| Subaru Bumps Price of 2015 Forester by $225, Adds Standard Sunroof |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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Subaru's award-winning compact crossover SUV gets a few tweaks for the 2015 model year.
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| Volvo Asks, We Answer: Our Take on Volvo’s Next Infotainment System [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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Volvo claims it has the next great hope for in-car infotainment, a brand-new touch-screen interface we’ll be able to play with on their beautiful, brown Concept Estate at the Geneva auto show. It’s a preview to the all-digital dash coming on the 2015 XC90 due later this year. But we’ve heard this line a dozen [...]
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| Maserati Reportedly Bringing F-type Rival to Geneva [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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Regarding the power of gossip, swashbuckling golden-era actor and unabashed Hollywood self-promoter Errol Flynn is quoted as saying, “It’s not what they say about you, it’s what they whisper.” And while the internet is patently incapable of speaking in hushed tones, its capacity for spreading rumors is unparalleled. So when GTSPIRIT.com announced that Maserati would [...]
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| Volvo Concept Estate Fully Revealed: A Sexy Brown Shooting Brake—Need We Say More? [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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Before Volvo’s Concept Estate slid onto the scene, the hottest things to come out of Sweden had been Victoria Silvstedt and Malin Akerman. And probably some overcooked Swedish meatballs. Now, we have nothing against those fine Scandinavian exports, but they’re like Ikea’s Förhöja line compared to the classier Stenstorp goods this inhumanly stunning Volvo shooting [...]
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| Next-Gen Mazda 2 Revealed by Leaked Sketch of Hazumi Concept [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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We’ve now gotten out first look at the next-generation Mazda 2 thanks to this sketch of the Hazumi concept car leaked by autofilou.at. The dramatic rendering hints at the show car that will bow at the Geneva auto show next week. When it comes to market sometime in 2015, it will bring Mazda’s tiniest offering in [...]
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| NADA Issues Letter in Support of CFPB Reform Bill |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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Nine days after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a critical 16-page letter to the CFPB, the NADA sent its own letter to members of the House of Representatives in support of a bill that seeks to ‘restore traditional checks and balances' regarding the bureau’s activities.
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| Cars.com Projects Highest February SAAR Since 2008 |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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Cars.com analyst predicts that new-vehicle sales in February will be up 1.1% from a year ago. He also put the industry SAAR at 15.4 million — the highest selling rate since February 2008.
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| TransUnion: Auto Debt Rises Again, Deliquencies Remain Subdued |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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TransUnion reported this week that auto loan debt per borrow increased for the 11th straight quarter, while delinquencies remained below the fourth quarter average observed between 2007 and 2013.
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| Wedge Play |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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Solutions aimed at heading off the CFPB’s and the Justice Department’s scrutiny of rate participation has the magazine’s legal wiz smiling with satisfaction — mainly because they put the two agencies at odds just a bit.
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| No-Look Compliance |
Feb 27th, 2014 |
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Your F&I office should always strive to do the right thing, especially when no one is looking. The magazine’s F&I insider weighs in.
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