Automakers: Page 358
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BMW Expands Nurburgring Facility
The famed German race circuit has served as the auto maker’s vehicle proving grounds for nearly 40 years.
By Mike Sutton • Nov. 14, 2006 -
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Service Technicians Vie for Prizes, Bragging Rights
It’s not a typical day in the bay when service technicians compete against themselves and the clock while an audience watches.
By Steve Finlay • Nov. 13, 2006 -
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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Cadillac Adding SLS in China
The new sedan and Escalade SUV are fresh entries for China.
By Ward's Staff • Nov. 10, 2006 -
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New Volvo S80 Boasts Scandinavian Luxury
Volvo expects the ’07 S80 to sell about 25,000-30,000 units per year.
By Byron Pope • Nov. 10, 2006 -
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Nissan Says Needs More Time to Break Into Minivan Segment
The auto maker says it will maintain a presence in the U.S. minivan market despite the Quest’s low sales volume.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Nov. 9, 2006 -
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China’s Top-10 Best-Selling Auto Makers See Rankings Shift
Making an impressive leap this year, Chery pushed Beijing Hyundai aside for fourth place from seventh, with sales surging 59% to 212,500.
By Mack Chrysler • Nov. 8, 2006 -
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Ford Australia to Cut Workforce 10%
The job losses were signaled in October when Ford cut output 20%, with sales hurt by rising fuel prices and competition.
By Alan Harman • Nov. 3, 2006 -
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’07 Altima Still Best Non-Luxury Sport Sedan
Nissan’s all-new sedan, with a revamped 3.5L VQ V-6 – a 12-time Ward’s 10 Best Engines winner – is a good car made even better.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Nov. 3, 2006 -
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Ford Cuts Benefits, Suspends Raises
Although salaried workers will not receive merit pay raises next year, Ford is reinstating matching contributions for 401(k) retirement plans.
By Ward's Staff From Wires • Nov. 2, 2006 -
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Chrysler’s Unreported ‘Sales Bank’ Now About 22,000, Analysis Shows
Maintaining a stockpile of unsold vehicles is "not part of our business plan," the auto maker says.
By Eric Mayne • Nov. 2, 2006 -
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Time Ripe for DC to Consider Third Partner
Schrempp may have read the handwriting on the wall correctly when he lobbied for a third leg to the DaimlerChrysler stool and a footprint in the hottest emerging markets of Asia.
By David E. Zoia • Nov. 1, 2006 -
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Ford Edge Solid Entry, But Will That Be Enough?
Ford believes the Edge’s bold styling will tip the scales in its favor in a growing, but increasingly crowded, market sector.
By Byron Pope • Nov. 1, 2006 -
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GM TechWorld Highlights Supplier Innovation
General Motors Corp. awards seven contracts recently to veteran and newcomer suppliers attending its TechWorld conference — a 3-day forum where suppliers pitch innovations and upgrades to proven safety and powertrain technologies.
By Scott Anderson, Tom Murphy • Nov. 1, 2006 -
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Saturn, Opel Cozy Up
General Motors Corp. has begun a 7-year strategy of consolidating its Saturn and Opel brands to provide a slew of European-styled vehicles for consumers on both sides of the ocean.
By Alisa Priddle • Nov. 1, 2006 -
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CAD Saves GM Truck-Plant Investments
General Motors Corp. spent significantly less money in retooling plants to produce its new-generation fullsize pickups by putting more time into computer-aided modeling.
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Ford Should Trim 3 Brands
Ford Motor Co. should shed its Lincoln, Mercury, Land Rover, Mazda and Aston Martin marques and concentrate on Ford, Volvo and Jaguar, says former marketing executive Charles R. Hughes. Hughes, one-time CEO of Mazda North American Operations and president of Land Rover North America, claims Ford overextended itself when it bought Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo, making it difficult to concentrate on
By Byron Pope • Nov. 1, 2006 -
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SEMA Show Honors American Muscle Cars This Year
As the automotive accessories industry grows, 14 automakers participated in the annual Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Assn. Show this month in Las Vegas. We are very pleased to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the SEMA show this year with the theme American Muscle: Past, Present and Future, says Carl Sheffer, SEMA's vice president-OEM relations. He says the focus on the Detroit Big Three included
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Hyundai Recruits Young Army Vets for Dealership Jobs
Seeking to recruit young veterans as dealership service technicians, Hyundai Motor America is the first auto company to join a U.S. Army partnership program. The overall effort of Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) is to help discharged former service men and women find civilian careers. Upon completion of their military duty, qualified Army personnel will be granted priority interviews with Hyundai
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This Guy Is On the Ball Online
Ralph Paglia worked at three car dealerships before taking a sales job with Reynolds and Reynolds, a major automotive information technology firm. While there, he said he'd never work for a dealership again. That was before I met the Gruwell family, owners of Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, he says. They are entrepreneurial and willing to experiment using new technologies. Paglia returned to the other
By Steve Finlay • Nov. 1, 2006 -
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Citroen Eyes Car Sales in Canada
Automobiles Citroen may use Canada as its beachhead into North America. “If we can homologate our cars in Canada, it's a potential,” says Frederic Banzet, vice-president-international sales. “We're looking at it.”
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Can You Spell Repossession?
Apparently it's never too early to learn about vehicle financing. So Toyota Financial Services has launched Scion Solutions within Whyville (www.whyville.net), a virtual world for children and young teens, ages eight to 15. With Scion Solutions, Whyville Internet users will be able to finance their own virtual Toyota's Scion brand xB. In the process, they will learn about interest rates, down payments,
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Goes Forth in the North
Innovative marketing has kept Scott McNamara's three small-town northern Michigan dealerships on course during the trials that have beset Ford Motor Company this year.
By Mac Gordon • Nov. 1, 2006 -
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Group 1 Buys 1 Domestic, 14 Import Stores
Group 1 Automotive Inc. has expanded its presence in the Northeast by acquiring several import automobile dealerships. The Houston-based automotive retailer has acquired Marty Sussman Acura of Maple Shade, N.J., serving the Philadelphia market area; as well as Sussman Honda/Marty Sussman BMW and Sussman Acura of Atlantic City. The dealerships have been renamed Elite Acura, Boardwalk Honda/BMW of Atlantic
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Sporty Sibling
After a 5-year absence, American Honda Motor Co. Inc.'s Acura premium division has put the performance-enhanced '07 TL Type-S sedan back in the lineup. Granted, the Type-S lacks rear-wheel drive which can be said of all Acuras and its 286 hp does not lead its class. But the return of the performance variant of the front-wheel-drive TL no doubt will please Acura enthusiasts who are licking their wounds
By Christie Schweinsberg • Nov. 1, 2006 -
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Shootout at OC Corral?
Is it a shootout at the OC Corral? In this city in California's Orange County, a new $75 million Lexus dealership now sits almost squarely across the street from Fletcher Jones Motorcars, the nation's top-selling Mercedes-Benz dealership. Some observers have characterized it as a battle of the luxury brands in an ultra-rich municipality, population 83,120, where the median household
By Steve Finlay • Nov. 1, 2006
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