Daily Car News Bulletin for June 13, 2016 Tesla Revised Non-Disclosure Agreements Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, said in a tweet that 37 of 40 suspension complaints filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration were fraudulent. NHTSA also said it had warned Tesla about unethical non-disclosure agreements presented
Google Auto Search Trends – Dodge – 2016 Dodge 2016 List 2016 Dodge Challenger 2016 Dodge Charger 2016 Dodge Dart 2016 Dodge Durango 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan 2016 Dodge Journey 2016 Dodge Viper
Daily Car News Bulletin for June 10, 2016 Tesla Shady Disclosure Agreements NHTSA warns Tesla over non-disclosure agreements with customers in exchange for covering out-of-warranty repair costs. In the agreement, Tesla implies that customer should not contact any agency regarding safety concerns. In one instance, Tesla reportedly offered to pay
Daily Car News Bulletin for June 9, 2016 More Takata Problems Senators urge automakers to disclose vehicles equipped with Takata airbags. U.S. government wants consumers to know if the new car they’re buying contains a Takata airbag inflator. NHTSA announced in May plans to expand the recalls to nearly 70 million
Daily Car News Bulletin for June 8, 2016 FCA Partnering With Uber Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), strikes a deal with Google on driverless cars, has now started discussions on a similar partnership with Uber Technologies. FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne has been pursuing partnerships with tech companies, including giants like Apple.
Daily Car News Bulletin for June 7, 2016 General Motor Undervalued Mary Barra CEO of General motors thinks GM is undervalued, with a record profit, last year and a good earning first quarter of 2016 shares are down 12%. Ford and Changan to Produce Lincoln Vehicles in China Output could
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Daily Car News Bulletin for June 6, 2016 Cadillac Project Pinnacle Project Pinnacle, a program that will change the way dealerships interact with customers, how their salespeople dress code, and how they present the car to a potential buyer. Also, Cadillac will notify dealers of their individual sales targets, which will determine
2016 Audi S6 Models, Retail Prices and Trim Levels for 2016 EXTERIOR COLORS:A2A2 Brilliant Black ……………………………………………………………………….All Vehicles………………………………………………………….N/C N/C6Y6Y Daytona Gray Pearl Effect ……………………………………………………..All Vehicles …………………………………………………………….511.00 550.00L5L5 Florett Silver Met ………………………………………………………………….All Vehicles ………………………………………………………………511.00 550.002Y2Y Glacier White Met ………………………………………………………………….All Vehicles …………………………………………………………..511.00 550.004J4J Havanna Black Met ………………………………………………………………All Vehicles ……………………………………………………………511.00 550.00T9T9 Ibis White
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2016 Audi S7 Models, Retail Prices and Trim Levels for 2016 EXTERIOR COLORS: A2A2 Brilliant Black ……………………………………………………………All Vehicles………………………………………………………………….N/C N/C 6Y6Y Daytona Gray Pearl Effect …………………………………………….All Vehicles ………………………………………………………………….511.00 550.00 L5L5 Florett Silver Met ………………………………………………………All Vehicles …………………………………………………………………511.00 550.00 2Y2Y Glacier White Met ………………………………………………………..All Vehicles …………………………………………………………………511.00 550.00 4J4J Havanna Black Met ……………………………………………………All
Daily Car News Bulletin for June 3, 2016 New A5 From Audi Audi hopes A5 Coupe will boost sales of rivals such as BMW 4 series and Mercedes-Benz C-class Coupe. New A5 Coupe is more stylish, sporty and offering more advanced connectivity features, better safety equipment and a lot
Trucks and Car Segment Values – May 2016 Trucks and Car Segment Values Ending May 30, 2016 – Volume-weighted car values decreased 0.23%. – The Sub-compact Car segment weekly depreciation at 1.09%. Comparing -0.99% in 2015 and -1.19% in 2014. – Truck values decreased 0.27%. – The Sub-compact Luxury Crossover segment
2016 Audi S8 Models, Retail Prices and Trim Levels for 2016 EXTERIOR COLORS: A2A2 Brilliant Black ……………………………………………………………………….All Vehicles…………………………………………………………………………….N/C N/C 0D0D Cuvee Silver Met ………………………………………………………………….All Vehicles…………………………………………………………………………….N/C N/C 6Y6Y Daytona Gray Pearl Effect ……………………………………………………..All Vehicles…………………………………………………………………………….N/C N/C L5L5 Florett Silver Met ………………………………………………………………….All Vehicles…………………………………………………………………………….N/C N/C 2Y2Y Glacier White Met ………………………………………………………………….All Vehicles…………………………………………………………………………….N/C N/C 4J4J
May Auto Industry Sales Report – 2016 Automaker May 2016 May 2015 % change 5 months 2016 5 months 2015 % change BMW 29,017 31,003 –6.4% 124,581 136,447 –8.7% Mini 4,565 5,833 –21.2% 20,230 24,086 –16.0% Rolls-Royce* 97 98 –1.0% 501 490 2.2% BMW of N.A. 33,709 36,934 –8.7% 145,312
Daily Car News Bulletin for June 2, 2016 Auto Industry Sales Data May 2016 May sales drop 6.1% , with 1.5 million vehicles sold. Toyota said sales dipped 9.6 percent to 219,339 vehicles, including a 10% drop at the Lexus brand. All of GM’s brands posted double-digit declines last month. Honda declined 4.8%
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Daily Car News Bulletin for June 1, 2016 Toyota Buying Robotics Division Toyota plans to buy Boston Dynamics and Schaft, both are divisions of Google-parent Alphabet Inc focused on robotics. Toyota invested $1 billion in establishing TRI (Toyota Research Institute) last year for technologies that can be deployed in self-driving
Top 25 Dealership Groups Based in the U.S – 2016 2015 rank Dealership group name Total new retail units Total used units Total units Total number of dealerships Group revenue all departments* 2014 rank 1 AutoNation Inc.† 339,080 227,290 644,164 254 20,862,000,000 1 2 Penske Automotive Group Inc.†‡ 233,524
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