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Customer Incentives
… rebates, cut-rate financing is available. 2014 models Kia Sorento $500 0-2.9% 2013 models Hyundai Accent, Veloster ..... 1.9-2.9% Azera, Equus, Tucson 2.9-3.9% Kia Sportage 0.9-2.9% JAGUAR LAND ROVER Expires July 1. 2013 models …
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Global ambitions fuel Cadillac's advertising shift
… says Ian Beavis, executive vice president of Nielsen Co.'s global automotive group and a former marketing executive with Kia Motors America and Mitsubishi Motors North America. "I frankly think that General Motors has really now aligned all of their agency …
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Customer Incentives
… rebates, cut-rate financing is available. 2014 models Kia Sorento $500 0-2.9% 2013 models Hyundai Accent, Veloster ..... 1.9-2.9% Azera, Equus, Tucson 2.9-3.9% Kia Sportage 0.9-2.9% JAGUAR LAND ROVER Expires July 1. 2013 models …
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Dealerships adjust compensation, roles, workload to make finance office hum
… They typically are younger employees recruited straight from college who don't expect the higher compensation levels the dealership used to pay. Southwest Kia is one of many dealerships experimenting with ways to get more bang for the buck in the FandI department. Some dealerships …
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Hyundai, Kia to ride out sales lull
… sales were down 5 percent through the first five months of 2013. Michael Sprague, executive vice president of marketing for Kia Motors America, attributed the declines to shortages of vehicles that are in demand globally, and a slow rebuilding of inventory …
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Customer Incentives
… rebates, cut-rate financing is available. 2014 models Kia Sorento $500 0-2.9% 2013 models Hyundai Accent, Veloster ..... 1.9-2.9% Azera, Equus, Tucson 2.9-3.9% Kia Sportage 0.9-2.9% JAGUAR LAND ROVER Expires July 1. 2013 models …
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Customer Incentives
… AUTOMOTIVE Expires July 1. In lieu of rebates, cut-rate financing is available. 2014 models Kia Sorento $500 0-2.9% 2013 models Kia Sportage 0.9-2.9% JAGUAR LAND ROVER Expires July 1. 2013 models Land Rover LR2, LR4, Range Rover …
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Kia aims to conquest upscale shoppers
… Michael Sprague, executive vice president of marketing for Kia Motors America, wants the vast majority of them to be conquest ..... off-lease or intenders who are introduced to the car at a Kia dealership . "Upselling at the time of purchase is what's going to …
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North America car and truck production by plant - April and YTD
… Santa Fe (T) 9,600 10,002 -4% 35,875 34,565 4% Kia Optima (C) 11,300 10,858 4% 46,327 39,819 16% Kia Sorento (C) 13,001 11,049 18% 45,543 40,276 13% West Point, Ga. (C) 33,901 31,909 6% 127,745 114,660 11 …
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Kia says free maintenance won't hurt FandI sales
… Overall, the feedback from the dealers has been very positive," said Tom Loveless, executive vice president of sales for Kia Motors America. Kia told dealers about the offer this month. Within two weeks, 95 percent, or 727, of Kia's 765 U.S. dealerships …
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German brands enjoy sales boom in Korea
… in the 1980s. This time, he chose his 71 million won ($64,000) BMW over an 85 million won K9 from Hyundai affiliate Kia Motors Corp. "Unless Hyundai and Kia change and offer me more variety and better quality, I don't see any reason to go back …
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Celebrating Europe's Rising Stars
… Vauxhall andndash; Finance Filiz Albrecht andndash; Mann + Hummel andndash; Human Resources Daniel Mueller andndash; Kia Motors Europe andndash; Information Technology David Cox andndash; Motortrak andndash; General Management John Stech andndash …
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Hyundai, Kia losing ground to luxury imports at home as tariffs fall
… in the 1980s. This time, he chose his 71 million won ($64,000) BMW over an 85 million won K9 from Hyundai affiliate Kia Motors Corp. "Unless Hyundai and Kia change and offer me more variety and better quality, I don't see any reason to go back …
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UAW study chides Nissan for tax breaks at Miss. plant
… Nissan is not unique in receiving large incentives packages to support new and existing plant projects. General Motors, Kia Motors America and others have secured packages worth hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years. States and counties typically …
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Subaru, Mitsubishi small crossovers top new crash test
… small overlap test. Five small SUVs -- the Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage , Buick Encore, Jeep Patriot and Ford Escape -- received ..... Buick Encore, Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage , Mazda CX-5, Volkswagen Tiguan and Toyota RAV4. The …
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Fiat dealers anxious for broader product lineup
… subcompact took four years to reach that level after it was introduced in 2002, according to TrueCar.com. The lineup of Kia Motors Corp. also passed 40,000 in sales in its fourth year in the United States, according to KBB.com. Three analysts, Libby …
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Hyundai mulls 4th China plant, vice chairman says
… charge of the China operations for Hyundai and its affiliate, Kia Motors Corp., said a new plant is needed for the South Korean duo ..... also said the construction of a third China auto plant by Kia Motors would be brought forward by two months and would be completed …
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Visteon reports $69 million profit for first quarter
… expected a profit of $1.08 per share on revenue of $1.74 billion, according to Thomson Reuters. South Korea-based Kia Motors , Visteon's largest customer, reported a nearly 9 percent increase in April auto sales earlier this month. Ford Motor …
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In boon for Japan's automakers, yen tumbles over milestone
… Hyundai's rise The misfortunes of Japan's auto industry coincided with the rise of Seoul-based Hyundai and affiliate Kia Motors Corp., which saw their combined share of the global auto market surge to 8.8 percent last year from 5.5 percent in 2007 …
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Visteon reports $69 million profit for first quarter
… expected a profit of $1.08 per share on revenue of $1.74 billion, according to Thomson Reuters. South Korea-based Kia Motors , Visteon's largest customer, reported a nearly 9 percent increase in April auto sales earlier this month. Ford Motor …
