Author: Automotive News Feed
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What direction is Ford CEO going?
A reader questions whether Ford CEO Jim Hackett is taking the company into uncharted waters.
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Luxury-brand owners get more options than waiting in the lounge
When customers bring their vehicle to a dealership for maintenance or repair, most still wait in the service lounge until their car or truck is ready, a new survey suggests.
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Dissecting a Tesla
A consulting firm, Munro and Associates, analyzed the Tesla Model 3 with high praise for the technology in the electric car, but poor marks for the design and manufacturing process.
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Lexus’ pledge should be every carmaker’s and dealer’s commitment
The Lexus Covenant is etched in a 6½-foot slab of black granite block in the lobby of the automaker’s U.S. headquarters in Plano, Texas. It includes this promise: “Lexus will treat each customer as we would a guest in our home.”
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VW eyes Chatanooga for production of 3 EVs
Volkswagen is getting close to deciding whether to build up to three electric vehicles at its plant in Chattanooga.
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Dealer anniversaries
Dealers featured this week include Gus Brown, dealer principal of Gus Brown Buick-GMC in Whitby, Ontario as well as Mike Anderson, left, president of Anderson Ford-Lincoln in Lincoln, Neb.
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Fixed in time
This photo shows the service manager and technicians at Colussy Chevrolet, in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bridgeville, Pa. in the mid-1970s. The dealership is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
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Hurricane Florence disrupted dealership service, parts availability in Carolinas
Many new-vehicle dealers in the Carolinas are grateful that their biggest worry in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence #8212; aside from getting evacuated employees resettled and back on the job #8212; was having enough parts delivered to meet an…
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Can suppliers handle autonomous-era exposure?
Few small parts suppliers have ever faced the kind of negative attention that comes with headline-making accidents.