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Incentives hit Subaru parent profit
The maker of Subaru vehicles said spiraling warranty costs, higher incentives and big foreign exchange rate losses sent operating profit plunging 35 percent in the latest quarter.
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Mad dash to sell comes to the big screen
A new film focuses on an ambitious dealership general manager played by Patrick J. Adams from USA Network’s “Suits.”
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Did CDK, Reynolds fence out a rival?
A lawsuit accuses CDK Global and Reynolds and Reynolds of blocking an electronic title company from getting the data it needs, through jacked-up fees and other barriers, specifically because the two DMS giants are favoring a competing company they…
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A car-crazy kid remembers the Chicago show
As a car-crazy lad born and raised in Chicago, the old Chicago auto show was something very special to me. That show was my first real taste of cars, and there was nothing quite like it. There still isn’t.
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Stocks rise despite brisk Jan. sales
Automakers and dealers started February with bulging lots after inventories grew faster than January U.S. auto sales.
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Redesigned Expedition ‘sets the new standard’
The redesigned 2018 Ford Expedition, unveiled last week in Dallas, could signal the big utility’s return to prominence in the Ford SUV lineup after it languished since its last freshening in 2003.
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Nissan gets its commercial trucks in a row
Nissan executives say they finally have a lineup that will enable their dealers to make a plausible run at one of the great bastions of Detroit-dominated truck business: commercial sales to businesses.
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Lexus still short of utility vehicles
Lexus is still short on supplies of its popular utility vehicles after limited availability led to a 26 percent fall in sales last month.
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Toyota positions two big launches: Camry and C-HR
Toyota’s next-generation Camry represents the upstanding citizen in the brand’s lineup, albeit with a fancy make-over and a gym membership. The new C-HR crossover is the polarizing wild child crying out for attention.
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Hyundai takes down Lada in Russia upset
Last year, the unthinkable happened in Russia: For the first time ever, a non-Russian brand topped the model charts. The humble Hyundai Solaris subcompact sedan was No. 1, knocking the Lada Granta sedan to No. 2.