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<title><![CDATA[AutoNation unit launches Shop-By-Payment service]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AutoNation Inc.'s lead-referral subsidiary today unveiled an online service that lets consumers search dealership Web sites for new and used vehicles based on monthly payments. When a consumer chooses the desired payment a sales lead is sent to the dealership. The service, Shop-By-Payment, is ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AutoNation unit launches Shop-By-Payment service]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AutoNation Inc.'s lead-referral subsidiary today unveiled an online service that lets consumers search dealership Web sites for new and used vehicles based on monthly payments. When a consumer chooses the desired payment a sales lead is sent to the dealership. The service, Shop-By-Payment, is ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Snap-Happy]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Donna Gebers, general manager of East Bay BMW and East Bay Mini in Pleasanton, Calif., makes no apologies for including at least 60 photos of each used vehicle that the dealerships list with online shopping sites. Today's car buyers shop predominantly online and like visual evidence of a vehicle's ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Incisent Labs' Pat Ryan on Gen Y Shopping Habits]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 11:33:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Front & Center With Incisent Labs' Pat Ryan Jr.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Americans, especially young, continue to drive less, report says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 17:36:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Americans, in a worrisome sign for automakers, continue to drive less, with more and more younger people choosing to forgo a driver's license altogether, a major new study released Tuesday found. According to the report by U.S. Public Interest Research Group, the total miles per capita driven has fallen every year since 2004, marking the end of a "driving boom" dating back to 1964. During the boom, the amount of miles traveled by Americans in vehicles increased each year by an average of 2.5 percent per capita and 3.8 percent total. From 2004 to 2012, the total amount of miles traveled remained stable, while the amount per capita decreased by 1 percent each year, according to the report. The report was commissioned by the group's Education Fund, the research and education arm of the consumer advocacy group; and the Frontier Group, a nonprofit nonpartisan public policy organization focused on environmental and civic issues. The study casts doubt on the widely held assumption that the recession, higher gasoline prices and widespread unemployment was the primary reason Americans drove less in recent years. But authors of the study say demographic changes, high costs and shifts in consumer preferences are also behind the ongoing decline in driving. They also point out that the decline began before the recession. Per-capita vehicle travel peaked in 2004, the study found. U.S. vehicle ownership has dropped by 4 percent between the all-time high of 1.24 vehicles per driver in 2006 and today, the study found. Urban America One reason for the decline is that America is becoming more urban, allowing increased use of mass transit. The authors of the study say that transportation officials aren't heeding signs that driving is declining and continue to expand the country's highway system rather than preserving it. They say automakers don't seem to be effectively preparing for the decline either as car-loving baby boomers age out of their "peak driving" years. One major point in the study echoes concerns that have been expressed by executives at General Motors and other auto companies : that young drivers are far less interested in driving, and in owning cars, than previous generations. From 2001 to 2009, the amount of miles driven annually by people aged 16 to 34 olds dropped 23 percent, from 10,300 to 7,900 miles per capita, according to the U.S. government's National Household Travel Survey, which is cited in the report. The percentage of driving-age Americans with licenses also fell to a 30-year low of 86 percent in 2011 from an all-time high of 90 percent in 1992. Young Americans are also obtaining driving licenses at a very low rate . In 2011, only 67 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds were licensed drivers, according to the report released Tuesday. It is the lowest rate of licensure for that age group since at least 1963, the report said. The report said the decline in driver's license rates among young people likely reflects the widespread passage of graduated driver's licensing laws, which impose restrictions on young applicants. All but one state has enacted such laws, according to the report. Many millenials place a higher value on owning a cell phone or computer than a car, the report says. In fact, 20 percent of millenials polled in December 2012 said they would