| F&I and Showroom Names Finalists for 2014 F&Idol Contest |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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This year’s field of F&Idol finalists features the overall winners from the last two years. It also features a three-time winner of the contest’s 'Tire and Wheel' category.
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| Voice Recognition Tops J.D. Power’s List of New-Vehicle Problems |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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Problems with built-in voice recognition average 8.3 problems experienced per 100 vehicles, with the technology’s inability to recognize or interpret verbal commands being the biggest complaint among car owners.
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| KBB: New-Car Sales Expected to Dip Nearly 1% in August |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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New-vehicle sales are expected to decrease 0.7% year-over-year to a total of 1.49 million units, resulting in an estimated 16.5 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, according to a forecast from Kelley Blue Book.
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| Va. Dealer Charged With Selling Illegal Tags |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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The owner of a Virginia dealership was arrested after authorities discovered that he was selling fake tags that would allow drivers to delay properly registering their vehicle.
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| Auto Dealership Buy-Sell Activity Increasing Sharply, Haig Reports |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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Public U.S. auto dealers are on pace to book $1 billion in acquisitions for the year, which would be an increase of 43% from 2013, according to a report from Haig Partners.
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| Digital Air Strike Makes Fastest Growing Company List |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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Inc. Magazine named the reputation management firm to its Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list in the advertising and marketing category. The company was No. 1 in revenue and No. 5 in growth for Arizona-based companies.
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| Luxury Lugging: Towing My Track-Prepped Integra with a New Cadillac Escalade |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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Yesterday, when we posted to our Facebook page our instrumented test of the 2015 Cadillac Escalade, the commenters went nuts. Not over the lumbering SUV, mind you, but over the car it was towing in the picture: my personal track vehicle, a 1998 Acura Integra GSR. Seriously, the vast majority of 250-plus comments focused on […]
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| 2014 Toyota RAV4 FWD Tested: A Sensible Thing for Folks with Sensible Shoes |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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The Toyota RAV4 has scored consistently good marks in the areas of utility, all-around usefulness, fuel efficiency, comfort, quality, and value ever since it became the progenitor of the small, car-based crossover species in 1996. But an engaging driving experience isn’t something we would necessarily add to the list of the diminutive Toyota’s defining characteristics. […]
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| 1963 Porsche 356B 1600 Super: The German Machine That Started It All [C/D Archives] |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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Expensive? Only a few years ago you could pry a Porsche Speedster loose from a showroom for a shade under three grand. It seemed like a bargain. Our test car—a ’63 Super coupe—carries a basic price tag of $4408. But consider—the Speedster was an adolescent, as were most Porsches of yore. After a wildly sporting […]
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| 2014 Jeep Wrangler, 2014 Dodge Challenger and 2014 Ram ProMaster Win Edmunds.com Best Retained Value Awards, Notes Ferman Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram |
Aug 28th, 2014 |
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2014 Jeep, Dodge and Ram models all won Best Retained Value awards from Edmunds.com.
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