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From 'absolute blind spot' to profit center
… marketing at his Paragon Honda and Paragon Acura stores in New York amounted to answering ..... development center. He gave up his office in the Acura store to house a six-person center dedicated ..... Honda department, 14 total lifts in the Acura department. The dealerships, in Queens …
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Surviving the service trough
… to the customer and follow up accordingly." That's helping Brian Benstock, general manager of Paragon Honda and Paragon Acura in New York. In the past year, Benstock has remade his service departments with an intense focus on customer retention, using …
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Dealers
… Ford's New York regional sales manager. 25 with Acura Peter Hoffman, left, president of Sierra Autocars, receives a 25-year award for Acura at Sierra Acura in Alhambra, Calif., from Jeff Conrad, American …
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Acura recalls over 56,000 cars in N. America
… DETROIT (Reuters) -- Honda Motor Co.'s Acura brand is recalling 56,881 TL sedans from ..... Canada, the Japanese automaker said. Acura said the hose may deteriorate and leak ..... and fire, the Japanese automaker said. Acura said no crashes, injuries or fires have …
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A Texas whodunit: The case of the fried Fisker
… that the Karma was purchased in April, and that there were two other vehicles in the garage, a Mercedes-Benz SUV and an Acura NSX. Insurance and fire investigators swung into action. "I've worked homicide scenes with less secrecy," he said …
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Dealers
… up the fund with a $30,000 donation to the NADA foundation. 25 with Acura Jeanne Brewer of Acura of Glendale in Glendale, Calif., receives a 25-year award for Acura from Jeff Conrad, American Honda Motor Co.'s vice president in charge …
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Volvo's goal: Conquest more luxury-vehicle buyers
… percent male. If I look at the top five it gets cross-shopped against in rank order, it is the Audi A4, BMW 3 series, Acura TL, BMW 5 series and the Infiniti G. Our job is to get the car on the shopping list and we'll win our fair share of sales …
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Tesla Sales Rest on 'S' (5/10/12)
… stole more than ten million dollars from the Pittsburgh area Acura dealership where she worked. Has been sentenced to half years imprisoning. Patricia Smith former comptroller a barrel Acura . Use them money for travel gambling homes and kids. Now …
woman who stole more than ten million dollars from the Pittsburgh area Acura dealership where she worked. Has been sentenced to -- half years imprisoning. Patricia Smith former comptroller a barrel Acura . Use them money for travel gambling homes and kids. -
Ex-controller who stole $10 million from Pa. Acura store sentenced to 6.5 years
… woman who stole $10.3 million from the Pittsburgh-area Acura dealership where she worked was sentenced today to 6andfrac12 ..... in prison. Patricia K. Smith, former controller of Baierl Acura in Pine, Pa., transferred money from the dealership's accounts …
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Investigators probe whether a Fisker Karma caused Texas house fire
… said the Karma was bought in April. He said there were two other two vehicles in the garage, a Mercedes-Benz SUV and an Acura NSX. "This looks just like golf cart fires we have down here," said Baker. The suburban Houston area has approximately …
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Former controller at Acura dealer in Pa. faces sentencing for wire fraud
A former Acura dealership employee who stole $10.2 million from the Pittsburgh-area ..... Gazette reported today. Patricia K. Smith, the former controller of Baierl Acura in Pine, Pa., will be sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge …
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Toyota back on track
… Honda executives say the year-on-year comparisons are somewhat skewed. Last April, the Honda brand was up 10 percent, and Acura rose 8 percent as customers anticipated that the quake would soon cause a shortage of vehicles. 'More volume out there' Still …
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Dealers
… 40-year award for Subaru from Subaru of New England. 25 with Acura Ray Mungenast, left, of Mungenast St. Louis Acura in Manchester, Mo., receives a 25-year award for Acura from Jeff Conrad, American Honda Motor Co.'s vice president …
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Difficult times yield big rewards for dealer group
… The group's nonluxury brand mix is good, the partners say. But RLJ McLarty Landers lacks luxury marques such as Audi, Acura , BMW, Infiniti and Lexus. McLarty says the group would like to add luxury brands "but we're not going to pay prices that …
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Mercedes leads BMW in U.S. luxury sales after 24% April gain
… from the elimination of old models before new ones reach dealers later this year. Acura , Porsche, Infiniti Honda said in a statement that sales for its Acura brand rose 4.9 percent to 12,175 last month. Porsche, the sports car maker …
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300C With Chinese flair (4/23/12)
… that anymore. The auto maker launching last week its environmental leadership award program for its thirteen hundred Honda and Acura dealers you wet. qualifying. Dealers must achieve a 10% reduction in total energy use. Here's one of the first to be honored …
week its environmental leadership award program for its thirteen hundred Honda and Acura dealers -- you wet. -- qualifying. Dealers must achieve a 10% reduction in total energy use. Here's one of the first -- -
Nissan cruises in China as Japan rivals play catch-up
… import tariffs of 25 percent. Toyota and Honda executives have said they have no immediate plans to produce their Lexus and Acura premium vehicles in China. "Nissan's management has been unsparing and speedy in its investments in emerging markets, particularly …
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Acura returns to entry luxury with ILX
… when it killed the RSX hatchback in 2006, Acura has returned with the 2013 ILX sedan ..... different, the driving dynamics of the Acura feel too similar to the Civic. The basics ..... shifters. It has quicker shift response than Acura 's slightly larger TSX, but with reduced …
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Infiniti JX enters luxury crossover fray
… crossover is simply that it exists. Until now, there were two choices for an import-brand three-row luxury crossover. The Acura MDX has essentially owned the segment, with a smattering of sales going to the Audi Q7. Beyond those choices, buyers can …
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Acura's Comeback Car (4/20/12)
… into the consumer's life. Energizing Acura . A closer look at Honda's luxury brand ..... m Snyder sitting in for Tom back. For Acura it seemed like a good idea at the time ..... buyers were closing their wallets. Now Acura is reaching out to younger buyers once …
that we're communicating. Of the brand fits into the consumer's life. Energizing Acura . A closer look at Honda's luxury brand. Next. Thanks for joining us on this Friday I'm -- Snyder sitting in for Tom -- back. For Acura it seemed like a good idea at the time exit the entry low luxury market move more upscale. But a decision six years ago to drop the left accurate ill prepared for the global economic collapse when even luxury buyers were closing their wallets. Now Acura is reaching out to younger buyers once again with the new high LX. And this car has a definite target audiences --hand the new RDX. An entry point to accuracy truck lineup. Acura sales fell last year hampered by the natural disasters in Japan sales are also down so far this year. Are those accurate is a good investment. The answer could depend on residual value. Edmunds dot com has given Honda and Acura top prizes in its second annual best retained value awards. The awards look at projected residual. Five years after -- Honda repeated
