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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.

Digital technology is changing the game in fixed operations. An array of software tools aids service departments in elevating practices from vehicle walkarounds to parts orders.

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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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.

Ford Motor Co. is transforming its business for the future, but it wants consumers to know that it’s still very good at building the cars and trucks on sale today.

The Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. is home to a collection of notorious getaway cars, including the white Ford Bronco made famous in the slow-speed chase involving O.J. Simpson.

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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