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SPE Plastics Awards Honor Innovation
This year’s list of winners shows that even after more than 40 years, there is no lack of new ideas for solving problems, cutting costs and reducing weight with polymers.
By Drew Winter • Nov. 29, 2011 -
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Hybrid, EV Sales Lag Forecasts, But Plenty More Models on Way
In fiscal 2010, Toyota and Honda accounted for 95% of global hybrid sales and 90% of hybrid and EV deliveries combined.
By Roger Schreffler • Nov. 29, 2011 -
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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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Mexico Car Sales, Production Rise in October
Japanese auto makers outpaced their U.S. rivals in sales and ouput in the month.
By Byron Pope • Nov. 28, 2011 -
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2011 Year in Review: Canada
Highlights of the year’s major events in Canada
By Eric Mayne • Nov. 28, 2011 -
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2011 Year in Review: North America
Highlights of the year’s major events in the North American auto industry.
By Drew Winter • Nov. 28, 2011 -
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October Global Vehicle Sales Hover Above Year-Ago
The month’s deliveries represented a slim 1.3% gain on like-2010, the third-lowest year-over-year result in more than two years.
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Sex Sells. Time to Get Over It.
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 caterwauling has begun. Albeit faintly.Prudes and feminist flag-wavers have raised their squeaky voices in protest of the Fiat 500 Abart...
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Cutting-Edge 1930s Atalanta Motors Marque Revived
Atalanta developed and produced one of the most technically advanced sports-car designs of its era. It was described as a thoroughbred among its more conservative contemporaries.
By Alan Harman • Nov. 21, 2011 -
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Lotus: Light-Weighting Could Get Industry to 100 MPG Car
A soon-to-be-released study to prove the firm’s concept lightweight vehicle body can hold up in a crash and be built cost-effectively promises to be a “game-changer,” executives say.
By David E. Zoia • Nov. 15, 2011 -
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Dow Energy Materials Start-Up Aims to Increase Li-ion Energy Density
Dow Energy Materials says its range of new materials will increase the energy density of Li-ion batteries.
By Byron Pope • Nov. 8, 2011 -
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Internet Slows Down Car Buying
More than 80% of new-car buyers in the U.S. use the Internet to shop and do research, up from 54% in 2000.
By Steve Finlay • Nov. 4, 2011 -
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Chevy Hopes for Sales Boom with New Sonic Small Car
SAN FRANCISCO For years, General Motors couldn't build a good small car. Now, it shows it can with the '12 Chevrolet Sonic. What took so long for GM, and Chevy in particular, to come up with something worthy after producing small cars such as the awful Vega, mediocre Cavalier and so-so Cobalt? The auto maker looked at life anew after coming close to meeting its maker in the dark years of 2008 and
By Steve Finlay • Nov. 1, 2011 -
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Subprime Auto Lending Is Up, Credit Scores Are Down
LAS VEGAS Consumer credit scores are down and subprime auto lending is up, Experian Automotive says. Lenders, that all but slammed the door on would-be car buyers with imperfect credit during the cold economic years of 2008 and 2009, now are putting the welcome mat out for them. New-vehicle loans for subprime borrowers increased 22.4% in second quarter-2011, compared with year-ago, according to a
By Steve Finlay • Nov. 1, 2011 -
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Turbo Penetration Set for Big Boost
Only about 10% of light vehicles sold in the U.S. at present offer turbocharging, but Borg Warner forecasts that will grow to 40% in five years and 80% by 2020.
By Herb Shuldiner • Nov. 1, 2011 -
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Ally Financial Lets Buyers Sell Back Vehicles
The lender says its Ally Buyer’s Choice delivers the best of both worlds.
By Steve Finlay • Oct. 31, 2011 -
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Scion Targets 1,000-2,000 iQ Sales a Month; EV Still on Track
If anything can sink iQ sales next year, it will be the continuing economic rut in which many 20-somethings find themselves, Scion’s top executive says of the microcar’s targeted buyers.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Oct. 26, 2011 -
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2011 Year in Review: Asia
Highlights of the year’s major events in the Asian auto industry.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Oct. 24, 2011 -
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2011 Year in Review: Europe
Highlights of the year’s major events in the European auto industry.
By David E. Zoia • Oct. 24, 2011 -
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Japanese Auto Industry Faces Somber Market
Past glories cannot lighten the island nation’s heavy burdens, ranging from an aging population and shrinking workforce to power shortages and foreign currency problems.
By Mack Chrysler • Oct. 24, 2011 -
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China Charges Ahead for EV Dominance as Auto Sales Slow
Consumers, so far, are unmoved by the market’s alternative-powertrain offerings. As Beijing rethinks its policy, Western auto makers continue to invest in electric vehicles.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Oct. 24, 2011 -
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Hope Not Enough at Serra Auto Group
Joe Serra runs one of the country’s top dealership groups based near one of the nation’s most economically battered areas, Flint, MI.
By Lillie Guyer • Oct. 21, 2011 -
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For Hospital Staff, the Service Technician Will See Your Car Now
Five dealerships vie for prizes at a best-idea competition during the DrivingSales Executive Summit presented with WardsAuto.
By Steve Finlay • Oct. 14, 2011 -
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U.S. Big-Truck Sales Soar in September
All groups but Class 7 see double-digit percentage increases in September.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Oct. 13, 2011 -
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Top Internet-Lead Closer Tells How
Marc McGurren, of the Jerry Durant Auto Group, attributes much success to what he calls the five “Ps.” They are: people, passion, principle, process and paying attention.
By Steve Finlay • Oct. 11, 2011 -
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Pent-Up Demand? What Pent-Up Demand?
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.With annual U.S. sales running nearly 5 million units below pre-economic-crash peaks and the average age of vehicles on the road at 11 years...
By David Zoia • Oct. 7, 2011
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