Automakers: Page 336
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Parts Shortage Resolved at Chrysler’s Belvidere Plant
Lost production means Chrysler will delay a planned shift reduction.
By Ward's Staff • Feb. 15, 2008 -
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Navistar Prepares to Make GM Medium-Duty Trucks
GM is selling its medium-duty truck business to raise money and concentrate more on its light-duty vehicle operations.
By Steve Finlay • Feb. 15, 2008 -
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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Porsche Taps Marti to Lead Revamped Canadian Unit
As a separate subsidiary with dedicated leadership, Porsche Cars Canada Ltd. will now exercise complete market and financial accountability as an independent importer.
By Ward's Staff • Feb. 14, 2008 -
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’09 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG Previewed With New 7-Speed Gearbox
The high-end performance convertible sports the auto maker’s most powerful V-8, quickest-shifting automatic transmission and an optional track-day package.
By Mike Sutton • Feb. 13, 2008 -
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Jaguar Dealer Welcomes New Ownership
Jag Dealer David Stephens says he feels good about Ford’s future under CEO Alan Mulally, calling him a “real quick learner.”
By Byron Pope • Feb. 11, 2008 -
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Hyundai Launches Production at Second Indian Plant
The factory, located adjacent to Hyundai India’s original facility, has capacity for 300,000 units annually and doubles the auto maker’s domestic output to 600,000.
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Hunt, Beavis Out at Kia
Kia officials say the two men resigned, but several dealers and others attending the NADA annual convention here tell Ward’s the two men were dismissed.
By Cliff Banks • Feb. 10, 2008 -
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GM Rental-Fleet Business ‘Very Profitable’
When it comes to hot-selling products, such as the redesigned ’08 Chevrolet Malibu, if retail sales are high enough, rental companies might not get the vehicle.
By Byron Pope • Feb. 9, 2008 -
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Ford Honors Dealers for Top Community Service
The honorees "epitomize the spirit of corporate citizenship that my great-grandfather built into the fabric of Ford Motor Co. more than a century ago," Edsel Ford II says.
By Ward's Staff • Feb. 9, 2008 -
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Chrysler Taps Sidoti to Lead Supplier Quality Efforts
Sidoti arrives at her new position from the auto maker’s assembly plant in Sterling Heights, MI, where she served as plant manager.
By Ward's Staff • Feb. 8, 2008 -
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High Gas Prices Not Slowing Camaro Interest, Chevrolet Says
GM still is trying to determine what the demand mix will be for the V-6 vs. the V-8 engine, but the V-8 is expected to rule initial production.
By Jim Mateja • Feb. 7, 2008 -
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Chrysler Seeks Long-Term Supply Fix
A dispute with Plastech cost Chrysler a day of production this week. The parties have a temporary supply agreement, but Jim Press says the auto maker is looking for “some other source.”
By Tom Murphy • Feb. 7, 2008 -
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Oldest Family-Owned Dodge Dealership Faces Flak from Auto Maker
Chuck Tator says he is clinging to his business by his fingernails, fighting to keep Chrysler from revoking his 94-year-old franchise.
By Herb Shuldiner • Feb. 6, 2008 -
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Acura Hopes RL Refresh Will Boost Sales
About 80% of the RL has been changed or updated for the ’09 model year, including the vehicle’s grille, which resembles the Acura MDX face.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Feb. 6, 2008 -
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Subaru Sets Sights on Regaining Lost Ground in U.S.
Despite last year’s launch of a refreshed Tribeca CUV and all-new Impreza, Subaru sales declined 6.7% to 187,206 units.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Feb. 6, 2008 -
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Ford to Launch European Transit Connect Van in U.S.
The auto maker believes the Transit Connect will appeal to urban-based businesses in North America with small-package deliveries.
By Byron Pope • Feb. 6, 2008 -
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Kia Names Ahn Head of U.S. Sales Arm, Georgia Plant
Byung Mo Ahn currently is president of parent company Kia Motors Corp.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Feb. 5, 2008 -
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Chrysler Assembly Network Threatened by Plastech Bankruptcy; Decoma Angling for Supplier’s Business
If an alternate supply agreement is struck, it would mark the second time in recent years that a Magna company has come to Chrysler’s aid.
By Eric Mayne • Feb. 4, 2008 -
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What’s the Matter With Kids?
It started out innocently enough as a conversation about Christmas gifts. People my age value experiences over material things, my 21-year-old told me. I assumed he was just politely asking for cash and didn't think much of it. Then, during a recent meeting with Ward's editors, Ford sales analyst George Pipas used almost exactly the same words to explain the entire Millennial generation, people born
By Drew Winter • Feb. 1, 2008 -
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Where Power Meets Posh
Del Mar, Ca The redesigned '08 Lexus LX 570 is for affluent people who want a big and posh SUV that can handle the rugged trail to the family horse farm or the snowy road to the ski resort. It also is great for going over parking lot speed bumps at Neiman Marcus, which is where the vehicle's articulation abilities will probably be used the most, quips Bob Allan, a training director for Toyota Motor
By Steve Finlay • Feb. 1, 2008 -
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CPO Gets Its Own Showrooms
Three new dealership showrooms are the first devoted exclusively to certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicles. Millions of dollars have been invested in the state-of-the-art facilities at JM Lexus in Florida and two Penske Auto Group dealerships in Indianapolis, Penske Honda and Penske Chevrolet. JM Lexus is the largest Lexus store in the U.S. and its $3.14 million CPO showroom and service department across
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Mercedes Makes Niche Markets Its Strategic Focus
Sportiness and utility are the themes behind Mercedes-Benz Cars' nine global product launches planned for 2008. With the new C-Class contributing to the sales momentum begun by the redesigned '07 S-Class, the auto maker is striving to open up new market niches, Daimler AG Chairman and Mercedes division chief Dieter Zetsche says at the Detroit show. New are two iterations of the next-generation SL
By Eric Mayne • Feb. 1, 2008 -
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Wherefore Art Thou Camaro?
Multi-brand dealerships have been a fixture in Canadian small towns for a long time, and American dealers shouldn't be averse to them, says John L. Waldie, president of a Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealership owned by Stratford Motor Products in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. With sentiment and pride, Waldie, 60 years old and still a Corvette racing enthusiast, relates the long history of selling cars in a city
By Mac Gordon • Feb. 1, 2008 -
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For a Mustang that Will Move You: Ford Motor Co.’s 4.6L SOHC V-8
Ford Motor Co. has drawn some criticism for feeding buyers a steady diet of sometimes minor variations of its popular Mustang ponycar. Who cares if Ford's big Mustang news for the year is a glass-roof option, or it orchestrates releases of a new or a dozen other versions, as long as there's a Mustang that moves you? That's how we feel about the dazzling 4.6L SOHC V-8 that is the signature and seminal
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An Engine for the Thinking Man: Toyota Motor Corp.’s 3.5L DOHC V-6
All right: V-8 challenging power and torque. Supreme refinement delivered the old-time Toyota Motor Corp. way. And an innovative fuel-injection layout that still has some competitors asking why they didn't think of it. Or, perhaps, How could we ever afford that? This, too, is part of the Lexus mystique how Toyota's premium division can continue to deliver top-shelf engineering and manufacturing for
Feb. 1, 2008
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