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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[Subaru's Hot Streak (5/21/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Brand racks up U.S. sales gains, Forester wins in Consumer Reports; Marchionne: Sorry for slur; Mercedes app pays off.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Auto dealers escape worst of tornado's wrath]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Car dealers were recovering from damage and organizing aid to survivors today after a two-mile-wide tornado ravaged an Oklahoma City suburb, but there were no reports of the massive twister directly hitting dealerships. The tornado -- which devastated suburban Moore on Monday afternoon -- caused at ...]]></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[Old-school Rizza roars into the digital age]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In an age when auto dealers are plunging into digital tools for marketing, store management and customer retention, Chicago's Rizza Cars has become a star practitioner. The six-store retailer with Ford, Lincoln, Acura, Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Kia and Porsche brands is a case study of a traditional ...]]></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[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[Audi's tight U.S. supply, fast turn rate lift dealer profitability]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Audi of America President Scott Keogh is presiding over a brand with momentum, with U.S. sales up 16 percent through April and a batch of new vehicles launched or on tap. Keogh, 44, became president of Audi of America in June, a promotion from chief marketing officer. He spoke to Dave Guilford, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. car and light-truck inventories, on May 1]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 15:17:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Subaru to expand Indiana plant capacity, add Impreza production]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 15:24:14 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Subaru, the only automaker to boost U.S. sales in each of the past five years, plans to expand production capacity at its Indiana factory by about 30 percent and add output of the Impreza compact car by 2016. The plant in Lafayette, Ind., would supply four- and five-door variants of the Impreza for ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chevy's Premium Pickup (5/6/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 08:37:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Western-themed Silverado coming; GM defends China push; Audi's Mexico move; Tesla hikes residual; dealers' best investment?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Parts plan could hurt customer care]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To the Editor: I read the article about the tiff between General Motors and its dealers over the new parts program ("GM wants more parts at stores," April 22). My analysis of the program indicates my store will lose $20,000 a year after we add back the new grid payout. That is our loss if we ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Public retail groups: 'We're fighting tooth and nail' for margins]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Profit margins on new vehicles are slipping for the nation's largest dealership groups as manufacturers and retailers slug it out for market share. New-car margins dropped for all the public dealership groups during the first quarter of 2013. Despite the margin decline, total new-car gross profits ...]]></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[Audi's tight supply, fast turn rate lift dealer profitability]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Audi of America President Scott Keogh is presiding over a brand with momentum, with U.S. sales up 16 percent through April and a batch of new vehicles launched or on tap. Keogh, 44, became president of Audi of America in June, a promotion from chief marketing officer. He spoke to Enterprise Editor ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mazda volume skids 4th straight month]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 16:23:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Mazda once again watched the auto industry's recovery from the sidelines as it posted its fourth straight monthly U.S. sales decline in April. Mazda sold 19,894 vehicles last month, down 7.5 percent from April 2012. Four-month sales totaled 98,177 vehicles, down 5.5 percent from last ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lincoln to hike MKZ Hybrid mix; Ford volume up 18%]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 14:42:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. will increase the production mix of Lincoln MKZ Hybrids to 30 percent for the 2014 model year, from 20 percent now, to meet increased demand. After a problem-plagued launch that delayed the car's arrival in showrooms, the MKZ sedan recovered in April with the biggest sales ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrysler up 11% on pickup, SUV sales]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 11:57:52 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chrysler Group rode strong sales of pickups and SUVs to an 11 percent sales increase in April, its 37th consecutive month of higher year-over-year sales. The company reported U.S. sales of 156,698 vehicles last month, its best April sales since 2007 and about 15,500 units more than the previous ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nissan cuts prices on 7 key models to score in Web searches]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 10:48:51 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE -- Jockeying for better position in Internet shopping sites, Nissan will cut the manufacturer's suggested retail prices on seven key models, effective Friday. The price cuts range from a $580 reduction on the brand's volume leader, the Altima, which was redesigned for 2013 and was the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ally profits rise, helped by auto finance]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 10:41:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ally Financial Inc. said its first-quarter net income more than doubled from a year ago to $1.1 billion, driven largely by a one-time gain from the sale of Ally's Canadian operations and higher profits in its auto finance business. The company said its core pretax earnings, which exclude various ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ally Q1 profits boosted by auto finance business, one-time gains]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 09:52:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ally Financial Inc. said its first-quarter net income more than doubled from a year ago to $1.1 billion, driven largely by a one-time gain from the sale of Ally's Canadian operations and higher profits in its auto finance business. The company said its core pretax earnings, which exclude various ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farley: Lincoln MKZ sales rebound, set record in April]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:21:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ford Motor Co. said it sold more Lincoln MKZ sedans in April than in the first three months of the year combined, as the luxury brand began to recover from lengthy production and distribution delays on the car MKZ sales more than doubled from April 2012 to 4,012 units, the company said today. That ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Suzuki's top-selling U.S. dealer finds a new path with Subaru]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Closing up shop was not an option for Scott Pitman, America's best-selling Suzuki dealer. After Suzuki announced in November that it would stop U.S. vehicle sales this year, he couldn't fathom leaving the business and laying off 86 employees at his Suzuki of Wichita. So Pitman, 45, bought half the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Carfax-dealers scuffle spirals into lawsuit]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A scuffle between Carfax Inc., a widely known provider of vehicle history reports, and some dealers who subscribe to the reports, has escalated into a full-blown legal battle. The owners of 120 auto dealerships have filed a federal lawsuit against Carfax, alleging that the company engages in ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In Germany, incentives rise to combat falling car sales]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (Bloomberg) -- As car sales plunged across Europe in recent years, automakers could count on customers in Germany to buy new vehicles without high discounts. Now the German market is in free fall and at least one dealer is resorting to Groupon coupons to boost sales. Cologne dealer AK ...]]></description>
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