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Quick Service a Must, No Matter How It’s Done
Dealers can offer express operations in all sorts of ways.
By Lee Harkins • Aug. 7, 2014 -
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China to Remain Best of the BRICs
Toyota and Fiat-Chrysler are among the laggards in China, trailing by a wide margin leaders GM and VW, which now sell more than 30% of their global volume in the market.
By William Diem • Aug. 6, 2014 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineAutomotive Manufacturing
Production strategies are changing rapidly as tariffs and shifts in consumer buying patterns affect the industry.
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Reporter Notebook: Dumb Is Good
WardsAuto writers pass along the buzz at this week’s Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, MI.
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Industry Veteran Theodore Escapes Retirement
Identified closely with the K-car, Dodge Viper and minivan while at Chrysler and the GT and Mustang during his days at Ford, engineer Chris Theodore is keeping active consulting and inventing better turbochargers and EVs.
By David C. Smith • Aug. 6, 2014 -
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A Super Computer in Every Car?
Electronics firm NVIDIA says it has 20 development projects under way with automakers, including one involving a mirror-less car.
By David C. Smith • Aug. 5, 2014 -
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Earlier Better for Logistics Planners
By looking at sourcing questions earlier in the process, a Penske executive says, packaging and travel time can be more efficient.
By William Diem • Aug. 5, 2014 -
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Hold Your Horses, Self-Driving Production Cars Long Way Off
“The last thing we want to do is bring technologies to market with unintended consequences,” says John Capp of GM.
By Steve Finlay • Aug. 5, 2014 -
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First Element Sees Five-Year Path to Profitability
Not surprisingly, the initial FEF hydrogen dispensers mainly will be in major metropolitan areas, with a few exceptions.
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Auto Sales Speed Along, But What’s That Barrier Ahead?
“It is tough to see consumers paying $3,000 more for the same car just because someone in Washington says you have to buy it,” says NADA’s chief economist.
By Steve Finlay • Aug. 5, 2014 -
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Reporter Notebook: A Dauch By Any Other Name
WardsAuto writers pass along the buzz at this week’s Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, MI.
By WardsAuto Staff • Aug. 4, 2014 -
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AAM’s Dauch Calls for U.S. Manufacturing Revival
Challenges facing the U.S. manufacturing sector include cost pressures, adapting to new technology, finding and retaining skilled workers and overcoming what the executive calls structural cost burdens.
By David C. Smith • Aug. 4, 2014 -
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Automotive Beckons to Aluminum Pop-Can King Novelis
The aluminum producer now has several new alloys promising better strength or new formability in the process of approval by customers.
By William Diem • Aug. 4, 2014 -
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The Motor City Is Still the Motor City
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.A few days ago, I drove through Pontiac, MI, 25 miles (40 km) north of Detroit, where General Motors used to produce and engineer trucks. Mu...
By David Smith 1 • Aug. 4, 2014 -
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BEA to Release Revised SAAR Factors on Sales Reporting Day
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 U.S. Bureau of Economic Affairs is schedule to release annual seasonal factors on August 1, 2014, the same day that most automakers rele...
By John Sousanis 1 • July 31, 2014 -
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Violence, Economic Crisis Hit Ukraine Auto Industry
ZAZ, the country’s only full-cycle automaker, manufactured only 10,622 cars in first-half 2014, compared with 252,476 in 2008, and may halt production in September because of parts shortages.
By Peter Homola • July 30, 2014 -
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Jaguar Land Rover Acquires Vintage-Car Collection
Jaguars comprise about one-quarter of the 543-vehicle collection amassed by James Hull, a British car enthusiast, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
By Alan Harman • July 30, 2014 -
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Go Mobile or Go Home
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.I just returned home to Atlanta after a 2-day speaking adventure in Dayton and Columbus, OH. Still traveling 200 days a year, somehow I envi...
By Jim Ziegler 2 • July 29, 2014 -
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U.S. LV SAAR Could Hit 17 Million in July
The latest WardsAuto forecast calls for U.S. automakers to sell 1.47 million light vehicles this month, which would lift the SAAR to 17 million for the first time in eight years.
By John Sousanis • July 25, 2014 -
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New for ’20: The HALcat
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.Muscle cars are becoming more muscular. Autonomous cars keep getting more autonomous. Will the technologies merge and, if they do, what will...
By Jim Irwin • July 21, 2014 -
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WardsAuto Flashback – July 2014
Tooling Strikes, Civilian Output Cut, Tire Crisis Looms, Corvette to get V-8, OEM Tubeless Ties, Record '65 Output, Benchmark Corvette Sales, SIA Opens, Allante Stays, Nissan Rejects UAW
By Al Binder • July 21, 2014 -
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Faurecia Opens $30 Million NA Headquarters
Since auto sales and production began recovering, the supplier has gone from about 20 manufacturing sites in North America to 47.
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Analyst Foresees Cars as True Mobile Devices
People want to live their digital life everywhere, including in their cars, says Thilo Koslowski of Gartner.
By Steve Finlay • July 17, 2014 -
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Despite Initial Opposition, NAFTA Proven Winner for All
In October 2013, trade between NAFTA partners totaled $103.1 billion, up 4.5% from a year earlier, marking the first month in the pact’s history in which trade exceeded $100 billion in a single month.
By Antonio Madero • July 16, 2014 -
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Aisin Seiki Opens New NA Headquarters Near Detroit
The facility houses two business units that were in separate locations, Aisin World Corp. of America and Aisin Technical Center of America, under one roof.
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2-Cyl. Limbo: How Low Can You Go?
Schaeffler says a 3-cyl. engine with cylinder deactivation would consume at least 3% less fuel than the same engine without it, and the technology is less expensive than a hybrid powertrain.
July 10, 2014
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