The Mercedes-Benz Financial Services portfolio holds loans and leases for 511,000 customers. About 40% of those manage their accounts using either personal computers or iPhones.
“We’re doing everything possible to bring down costs, including making greater use of imported components. But without changing our model mix, we can’t make profits through exports,” Mitsubishi’s president says.
Both models get the Elantra sedan’s 148-hp 1.8L 4-cyl., but the coupe has a sport-tuned suspension and the 5-door adds driver-selectable steering modes.
The EPA green-lighted the higher ethanol levels last year, part of a push to meet mandates calling for the production of 36 billion gallons of ethanol by 2022.
Besides expanding the St. Petersburg plant, Toyota plans to add a second production shift this summer that will allow it to stop sourcing Camrys from Japan.
The dealer group insists the technology to achieve the higher fuel standards will drive up the costs of cars, pushing millions of American consumers out of the market.
The ruling on its hybrid, which Honda plans to appeal, is spurring calls for the federal government to rein in the way the industry assigns fuel-economy estimates on the window stickers of new cars and trucks.
