| 2015 Volkswagen Touareg |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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Overview: Freshened for 2015, the Touareg is Volkswagen’s mid-size—and largest—crossover SUV, a five-seater with luxury aspirations. With a price range that opens in the mid-$40,000 range and culminates close to $70,000, it lies beyond more mainstream two-row offerings such as the Ford Edge, Kia Sorento, Nissan Murano, and Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. But handsome appointments, […]
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| 2015 Volkswagen Touareg – Quick-Take Review |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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| Volkswagen Confirms 1.4T Engine for Jetta, Replaces Too-Slow 2.0 |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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The venerable Volkswagen 2.0-liter engine, affectionately nicknamed the “two point slow,” has mercifully been put to sleep. Having long ago disappeared from VW’s lineup in Europe, it has carried on faithfully in the entry-level U.S. Jetta, where it produced a meager 115 horsepower and just 125 lb-ft of torque. Reaching that hummock of torque required wringing out […]
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| Ask Joe Contest Deadline Extended |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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F&I and Showroom magazine announced today that the deadline to enter the Ask Joe contest, which will send five readers to Industry Summit 2015, has been extended to Aug. 17.
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| Firm Suing TrueCar Files Second Mass Action Lawsuit |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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The firm that filed a mass action lawsuit against TrueCar in March has filed a second suit against the car-shopping site, this time on behalf of current TrueCar subscribers.
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| Wells Fargo Dealer Services Opens Second Office in New Jersey |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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The new location represents Wells Fargo Dealers Services’ 56th Regional Business Center. It’s also the first of two new offices the company plans to open in 2015.
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| VinSolutions Desking Tool Integrates With Autosoft DMS |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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The VinConnect Desking tool now integrates with the Autosoft dealer management system, allowing the two systems to share information in real time.
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| GWC Enhances Top Dealer Programs |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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The F&I product provider is expanding the ways it rewards its top dealers. The firm announced enhancements to its GWC Elite Dealer Program and introduced a new rewards tier.
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| Wait (a While) for It: Lotus Elise Returning to America in 2020 |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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For a brief few years, U.S. buyers lived in a golden age, able to buy Lotus’s ferociously lightweight Elise sports car brand-new and fully assembled. First appearing in the U.S. in 2004, the divine Elise stuck around until 2011, when Lotus had to withdraw it from our market due to noncompliant airbags. (Shown above is a 2012 […]
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| The Only Number By Which the 2016 Chevrolet Volt Will Be Measured Is Out |
Aug 4th, 2015 |
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There it is, right on the EPA sticker, arguably the most important metric by which the second-generation Chevrolet Volt will be judged: The EPA-estimated distance that the car can travel on electricity alone per charge. Yes, we know the EPA sticker is a mess of numbers, disclaimers, and scale graphs, but right in the middle, […]
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