Category: Motor Age Articles
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Tesla gets approval to start delivering Model 3 in Europe
The Tesla Model 3 could hurt European sales of the BMW 3 series and Mercedes C class by attracting customers of premium sedans who are looking to switch to a battery-powered car from a gasoline or diesel vehicle.
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Cadillac: ‘We’ve got one chance’
Returning Cadillac to some measure of its previous glory, and positioning it as an EV leader, promise to be a heavy lift.
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Fast times at the Detroit auto show
As it turns out, amid no shows from the German luxury brands and yet another wave of three-row crossovers, the Detroit auto show ended up being the place to be for sports cars.
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Shoppers clamor for online transactions, but hurdles remain
While the capability exists to do an auto finance contract online, some state regulatory forms requiring wet signatures hamper the vehicle-buying process from being completed over the Internet.
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Volvo’s subscription fight with dealers escalates
Volvo has assured dealers that it will roll out a 2.0 version of its nationwide Care by Volvo subscription program. But that wasn’t enough to satisfy unhappy dealers in California.
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‘Catastrophic’ Brexit scenario looms larger
Automakers are now bracing for their most feared outcome: the U.K. leaving the EU on March 29 with no deal at all.
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How Reuss is re-engineering GM’s product team
At General Motors, Mark Reuss’ mission is the equivalent of overhauling an engine while it’s running: changing GM’s vehicle development process to support a broad pivot to electric vehicles while keeping the core operations humming.
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Capital-area dealers uneasy over shutdown
Gridlock in Washington isn’t just a political problem. Auto dealerships in the capital region are beginning to sense the economic effects of the partial government shutdown.
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Under shiny new surfaces are daring design cues
It was easy to miss some of the design cues around the Detroit auto show this. But from taillights to body lines, they were daring.
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Lyft-Magna’s AV team in it for the long haul
Lyft and Magna formed a partnership last year to develop autonomous vehicles, but the two companies are not putting any dates on when their co-developed self-driving systems will be ready for the road.