| CU Direct Credit Unions Post 25.4% Increase in Q1 Originations |
Jul 17th, 2014 |
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CUDL Credit Unions became the fourth largest lending segment in the first quarter, growing their origination count by 25.4%.
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| Wise F&I Integrates ONWise With F&I Express |
Jul 17th, 2014 |
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Wise F&I announced online integration of its contract administration portal with F&I Express. The connection will allow dealers to provide online contract origination for multiple product providers, including Wise F&I’s suite of F&I products.
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| Fidelis PPM Partners with National Auto Care |
Jul 17th, 2014 |
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National Auto Care will now offer a white-labeled version of Fidelis PPM's prepaid maintenance program as part of its F&I product roster.
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| ‘King of Lemon Laws’ Celebrates Tesla Settlement |
Jul 17th, 2014 |
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Attorney Vince Megna celebrated the $126,836 settlement he reached with Tesla on behalf of a Wisconsin man by posting a humorous video to his YouTube channel. It was the first lemon law case brought against the electric-vehicle maker.
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| From the C/D Archives: 1993 Ford Probe GT |
Jul 17th, 2014 |
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“This time, we were in on the project earlier,” Ford designer Mark Kelly told us. All along, we had thought the Ford-Mazda partnership that produced the Probe and MX-6 front-drive two-plus-twos had been an even-Steven deal from day one, so we wondered: had Ford just been tagging along when these cars first appeared in 1988? […]
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| 2015 Toyota Sienna Debuts, Offers Loudspeaker for Shouting at Rear-Seat Passengers |
Jul 17th, 2014 |
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Compared with, say, the compact-crossover arena, the minivan segment is a post-apocalyptic wasteland, occupied as it is by a small number of vehicles fighting over buyers in Mad Max–style battles to the death. Okay, so the minivan game isn’t actually that ominous, but there’s no question that the shift away from the family-friendly devices toward […]
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| The Roof Is On Fire: Chrysler Recalls 895,000 SUVs for Vanity Mirror Fires |
Jul 16th, 2014 |
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Stop looking at your glorious moustache in the mirror, Ron Burgundy—your Dodge Durango’s sun visor might be melting. Chrysler is recalling the 2011–2014 Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokee for electrical shorts within the sun visor’s vanity-mirror lamp circuit. During repairs to the vehicle’s headliner, screws attaching the sun visor can pierce the lamp wiring and […]
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| Honda Debuts Latest ASIMO Humanoid Robot, Machine Takeover Imminent |
Jul 16th, 2014 |
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Everyone’s favorite soccer-playing, plastic-spaceman-wearing-a-backpack–style humanoid robot, ASIMO, is back and better than ever! Honda’s bizarre robot love child receives a rash of improvements this year, some of which are definitely concerning for any tinfoil hat–wearing readers concerned about an eventual robot takeover of society. The Honda robot’s other new features, however, might just have a […]
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| Highway to Hell(Cat): 707-hp 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat to Start at $60,990 |
Jul 16th, 2014 |
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How much does one horsepower cost? If you’re talking about the per-pony charge to get into the 707-hp 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, well, each unit of horsepower will require $86.27, tax not included. How do we know? Dodge has released pricing for the supercharged, hellacious Challenger SRT Hellcat, and it’ll be the least-expensive 700-hp-plus […]
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| 2015 Bentley Continental GT Speed First Drive: 206 mph from a 626-hp W-12 Does the Trick |
Jul 16th, 2014 |
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We’ve never really understood why Bentley gives the fastest versions of its Continental clan “Speed” branding. It’s not as if any of the lesser models are exactly deficient when it comes to delivering velocity. Even the “entry-level” V-8, the one you lend to the pool boy on his day off, can crack 60 mph in […]
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