| Mercedes Launching “MB Companion” Apple Watch App—Here’s a Sneak Peek |
May 12th, 2015 |
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Sometimes it’s worth staying to the very end of an event. Such as last week, when Daimler R&D chief Thomas Weber used his closing speech at the Vienna Engine Symposium to make an announcement that deviated from the regular talk of new powertrains, efficiency targets, transmissions, hybrids, and the like: He confirmed that an app is coming for […]
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| Chevy Recalls 469,000 Malibus for Faulty Seat Belts |
May 12th, 2015 |
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General Motors just announced its biggest recall of 2015 so far: Nearly 469,000 Chevrolet Malibus from the 2011 and 2012 model years are being summoned back for seatbelt attachments that can fail. Hey, at least it’s not the ignition switch again. The Detroit News reports that a flexible steel cable that attaches the Malibu’s safety belts […]
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| FTC Sides with Tesla, Derides State Bans on Direct-to-Consumer Auto Sales |
May 12th, 2015 |
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Tesla’s direct-to-consumers sales model has kicked off a long and ongoing debate across the U.S. While some states are opening exemptions to their decades-old laws that limit new-car sales to independent franchise dealerships, others are doubling down, writing new laws that further enforce existing bans on direct car sales—like Michigan, whose aggressive, GM-backed anti-Tesla law […]
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| Manheim Names General Manager of Nevada Business |
May 12th, 2015 |
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Manheim has promoted Eddie Lafferty to general manager of Manheim Nevada.
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| SureCritic Adds Former SOCIALDEALER President |
May 12th, 2015 |
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Phil Penton, former partner and president at SOCIALDEALER, will lead SureCritic’s business development activities and strategic alliances.
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| Texas DMV Closes Case Against CarGurus |
May 12th, 2015 |
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The enforcement division of the Texas DMV has closed its case against CarGurus after the vehicle-shopping site made revisions to its used-car advertisements. In April, the department threatened enforcement actions because of the way the site listed used vehicles for sale.
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| April Vehicle Sales Paced at 16.5 Million-Unit SAAR |
May 12th, 2015 |
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Total new-vehicle sales in April increased 0.6% compared with a year ago to 1.45 million units sold, according to Autodata Corp. April’s SAAR was 16.5 million units.
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| Hella Cats, Bro! Have a Gander at Dodge’s Hellcat Mascot Sketches |
May 12th, 2015 |
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Having cobbled together a psychotic supercharged golem to drop between the fenders of the Dodge Challenger and Charger, SRT needed a name. They found it in “Hellcat,” a moniker that had previously graced the WWII-era Grumman F6F, a stubby, radial-powered plane that could finally take the fight to Mitsubishi’s excellent Zero, the pre-eminent carrier-based fighter of […]
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| Hella Cats, Bro! Have a Gander at Dodge’s Hellcat Mascot Sketches |
May 12th, 2015 |
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| “Are We There Yet?”—the Euro Version, Starring Opel’s Family Truckster |
May 12th, 2015 |
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The Opel Zafira Tourer wouldn’t appear to be a chic or an epic choice for a strobe-light-and-string-bikini kind of spring break. This, however, was a different kind of road trip. A spunky grandmother rode shotgun and a supercharged six-year-old boy held court on a booster seat in the back. For purposes of context, we must point […]
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