| 5058 Smart Fortwos Recalled for Steering Bolts |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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Mercedes-Benz is recalling 5058 Smart Fortwo models in the U.S. for poorly made bolts that could loosen the steering over time, according to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. On 2014-2015 Fortwo Coupe and Convertible models, along with the 2014 Fortwo Electric Coupe and Convertible, some bolts that attach the steering gear to […]
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| BMW Recalls 91,800 Mini Coopers for Airbag Sensors |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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BMW is expanding an airbag-sensor recall for the third time to include older Mini Cooper models that may disable the passenger-side frontal airbag. According to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, BMW is recalling 91,800 cars, specifically the 2005–2006 Cooper and Cooper S hardtops, plus convertible models from 2005–2008. The weight sensor in the […]
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| 2016 Honda Civic Sedan and Coupe Revealed Via Patent Drawings |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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Honda is a notoriously secretive company, so fans and media must resort to steps like scouring patent office files—as CivicX.com did recently to acquire these and many other images—to bring you good stuff like this: official drawings of the all-new Civic coupe and sedan. And what the drawings reveal is a Civic design that is—hallelujah!—interesting. That’s right, after more […]
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| 2017 Lincoln Continental Spied; It Really Is Happening |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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What It Is: Lincoln’s new Continental sedan, captured here wearing an exclusive new, trippy-ball body wrap while testing near Ford’s global headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. Despite having only just debuted in concept-car form at the 2015 New York auto show, the Continental project has allegedly been well underway for some time, an assertion backed up […]
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| 2017 Lincoln Continental Spied! It Really Is Happening – Future Cars |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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| In-Vehicle App Integration to Rise, IHS Reports |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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In a new study highlighting the influence of mobile applications on car buyers, IHS Automotive officials said they expect significant growth in vehicle app integration over the next few years.
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| SNAAC Announces New Hires and Promotions |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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Security National Automotive Acceptance Company has added three senior-level leaders and five new team members.
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| Tablet Usage Especially Low in F&I, Study Finds |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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An informal survey conducted by Auto/Mate Dealership Systems found that only 20% of dealership sales and service department utilize tablets. In F&I, only 7% of F&I departments polled employ a tablet-driven process.
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| [Video] Overcoming the Warranty Objection |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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The magazine’s resident F&I wiz tackles a question about how to show the value of a service contract when the customer believes the warranty provides enough coverage.
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| Asbury’s Q Auto Stores a Work in Progress |
Apr 21st, 2015 |
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The tablet-driven, fixed-price F&I process at Asbury’s Q Auto stores didn’t perform as well as the traditional F&I process employed at the group's core stores, but officials said they are happy with the new format’s progress.
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