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<title><![CDATA[Akerson's GM Pickup Pitch (5/17/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 08:30:14 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CEO says tech-filled truck not built for 'urban cowboy'; Europe snaps losing streak; Fiat downplays reports about HQ move.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fiat says headquarters shift to U.S. is not on agenda]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) -- Fiat Group said the idea of moving the group's legal headquarters to the United States following a planned merger with Chrysler Group is not on the company's agenda. "This issue, treated several times in the last year by the world's media, is not the order of the day as the Chief ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fiat: Shift of headquarters to U.S. not on agenda]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 20:04:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) -- Fiat S.p.A. said the idea of moving the group's legal headquarters to the United States following a planned merger with Chrysler Group is not on the company's agenda. "This issue, treated several times in the last year by the world's media, is not the order of the day as the Chief ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[F-1 racing boss Ecclestone denies bribing German banker, lawyers say]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 03:49:15 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- Lawyers for Formula One racing boss Bernie Ecclestone repeated that he had not bribed a German banker during the 2005-2006 sale of a stake in the motor racing business, after a newspaper reported he had been charged by prosecutors. German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey: Consumers are ready for new tech ideas in cars]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 10:29:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new survey about what vehicle consumers want and don't want suggests that the auto industry is lagging consumers when it comes to technology ideas. The study, undertaken globally by software supplier Cisco Systems, found a surprisingly high degree of consumer comfort with the idea of vehicles that drive themselves -- a technology that so far exists mainly at randd centers. It also found that many consumers from the United States to China don't trust automaker or dealership Web sites when it comes to shopping for new cars. Half of the U.S. respondents in Cisco's survey said they trust third-party vehicle information sites, such as the Kelley Blue Book and Edmunds.com sites, but only one-fourth trust factory or dealership sites. That feedback may be unsettling to dealers who are devoting more of their media dollars to Web site retailing and online branding. Almost half of the U.S. consumers said they would be content shopping for a car at a mall kiosk instead of an auto dealership and even making future purchases online, all the way through to the final purchase documentation stage. Such kiosk retailing is highly restricted under many states' auto franchise laws. Andreas Mai, Cisco's director of product management for Smart Connected Vehicles, says the survey response simply reveals that many consumers want it nonetheless. Globally, Cisco found that three-fourths of the owners are happy to have their vehicles share information about their driving habits if it will result in lower insurance costs or reduce vehicle maintenance expenses. Nearly two-thirds said they would even be happy to share data on height, weight, driving habits and entertainment preferences if it improved their driving experience. Mai reports that 60 percent of the owners globally said they would even be willing to provide biometrics such as fingerprints and DNA samples if the effort translated to improved vehicle security technology. The survey found that 60 percent of U.S. respondents were comfortable with the idea of traveling in an automated "driverless" vehicle, and 48 percent were comfortable having their children transported in one.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM says new data centers will improve vehicles, margins]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 13:35:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co. said it is investing $546 million in two new Michigan data centers in hopes it will free up millions of dollars to boost vehicle quality more quickly. The largest U.S. automaker unveiled a $288 million data center in the Detroit suburb of Warren on Monday, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Akerson sees GM profits streaming from in-vehicle connections]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 12:33:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- One of the first things Dan Akerson did as CEO of General Motors Co. in 2010 was dive into the automaker's telecommunications business to get more profit from that in-car connection. The former telecom executive wanted to know when GM could boost the speed of data services ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Volvo jabs Germans, stresses sensible luxury]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Volvo's new brand awareness campaign pokes fun at German competitors, touting Volvos as less flashy and more sensible. The integrated campaign of TV, print, billboard and digital marketing, launched two weeks ago, moves away from Volvo's traditional safety-oriented ads. "They are very much ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Musk's magic touch on Wall St.]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- In the land of auto giants, Tesla Motors is a Lilliputian, a fledgling electric-car manufacturer with uncertain prospects. But by one measure Tesla stands among the big boys. The company's $8.8 billion stock market value at the end of last week exceeded Fiat's $7.8 billion and was ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[At Chrysler-Fiat 'it's all about differentiating the brands']]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Olivier Francois, chief marketing officer for Fiat and Chrysler, has helped rehabilitate Chrysler Group's image since its 2009 bankruptcy. Chrysler has racked up 37 consecutive months of year-over-year U.S. sales increases, thanks in part to memorable commercials, such as rapper Eminem's coup ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['14 Silverado: More brawn, quieter ride]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO -- Chevrolet packs more power and torque, better fuel economy and a much improved interior into the first redesign of its Silverado full-sized pickup in seven years. Yet critics have panned the 2014 Silverado's exterior styling as too conservative. At a media launch here last week, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford makes fresh start in Europe]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ford will use this month's UEFA Champions League soccer final to launch a new pan-European advertising campaign that focuses on its affordable, user-friendly technologies. It is just one aspect of a multi-faceted marketing overhaul the automaker hopes will help to stem its sales and profitability ...]]