| AAGI Founder and Chairman Passes Away |
May 1st, 2014 |
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Al Ranieri, founder of American Auto Guardian Inc. and chairman of the firm’s board of directors, passed away this week.
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| GM Financial Pilots Prime Product |
May 1st, 2014 |
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General Motors’ captive finance company revealed during its quarterly investor call that it began piloting a prime finance product in the first quarter. The firm’s chief executive also noted that market competition is beginning to stabilize.
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| Vehicle Owners Willing to Pay for Smartphone Functionality, Not Connectivity |
May 1st, 2014 |
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The 2014 U.S. Automotive Emerging Technologies Study conducted by J.D. Power found that technology features consumers want most are those that allow them to access the entertainment, information and connections they currently get from their smartphone.
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| Manheim Selects Two New Market VPs |
May 1st, 2014 |
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Manheim named Rob Touchette market vice president for the pacific market and Randy Beil vice president for the north central market.
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| Fields Named Ford President, CEO |
May 1st, 2014 |
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Ford Motor Co. confirmed yesterday that Mark Fields will be named president and CEO. He will replace Alan Mulally, who will retire on July 1.
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| Volkswagen Chattanooga Plant Still Has Chance to Join Union |
May 1st, 2014 |
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The UAW still has a chance to organize Volkswagen workers in Tennessee.
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| New App Helps Identify Car Problems By Sound |
May 1st, 2014 |
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Noise Tech has developed a new app to help identify problematic sounds made my cars.
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| Supercharged Fury: 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Caught Testing |
May 1st, 2014 |
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What It Is: The long-rumored 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat being put through its paces under gloomy skies. Wearing but tiny strips of camo on its front and rear fascias, Chrysler apparently feels that, since the 2015 Challenger update was revealed at the New York auto show, cloaking measures are no longer required for the Hellcat’s […]
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| Putting the C in Recall: Mercedes Recalls 250,000 C-classes for Fire Risk from Defective Taillamps |
May 1st, 2014 |
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Mercedes-Benz has announced a recall of 252,857 2008–2011 C300, C350, and C63 AMG models due to faulty taillamp connectors. According to a recall notice filed with NHTSA this month, oxidation on the ground-pin connectors of the taillamps can cause dimming or complete failure of the taillamps, which could be problematic for relatively obvious reasons. What’s […]
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| 2014 Mazda 3 i Grand Touring 4-Door review notes: The best small car on the market |
May 1st, 2014 |
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DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: After driving the 2014 Mazda 3 s Grand Touring 5-Door, I called it and#8220;perhaps the best affordable small car on the market today.
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