task Force was prepared to let the legendary auto maker, and its iconic Jeep, Dodge and Hemi brands, slip into oblivion. As task force leader and Car Czar Steven Rattner recounts in his book one of the key arguments for saving
By Drew Winter • Feb. 1, 2011 -
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BMW Mini’s 1.6L Turbocharged DOHC I-4: Big Difference
Few engines got more raves this year than the not-so-new turbocharged engine in the Mini Cooper hardtop. We tested this engine for the first time in the Mini in 2007, but were not all that impressed, even though it was a huge improvement over the previous Pentagon engine, which actually made our list in 2003. More on this later. The big difference this year is the addition of BMW AG's excellent Valvetronic
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Hyundai’s Tau 5.0L DOHC V-8: Look Out
After introducing the astonishingly good 4.6L Tau V-8 two years ago, Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. could be forgiven if it chose to sit back and recoup some of its investment for at least a 4-year product cycle. But the word must not be in the vocabulary of the hard-charging South Korean auto maker. For the '10 model Genesis, engineers added another 10 hp, bringing total output to 385 hp, and winning another
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