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Malibu Output to Fall in May
About 35% of Malibu output goes to rental fleets, but GM plans to reduce that to 25% with the ’08 model.
By Ward's Staff • Feb. 22, 2007 -
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Big Sales Anticipated for New Mini
Mini expects record sales in the U.S. to return with the second-generation subcompact, even if total sales fall shy of the U.K.’s anticipated tally for the year.
By Alisa Priddle • Feb. 14, 2007 -
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Scion xA Could Make Comeback
The No.1 customer complaint was the old xA and xB were not powerful enough.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Feb. 8, 2007 -
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AskPatty Partners With MyCarPage, Chrome Systems
The MyCarPage.com partnership will allow women to create a personal vehicle Web page that will provide them with service reminders and other information.
By Emily Prawdzik Genoff • Feb. 6, 2007 -
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eBay Motors Provides Dealers With More Options
eBay Motors unveils Local Market, a subscription-based service that enables franchise dealers to list their used-car lot to area buyers.
By Emily Prawdzik Genoff • Feb. 5, 2007 -
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Astra, G8 Crossing Pond for Chicago
The Astra sold five times as many units in Europe vs. the Ion it replaces in the U.S.
By Scott Anderson • Feb. 4, 2007 -
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NYC Fire Chief Shares Inspirational 9/11 Experience
Retired New York City Fire Chief and World Trade Center survivor Richard Picciotto shares his experience at NADA.
By Emily Prawdzik Genoff • Feb. 3, 2007 -
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NADA, EPA Urge Dealership Energy Conservation
A new joint program aims to cut dealerships’ energy use by 10%, which could save nearly $193 million and prevent more than 1-million tons of CO2 emissions annually.
By Steve Finlay • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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Loan Terms of Endearment
Car buyers once paid big down payments, then took only a few years to pay off the remainder of what was owed. Those were the days.
By Steve Finlay • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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How to Tackle Aging Inventory
Why do we have aged inventory? I have heard this question asked time and time again in used-vehicle departments. The answers vary. Everyone has an excuse for their aged inventory.
By Dennis Gregg • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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Automotive Web Sites Often Fall Short
You can't frustrate and annoy people into liking your brand. Yet a lot of automotive websites seem to be trying to do that, says Ron Rogowski, a senior analyst for Forrester Research.
By Steve Finlay • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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Aisin Building Czech Plant
Japan's Aisin AI Co. Ltd. plans to construct a new 6-speed transmission plant in Brno, Czech Republic, the country's second-largest city.
By Peter Homola • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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Train Those Service Advisors
Many dealerships have paid for service-advisor sales training, only to learn they wasted their money. Dealer principals and managers often tell me they didn't receive a return on their investment of time or money in such training.
By Lee Harkins • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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Get Ready for Soft Year in ‘07
After a year of record level sales, auto remarketers were optimistic, yet realistic, about 2006 numbers. Last year's sales did show weakness, but there were many pockets of strength in the industry
By Emily Prawdzik Genoff • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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Be a Great Online Marketer
The surge in online car shopping underscores how important it is for dealers to market inventories on the Internet in a way that grabs shoppers' eyes.
By Jim Leman • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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Baggage Free
It's just not cool to make minivans anymore.It's debatable if minivans ever were cool — just ask any 30-something who grew up sandwiched between a cooler of Capri Sun and mesh bag of soccer balls.
By Scott Anderson • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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PLM’s Next Level
IBM says its recently announced Product Development Integration Framework, dubbed PDIF, takes the concept of product lifecycle management (PLM) to the next level.
By Herb Shuldiner • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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Chill Out, Chicken Little
A series of recent industry articles and expert interviews describe how bad the current automotive business is. They say that not only is our business in bad shape, but forecasts call for sales to worsen before we see any improvement.
By Tony Noland • Feb. 1, 2007 -
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Brockman’s Plan for Reynolds
There are mixed signals coming from Reynolds’ headquarters on how Brockman intends to leverage his big acquisition.
By Cliff Banks • Jan. 23, 2007 -
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Charity Preview Proceeds Down; Organizers Eye Changes
The North American International Auto Show’s annual charity preview raised $800,000 less than last year, and some critics say Michigan’s struggling economy is not entirely to blame.
By Drew Winter • Jan. 23, 2007 -
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Auto Web Sites Often Fall Short
A review of 900 automotive websites indicates that most are flawed in one way or another.
By Steve Finlay • Jan. 17, 2007 -
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Judge Approves Delphi Investor Scheme
Delphi’s Miller says the investment plan offers the best chance of reaching settlements with GM and the labor unions.
By Ward's Staff From Wires • Jan. 12, 2007 -
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New Jersey Distributor Plans to Bring Chinese Cars Within Year
CHAMCO Auto of New Jersey will import models from China’s Hebei Zhongxing.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Jan. 12, 2007 -
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Ferrari to Celebrate 60th Anniversary With World Rally Race
The Italian auto maker plans a customer Ferrari relay race around the world, ending with a 4-day celebration at its Maranello headquarters.
By Mike Sutton • Jan. 11, 2007 -
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ZF Has Latest ‘Killer App’ Transmission
Transmission maker ZF has launched a sophisticated 6-speed automatic transmission in some important new vehicles.
By Bill Visnic • Jan. 10, 2007
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