| Mega-Rare 1973 CJ-5 Super Jeep to Be Displayed at SEMA |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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Via Hemmings comes one of the better SEMA show announcements for this year. Amongst all the big-bucks OEM displays and booths hawking 87-inch rims for your ’87 Monte Carlo will be a genuine Jeep rarity: a 1973 Super Jeep. The model’s backstory is interesting. Back then, Jeep wasn’t prepared for the popularity of its CJ-5 […]
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| John Phillips: How on Earth Has Maserati Survived 100 Years? |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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Come December 1, Maserati will be 100 years old. I’ve followed the marque’s duck-and-dart adventures since the summer of 1967. That’s when my father and I, in our death-pallor-gray Ford Taunus in downtown Paris, spied a canary-yellow ’67 Ghibli whose driver was busy curbing its wheels. It was the first Maserati I’d ever seen. My […]
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| 950-hp Ferrari LaFerrari + Monza + Drifting = Must Watch Video |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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“A Ferrari LaFerrari drifting around Monza’s Parabolica turn at full throttle” sounds like a gearhead’s MadLibs dream sentence. Dream no more, friends. Now you can see (and hear) this fantasy for real. Good speakers or headphones are a must. With a 6.3 liter V-12 and HY-KERS electric assist combining for an astounding 950 horsepower, the […]
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| 2015 Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II Driven: The Roller You Drive Yourself Got Better |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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If you’re truly wealthy, you’re not visiting your local Rolls-Royce dealership to buy a Ghost, but rather a Phantom, at a price that starts just above $400,000 but can require adding a seventh digit. The Ghost, while still outrageously expensive at $291,350, is for the merely rich. To better delineate the difference, let’s paraphrase comedian […]
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| Audi Kills A6 Hybrid Because Nobody Bought It |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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Three years ago, Audi launched a hybrid version of the A6, and the company hinted strongly that it would be sold in the U.S. as well. But those plans never materialized and now it is too late: The A6 hybrid has departed this world after just 4000 units built. Requiescat in pace. Back in 2011, […]
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| Asbury’s F&I Per Copy Average Rises $22 |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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F&I gross profit per retail unit grew to $1,337 on a same-store basis for the publicly traded dealer group, but the performance of the operation’s parts and service segment was the big story in the third quarter.
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| Sonic’s Hybrid F&I Pilot Experiences Training, Staffing Issues |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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Officials said the Charlotte test store was overwhelmed by sales and paperwork. F&I performance rebounded, however, after the group added document specialists.
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| Edmunds Pulls Ad Campaign, Says It ‘Missed the Mark’ |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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Edmunds pulled an online ad campaign today for its Price Promise program after dealers complained it portrayed them as ‘bad guys’ in the car-shopping process.
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| Compliance Summit Room Block Nearly Full |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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Organizers of the first-ever Compliance Summit in Hollywood, Fla., have announced that the event's room block at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is nearly full. Register today, before it's too late.
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| Ford Adds a Place For Your Coffee Cup (or Shotgun Shells) to 2015 F-150′s Tailgate |
Oct 23rd, 2014 |
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Ford’s all-new 2015 F-150 is nearly on the streets, but there’s one new feature that’s so last-minute, it wasn’t there when the truck was revealed at the 2014 Detroit auto show: Indentations on the inside of the tailgate perfectly placed to hold a beverage. They’re the handiwork of Kevin Blaser, a stamping product and design […]
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