consider giving up a car as an unjustified expense, and nearly two out of three college students said they value access to an Internet connection more than they value access to a car, according to a survey in the report. Millenials also have less of an emotional investment in their cars . Fewer than 15 percent defined themselves as car enthusiasts, compared with 30 percent of baby boomers, according to the report. The report notes that millennials, to a degree greater than their parents, want to live in an urban, pedestrian environment and are increasingly looking toward alternative forms of transportation such as mass transit or biking. The report cites a recent survey by KRC Research and car-sharing service Zipcar in which 44 percent of those 189 to 34 said they have consciously sought to use alternative forms of transportation rather than driving. The report also points out that mobile phone applications have allowed mass transit riders to do things that would otherwise be distracting and unsafe while driving, such as online shopping, gaming and social networking. Targeting the young Aware that young people are focused on technology, automakers are increasingly equipping new vehicles with premium electronics, social network connectivity and sophisticated user interfaces. But Phineas Baxandall, a co-author of the study, said it's not clear these features will encourage millenials to place a higher value on owning a car. "Over time, this is something where the auto industry is not going to be able to change these trends or change the larger arc of things by adding in more information technology on the dashboard," Baxandall said. "More auto companies may want to think about investing in transit." Gloria Bergquist, a spokeswoman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a lobbying organization that represents 12 automakers, acknowledged that increased unemployment and a budding desire to live in urban areas has driven some young people away from car ownership. Regardless of any future changes, Bergquist said automobiles will continue to be a part of the "mobility equation," adding: "We realize that mobility is always evolving, and these companies are always looking at the trend and how it may affect their options."]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Automakers grow adept at targeting ads to Internet surfers]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- The digital age has spawned effective ways for auto marketers to swipe customers from competitors. By monitoring the online shopping habits of millions of consumers, marketers can place online ads in front of shoppers quickly and precisely. "If you go to Edmunds and shop for a RAV4, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: Think python, not buying funnel]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Car shoppers 25 to 39 years old are trashing the traditional path to a vehicle purchase, according to a new study by Incisent Labs. The old funnel theory of buying, in which a shopper continuously narrows his vehicle choices before purchase, doesn't apply to Gen X and Gen Y vehicle buyers, said Pat ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Virtues of '13 Civic: Low spiffs, high sales]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[L OS ANGELES -- Honda's redesigned 2012 Civic was much maligned, but it's hard to call it a flop. Though slammed for a cheap-looking interior, bland exterior styling and a carryover base engine, the Civic sold so well last year that many dealers weren't sure the decision to fast-track a major ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Honda, Detroit 3 set pace as March sales advance 3%]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. light-vehicle sales -- led by strong pickup and crossover demand at Detroit's automakers -- rose 3 percent to 1.45 million units last month, slightly below forecasts but a positive signal the spring selling season is off to a solid start. It was the industry's best month since 1.48 million ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: Car shoppers' loyalty rises]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Loyalty to dealers and vehicle brands is on the rise, but so is customer impatience with dealers who fail to provide information in a timely manner, according to a study by consultants at Capgemini. Capgemini's 14th Annual Cars Online Study found that 59 percent of 1,000 U.S. respondents said they would buy a vehicle from the same dealer, up from 49 percent in the previous survey. Brand loyalty was even higher. Seventy-three percent of respondents said they would buy the same brand this year, up from 61 percent in the previous survey. Michael Boruszok, vice president of Capgemini's automotive practice, attributed the increases to improvements in customer support at dealerships and industrywide gains in vehicle quality and styling. The study also looked at attitudes in other countries, including Brazil, China, India and Europe. Another 7,000 people were surveyed. The influence of dealers in the shopping process rose in the United States and elsewhere this year, despite