></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[Renault-Nissan parts warehouse in India nearly destroyed by fire]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI (Reuters) -- A major warehouse supplying parts to a Renault-Nissan plant in India was almost destroyed by fire early on Thursday, but the incident is unlikely to affect alliance operations in the country, Nissan said. "Nissan can confirm there will be no impact on production or car exports ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercedes USA CEO: Customer service will be 'my legacy']]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Steve Cannon says customer service will be "the next major battlefield for all luxury manufacturers" and will be Cannon's main priority over the next five years. "That is going to be my legacy," he said. Cannon said products from luxury-car makers "keep getting better, and the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Renault-Nissan parts warehouse in India nearly destroyed by fire]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 15:48:48 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI (Reuters) -- A major warehouse supplying parts to a Nissan-Renault alliance plant in India was almost destroyed by fire early today, a Nissan spokeswoman said, possibly affecting production at the plant that can make 400,000 vehicles a year. The warehouse, operated by third-party supplier ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jaguar positions F-Type roadster with historic 'baddest boy' bloodline]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 14:51:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Jaguar is launching its first two-seat roadster since Steve McQueen tooled around Hollywood in his E-Type in the 1960s. And the luxury carmaker is looking to tap into that old-school auto attitude with a $20 million campaign that plays up the 2014 F-Type's historic bloodline to Jaguar roadsters of ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Silverado hand-wringers should relax -- for now]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 12:15:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO -- There was hand-wringing, even some flat out panic, when General Motors unwrapped its next-generation Chevrolet Silverado in December. Many dealers, enthusiasts and writers questioned whether the pickup's design went far enough. There was also disappointment at the lack of a sexy ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford to sponsor Detroit's annual fireworks display]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 17:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. has signed a multi-million-dollar deal to become the title sponsor of Detroit's annual fireworks display for the next three years. Target Corp., which had been the title sponsor of the fireworks for all but one of the past 12 years, will shift to presenting sponsor for ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are car salespeople, journalists all that different?]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 16:49:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ORLANDO -- A strange thing happened to me here at the Digital Dealer Conference. I've concluded I could be a car salesman. Let me tell you why that's surprising. Anyone who knows me realizes that working a car lot would be a seriously poor career choice. I'm an introvert. Alas, I lack the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AutoTrader's VinSolutions buys Haystak Digital Marketing]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 17:14:16 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[VinSolutions, a unit of the AutoTrader Group, has agreed to buy Haystak Digital Marketing. Terms of the deal and revenue for the companies were undisclosed. Haystak buys digital advertising and provides other services to more than 1,000 auto dealerships in North America and Europe. It is one of ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chevy courts 'girls' on social media]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boosting Chevrolet Malibu sales was deemed a top priority for Atlanta-area Chevy dealers when their regional marketing group set its priorities for 2013. But the marketing association, which represents 37 local Chevy dealerships, had reached a "saturation point" with its TV spots, says Greg Cole, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercedes CEO: Customer service will be 'my legacy']]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Steve Cannon says customer service will be "the next major battlefield for all luxury manufacturers" and will be Cannon's main priority over the next five years. "That is going to be my legacy," he said. Cannon said products from luxury-car makers "keep getting better, and the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aston Martin plans new products after completing investment deal]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 04:28:39 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Aston Martin said it will go ahead with a major product development program after completing a partnership with Italian private equity firm Investindustrial. Investindustrial has invested 150 million pounds ($233 million) into the UK luxury sports-car maker in return for a 37.5 percent stake. The ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM pulls Chevrolet ad that includes song labeled as racist]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 14:29:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[General Motors Co., seeking to boost China sales 75 percent by 2015, apologized for a Chevrolet ad that included a song referring to "the land of Fu Manchu" where all of the girls sing "ching, ching, chop-suey," which one Chinese newspaper called racist. "Our intent was not to offend anyone and ...]]></description>
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