Dealers: Page 140

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    Toe to toe on trade: but a strong yen pushes transplants to buy more U.S. parts

    For Japanese manufacturers, separating the economics of making cars in the U.S. from politics has been nearly impossible. That's becasue the decision to produce here is not the result of business dynamics. It's the culmination of, in one word, a dare.U.S. politicians, the Big Three and the United Auto Workers union bemoaned the loss of American jobs and plant closings in the early '80s as Japanese

    By Frank Washington • July 1, 1995
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    U.S./Japan trade war gets big play

    The U.S. decision to slap a 100% tariff on selected Japanese luxury cars (see Auto Talk, p. 18) prompts a barrage of pro and con media stories. A persistent theme is the harmful impact the tariff would have on Americans who own and work in dealerships selling the targeted vehicles. One dire threat: If they stand, the tariffs theoretically could put 8,000 people out of work. "You're going to see a

    June 1, 1995
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    Trendline

    Artificial 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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    RV industry runs counter to U.S. trends

    1994 RV sales: 440,000 (Up 6% from 1993) highest since 1978RV sales growth, 1992-'94: 50% Retail value of '94 shipments: Nearly $10 billion

    March 1, 1995
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    Gray to head new AlliedSignal ABS unit

    Former Bundy Corp. and Kelsey-Hayes Corp. executive Joseph M. Gray is named president of AlliedSignal Automotive's new global antilock braking systems organization. Based at AlliedSignal's Southfield, MI, automotive headquarters, the new group integrates the company's current North American and European ABS operations.Other management moves at AlliedSignal include the appointment of Bill Wilcock to

    March 1, 1995
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    Highlights from the Detroit auto show

    * What's the first thing one asks GM's new marketing guru Ronald L. Zarrella other than "Why did you take this job?" or "Why in hell did you take this job?" as he puts it. We found out at the North American International Auto show. it's "what kind of car do you drive?" A Blazer, he says. Mr. Zarrella was negotiating to buy the SUV in June when GM approached him. He was driving a Volvo 850 then. Asked

    Feb. 1, 1995
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    The proof is in the parts; SMC scores big on big parts like hoods ...and in cost-cutting small-part consolidation

    Steel, aluminum, magnesium and other plastics please stand back: SMC automotive applications are expanding. In just two years, use of SMC in cars and trucks has grown more than 25%, form 156,000 million pounds in 1993 to a projected 200,000 million pounds in 1995.The 1995 Lincoln Continental is a case in point. The restyled luxury sedan from Ford Motor Co. features that model's first hood and decklid

    Jan. 1, 1995