the near-universal percentage of car shoppers today who do some portion of the vehicle research online, the survey showed. For example, dealers and their salespeople were named as the most important source of information among car shoppers by 64 percent of respondents this year, an all-time high. That compared with 58 percent in the last survey, which was conducted in the summer of 2011 and released a year ago. Following dealers in influence were, in order, factory Web sites, third-party shopping sites, dealer Web sites and search engines. Bringing up the rear were shoppers' families and friends, categories that have dropped over the years as dealers and factory Web sites emerged as consumers' most trusted sources. While 94 percent of U.S. car shoppers now start shopping online, they can click off a site quickly if they don't like the experience, Boruszok said. Seventy-three percent of respondents said that if response time from a factory or dealer Web site is too slow, they will terminate their shopping there without visiting a showroom. That's 3 percentage points higher than last year, reflecting the need for dealers and manufacturers to respond quickly to information requests and to answer specific questions, Boruszok said.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dealers and credit unions: Strife or synergy?]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is there peace or war between auto dealers and credit unions -- or something in between? From many angles it looks like peace. Some dealers enjoy good relationships with their local credit unions. According to credit union aggregator Credit Union Direct Lending, credit unions are more likely to ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: Fickle shoppers need salespeople]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Even though online shopping gives shoppers more information and clout, salespeople still play a key role in closing deals, given the propensity of shoppers to change their minds late in the buying process. So concludes a study by lead generator Autobytel. During the first nine months of 2012, 54 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google poised for major retail push]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Editor's note: An earlier version of this story misstated how Google handles dealer bids for customer sales leads. LOS ANGELES -- Google is poised to expand its online car-shopping service to dealers throughout California and enter more states, sources say. Dealers in the San Francisco Bay area ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercedes tops BMW to extend U.S. luxury lead]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Mercedes-Benz reported a 22 percent surge in U.S. sales last month, building on its early lead as it tries to unseat BMW as the leader in luxury-auto deliveries this year. Mercedes said today it delivered 22,040 vehicles last month, its best February, helped by sales of the C-class sedan, which rose 39 percent to 7,302. BMW-brand sales increased 0.5 percent to 21,311 vehicles, boosted by a 22 percent gain for its X5 SUV. Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus rose 3.9 percent to 17,339, led by the RX SUV, which gained 20 percent to 6,938 deliveries. The two German automakers are vying to be the top luxury-auto brand in the U.S. after outselling Lexus the past two years. BMW vaulted to its second consecutive U.S. luxury crown with a December surge, based on reported sales. When measured by vehicle registrations, Mercedes topped BMW, according to researcher R.L. Polk and Co. "We're just carrying the momentum that we brought from last year into this year," Steve Cannon, CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA, said in an interview today. "We haven't even gotten to any of our new products yet." For the first two months, sales of Mercedes vehicles gained 16 percent to 44,541. BMW's 2013 deliveries have increased 0.6 percent to 37,824. Lexus rose 16 percent to 33,550. The sales results don't include Daimler's cargo vans and Smart cars and BMW's Mini brand, which aren't luxury vehicles. Lexus was the top-selling luxury brand in the U.S. for 11 years until natural disasters in Asia curtailed production in 2011. Super Bowl Mercedes benefited from an almost 2-minute commercial that aired during the Super Bowl last month, introducing the CLA sedan, which will go on sale in September at $29,900. The spot, with model Kate Upton, singer Usher and actor Willem Dafoe, boosted online shopping activity for the brand and the C-class, Cannon said. "CLA really is kind of a halo car from underneath that I think recalibrated people's price-value perception of the Mercedes-Benz brand," Cannon said. Mercedes-Benz incentive spending rose 19 percent to $4,218 per vehicle, compared with a 4.5 percent increase to $3,512 for BMW, according to TrueCar Inc. General Motors Co.'s Cadillac rose 20 percent to 13,845 vehicles in February, helped by a pair of new sedans, the XTS and the ATS, according to a GM statement. Audi, Infiniti U.S. sales of Volkswagen AG's Audi brand rose 27 percent to 10,877, the company