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Toyoda Rallies Home Team (5/17/12)
… things drove the car and it and it equates to pretty pretty good chunk awaits him. also says performance buyers are willing to pay for features. With the aluminum bush signed to a start he's more mainstream car with challenger. And the charger. He spoke …
also says performance buyers are willing to pay for features. With the aluminum bush signed to a start he's more mainstream car with challenger. And the charger. He spoke with -
Car overload in China? (5/18/12)
… mortgage mess off that and get back to its core business. Supposedly can get stronger and auto loans do public stock offering. And pay back at least some of the seventeen billion dollars it got from the federal government. Which all by the way still owns three …
can get stronger and auto loans do public stock offering. And pay back at least some of the seventeen billion dollars it got from the federal government. Which all by the way still owns
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A 'cancer' for dealers? (5/21/12)
… tunnel. Is equivalent to reducing vehicle mass 22 kilograms between kilogram mass production costs a lot of money you have to pay for carbon fiber and aluminum and magnesium. Here at an history. But it's appearing in an automotive press association event …
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Ford salaried pensioners face choice: lump-sum payout or monthly checks
… But choosing a payment stream has risks, too, advisers said. For instance, if Ford were to become financially unable to pay off its pension obligations, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. could step in and continue paying the pension -- but probably …
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More clicks, lower cost
… ad word buying that Flint has started a separate consulting company known as Local Search Group. Asbury has moved budget to pay -per-click because it gets results, Pavlicek said. Since 2010, Asbury, of suburban Atlanta, has shifted from deploying …
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NET WORTH: Can Facebook sell cars?
… advertising side includes banners and boxes, plus more subtle advertising, called sponsored stories, on various topics. Automakers pay Facebook to place those articles on the pages of their followers. GM has decided the paid-ad side doesn't work. And it …
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All automakers can do so much better with suppliers
… respect and openness. Moreover, automakers with good supplier relations get suppliers' newest technologies first and tend to pay lower prices for parts of higher quality. After years of abysmal relations with suppliers, GM and Chrysler have made a concerted …
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From 'absolute blind spot' to profit center
… development center at about $210,000. But he figures he'll pick up an extra $1 million-plus this year in added customer- pay business. And even better days are ahead as his staffers become more proficient at customer retention. "We're not good at …
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Price dispute threatens Eberspaecher parts supply
… the automotive industry." Nelson, in turn, denied any breach of contract and counterclaimed, saying Eberspaecher failed to pay invoices on time. The judge granted Eberspaecher's request for a preliminary injunction to ensure the continued flow of parts …
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Dealer slashes labor rate, pushes service contracts
… the dealership's fixed-operations profits flat in 2011 and projected to be flat again in 2012, any incremental customer- pay business is welcome. "We try to romance them just like if they were buying a $100,000 Range Rover and try to lock them back …
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Surviving the service trough
… bolster their nonwarranty, or customer- pay , service and parts business. Fending off ..... efforts: "It's all about customer- pay ." Results are promising. Despite the ..... led by a 7 percent increase in customer- pay . Other public dealership groups reported …
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Stair-step incentives are back
Several automakers have rolled out incentive programs that pay dealers escalating bonuses as sales targets are hit in a bid ..... the dealer falls short of March sales, the program doesn't pay . The second measures May sales against a dealership's sales …
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Once a digital doubter, Texas dealer is now a believer
… wasn't until September that Greg May Honda started advertising online consistently or buying key words on Google to appear in pay -per-click ads on the crucial first page of search results on the world's dominant search engine. May, 44, with 21 years …
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At Flanders and Patch, fleet business picks up service slack
… because they just don't want to deal with the hassle," Boivin said. The dealership is trying to increase its customer- pay retail work, too. With other area Ford dealerships closing in recent years, Flanders and Patch has adopted some orphaned customers …
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Cliques through clicks: How brands use Facebook
… time high," says Mike Accavitti, American Honda Motor Co.'s chief marketing officer. That campaign required Honda to pay Facebook for placement. By contrast, a press release about Honda giving a loyal customer a new car wouldn't have attracted …
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GM will skip Super Bowl TV ads next year
DETROIT -- General Motors will not advertise in the upcoming Super Bowl, the company said today in another sign that it's shaking up its marketing strategy just days after it said it no longer would pay for advertising on Facebook. "We understand the reach the Super Bowl provides, but with the ...
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Rebadged Chryslers and Dodges get mixed results in Europe
… tax penalizes buyers of cars with a horsepower rating of more than 252 hp. Owners of the 285-hp Thema gasoline version must pay 500 euros a year in luxury tax. The Thema's diesel version and the Voyager are not subject to the tax, but sales of these …
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Opel/Vauxhall picks UK plant over Germany for new Astra
… year to 160,000, with the potential to reach about 220,000. Four-year deal Workers agreed a four-year pay deal including a pay freeze for two years, followed by rises of about 3 percent for the next two years, the source added. "We have …
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GM's French partner PSA on track to achieve turnaround
… Europe. "Our cost-cutting program, new model launches, and growth in markets such as China, Brazil, and Argentina will pay off this year," a PSA spokeswoman told Automotive News Europe . GM alliance PSA's alliance with GM won't help the French …
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GM cuts Facebook ad spending, but Ford steps on the gas
… social network as part of "an aggressive content strategy with all our products and brands." In other words, GM will not pay Facebook for ads but will continue to maintain content, for which Facebook doesn't collect revenue. News of the decision …
