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Nissan price cuts could boost brand
… lower manufacturer's suggested retail prices, that will translate to higher residual values for its cars, says Larry Dominique , president of ALG, the auto value forecasting company. That is because residuals are calculated on sticker price …
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Redesigned Nissan Titan pickup truck due next year
… pickup market, he said in an interview. Loing said Nissan may make a V6 version of the full-sized pickup truck. Larry Dominique , president of automotive consulting firm ALG, said that while U.S. pickup truck owners are fiercely loyal to …
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Toyota, Nissan to take another shot at Detroit 3 pickup dominance
… efficiency wasn't a top 10 reason to buy a truck when Nissan was first developing the Titan a decade ago, said Larry Dominique , who was the Japanese automaker's product development chief back then. 'Tough segment' "We did more research …
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TrueCar 2.0 says shoppers will like revamped format
… consumers who liked the simplicity of TrueCar's pricing model warm to a fair, low-haggle deal? TrueCar executive Larry Dominique says emphatically yes. Interviewed last week in Detroit, Dominique said shoppers are returning to the TrueCar …
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No-dicker stickers win backers in Internet era
… the whole traditional retailing process sort of distasteful." It is also a matter of facing up to reality, says Larry Dominique , president of ALG, TrueCar Inc.'s vehicle residuals unit. Internet data have ripped away most of the old secrecy …
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Analysts, dealers and others react to GM's 2014 big pickups
… truck, good fuel economy. They've got to take that leap again. They've got to leapfrog Dodge and Ford." -- Larry Dominique , executive vice president of researcher TrueCar.com "It's really hard to find a product for GM that's more …
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Fiat bets on 500e to challenge Nissan's Leaf
… month. "For first movers into a certain segment, history will say whether they were brilliant or idiots," said Larry Dominique , president of auto consulting firm ALG Inc. and the former head of product planning for Nissan. "Near term, it …
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Fiat bets on Italian elegance to challenge Nissan's Leaf
… month. "For first movers into a certain segment, history will say whether they were brilliant or idiots," said Larry Dominique , president of auto consulting firm ALG Inc. and the former head of product planning for Nissan. "Near term, it …
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Hyundai and Kia undercut their main selling point when they overstated mpg
… performance in North America could be more material," said Chris Park, Moody's senior credit officer. ALG President Larry Dominique said fuel economy -- both a vehicle's raw number and how it compares with the rest of its segment -- is a key …
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Deep discounts? Not us, TrueCar now says
… emphasizes the deal on its Web site and simply tries to connect consumers and dealers, Executive Vice President Larry Dominique said last week. On its Web site, TrueCar has stopped telling Web visitors that a participating dealer would "guarantee …
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Fuel economy can sell new cars. Used cars? Not so much
… life for auto companies as they determine the prices they can ask for their improvements in fuel efficiency, says Larry Dominique , executive vice president at TrueCar Inc., which owns ALG. "Used-car customers behave very differently than …
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Calif.'s tougher ZEV mandate sparks new market for clean-air credits
… pure electric vehicles like Nissan is and probably won't invest heavily in a costly program similar to Leaf, said Larry Dominique , executive vice president of TrueCar.com. "Chrysler's got some great momentum and some new products coming …
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Stair-step incentives are back
… ultimately damage a brand's image. Automakers "are looking beyond blanket incentives to tactical incentives," says Larry Dominique , executive vice president at TrueCar.com. "Some of them have gotten very good at stair steps and retro bonuses …
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Toyota threatened in U.S. by Camry's growing competition
… the lion's share of whether they succeed in recovering both market share and profitability" in the U.S., said Larry Dominique , executive vice president of TrueCar.com and former head of Nissan Motor Co.'s North American product planning …
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Nissan Americas names Loing to product planning post
… responsible for advanced and product planning for Nissan and Infiniti vehicles throughout the Americas. He places Larry Dominique , who recently became executive vice president of the Data Solutions Group at TrueCar Inc., an online car pricing …
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Product planner Dominique leaves Nissan/Infiniti
NASHVILLE -- Nissan North America Inc. product planning chief Larry Dominique , who has been influential in Nissan- and Infiniti-brand product creation for the past decade, has left the company. Dominique …
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Infiniti backs off rwd-only stance
… platform with the Nissan Leaf. "Customers really don't care that much about the platform beneath their car," says Larry Dominique , vice president of product planning for the Americas at Nissan North America Inc. "They care about the car …
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Guide to Industry Executives - January 2009
… Satisfaction Carlos Ghosn Hiroto Saikawa Brian Carolin Bill Krueger Dominique Thormann Motohiro Matsumura Scott Becker Larry Dominique Kevin Martin VP Commercial VP Corporate VP Nissan Sales VP Nissan Marketing VP Infiniti Business Unit VP Parts & Service …
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Guide to Industry Executives - August 2009
… Finance Satisfaction VP Nissan Marketing & Program Mgt. Office VP Purchasing VP Infiniti Business Unit Allen Childs Larry Dominique Linda Goodspeed Jett Johns Kevin Martin Christian Meunier Eric Noziere Catherine Perez Benjamin Poore VP Corporate …
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Guide to Industry Executives - August 2007
… VP Legal, General Counsel Organization Development Engineering & Brand Management VP Purchasing VP Finance & CFO Larry Dominique Jan Thompson Allan Childs Scott E. Becker Greg Kelly Tatsutoshi Inutake Yuhei Takahashi John Miller Ron Petty VP …