said in a statement. It was the brand's 26th straight month of record sales, which included a 14 percent jump for the A4 sedan to 3,089. Sales of Honda Motor Co.'s Acura brand rose 0.9 percent to 11,364 last month, the company said in a statement. Nissan Motor Co.'s Infiniti sold 9,147 vehicles, a 1 percent decline from a year earlier, the automaker said in a statement. Ford Motor Co. sold 4,883 Lincolns in February, a 29 percent decrease from a year earlier, according to a Ford statement. Ford is starting a new ad campaign to try to revive the luxury brand, including airing spots during last month's Super Bowl. The decline was because of a shortage of redesigned MKZ sedans at dealerships. Ford said Lincoln dealers should be fully stocked by the beginning of April. Ford sold 945 MKZs last month, a 62 percent drop from a year earlier. Ford has started delivering 100 vehicles a day to dealers, Ken Czubay, Ford's U.S. sales chief, said on a conference call. Porsche, which is now part of Volkswagen, reported in a statement that it sold 2,805 vehicles in the U.S. last month, a 31 percent gain. Land Rover sales rose 20 percent to 3,905, while Jaguar's gained 12 percent to 1,148, according to an e-mailed statement. The U.K. brands are owned by India's Tata Motors Ltd.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lincoln sputters even with Super Bowl ad blitz]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:33:11 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT(Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln brand, which aired two ads during the Super Bowl in February, posted a 29 percent U.S. sales slide for the month as dealers continued to run short of the MKZ sedan featured in the commercials. Lincoln sold just 945 MKZs, down 62 percent from a year earlier, as Ford's luxury brand today reported that total monthly sales fell to 4,883. Ford sold more Fiesta subcompacts than Lincolns. The rollout of the revamped MKZ, which Ford expects to lead Lincoln's revival, has been hamstrung by the Mexican-built cars requiring rigorous quality inspections at a Michigan plant, the company has said. The MKZ, with an expansive chrome grille inspired by an eagle's wings, is the first of four new models Lincoln has coming over four years as Ford spends $1 billion to turn the brand around. "These sales numbers are disturbing, especially since they've been relaunching the brand," said Rebecca Lindland, an automotive consultant with Rebel Three Media and Consultants in Cos Cob, Conn. "How many people have been turned away because of no inventory of MKZs?" Ford said dealers will be fully stocked with MKZ models by next month. Lincoln began selling the restyled MKZ in January. "We have started delivering approximately 100 MKZs per day, even as we continue running every MKZ through its quality validation process," Ken Czubay, Ford's U.S. sales chief, told analysts today on a conference call. "We are targeting dealers to be at normal MKZ stock positions at the beginning of April." Lincoln's Super Bowl ads aired during the Feb. 3 NFL championship game, which was viewed by more than 108 million people, the third-most-watched TV broadcast in U.S. history. Cadillac's gains Cadillac, General Motors Co.'s luxury line, is rising as Lincoln falls. Cadillac's February sales jumped 20 percent to 13,845 vehicles. The Lincoln MKZ is among the top trade-ins for the new Cadillac ATS sedan, said Jim Cain, a GM spokesman. "The ATS had its strongest sales month since launch and it was Cadillac's best-selling car," Cain said in an e-mail. "More than three-quarters of ATS buyers are new to Cadillac." Lincoln's sales have fallen 25 percent this year after Ford initiated an advertising push in December to reintroduce the "Lincoln Motor Co." with commercials featuring vintage models and an actor playing Abraham Lincoln. The brand's February performance followed a January total of 4,191 vehicles. Lincoln's decline last month also included a 13 percent drop to 1,883 for the MKX SUV, the brand's top seller. Deliveries of the Lincoln Navigator large SUV tumbled 25 percent to 622. 'Demand issue?' "Is this really an inventory issue or is this a demand issue?" Lindland said. "They're going to spin it as an inventory issue, but they can't use that reason again. The March sales have to show numbers in the thousands from all this pent-up demand that they say will be unleashed." After Lincoln's Super Bowl ads, online shopping activity for the brand increased, said Michelle Krebs, an analyst for auto researcher Edmunds.com. "We actually saw a tiny blip upward in shopping consideration, which is an indication of marketing effectiveness," Krebs said. "Then they didn't deliver on the product." Ford CEO Alan Mulally is trying to revive Lincoln to get a larger slice of the market for luxury vehicles, which produce higher profits. Lincoln's annual U.S. sales have fallen 65 percent since peaking in 1990 at 231,660. Last year, Lincoln sold 82,150 vehicles. BMW was the top-selling luxury-auto brand in the U.S. in 2012, at 281,460. Image shortfall Ford is addressing the Lincoln inventory shortfalls, while the bigger issue of the brand's image remains, said Jesse Toprak, vice president of market intelligence at TrueCar Inc. Lincoln isn't held in the same regard as BMW, Mercedes or Lexus, he said. Aside from Lincoln's Town Cars, which have served as airport shuttles for generations of business travelers, sightings of the brand's models are pretty rare in Miami, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, the markets where about 40 percent of luxury vehicles are sold in the U.S., Toprak said. Lincoln no longer makes the Town Car. "I live in an upper-middle-class L.A. suburb, the demographic that buys most of the luxury cars in the country," Toprak said. "When my neighbors see someone in a Lincoln, people ask, 'Why'd you buy that?' With any German or Japanese luxury brand, it's a safe purchase." Lincoln's newer vehicles are the best it has ever made, he said. "The problem is, in luxury you sell image, not metal."]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM pilot program shows that shoppers resist buying without seeing and trying]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.autonews.com/article/20130225/RETAIL07/302259972/gm-pilot-program-shows-that-shoppers-resist-buying-without-seeing]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To attract Web-savvy customers, General Motors is experimenting with easy-to-use online shopping. Consumers can cut time at dealerships, for instance, by filling out credit applications online and getting preliminary values on trade-ins. But initial results from GM dealers show that nearly all ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fiesta's buzz builders]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Advertising material for the 2014 Ford Fiesta will come from videos, photos and other digital content created by 100 young bloggers -- not by Ford's ad agency. The strategy, revealed by the automaker last week, is designed to rebuild buzz for the subcompact, which gets new powertrain choices when ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrysler closes digital divide]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In an era in which 90 percent of vehicle buyers do some shopping online, Chrysler Group in July had just one in four of its dealerships consistently advertising on Google and other search engines. That had to improve, and it has, said Jeff Strickland, Chrysler's director of U.S. dealer relations ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Diverted leads distress dealer]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chevrolet dealer Todd Caputo is happy to use Cars.com, the online lead generator, to help him sell cars. But he was upset after discovering that some customers who had looked at his vehicle inventory on Cars.com and had taken time to fill out credit applications had been channeled to other dealers. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Renault, Dacia want to expand in fast-growing market for online car sales]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Renault and Dacia brands plan to aggressively expand their online car sales, taking advantage of a trend in vehicle retailing that is expected to grow rapidly this decade. The Dacia Store and Renault Retail Group online shopping portals could be available to customers in all European markets by ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shopping sites to dealers: Show us some love]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:31:57 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AutoTrader, Edmunds, Cars.com and other online shopping sites are rolling out products to get dealers noticed by car shoppers. Now, if they could only get more credit from dealers for their efforts. A study funded by AutoTrader found that Internet sites tend to play a bigger role in the way car ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Honda on Civic Misstep (1/16/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:51:16 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. chief: Concerns with '12 model predated launch; Chrysler speed deed; Penske's people priority; where bacon beats bread.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Data companies help automakers reduce digital guessing games]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:29:17 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Automakers have fewer reasons to wonder whether online marketing blitzes are translating to sales. With an estimated 90 percent of people starting the car-buying process online, data companies are providing automakers and their advertising/marketing agencies with an arsenal of information to help ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Honda dealer takes all ads online]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrysler Marketing Mavens (11/26/12)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:58:19 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How French native helped Detroit company ride wave of patriotism; VW's Winterkorn tops all-stars; cars and 'Cyber Monday.']]></description>
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