dealers
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Lincoln's offering dealerships buyout packages in order to shrink its network, but it'll still have a larger footprint than most luxury automakers.
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Proposed Mississippi bill restricts electric car sales to franchised dealerships
A proposed Mississippi bill could prevent automakers from selling EVs directly to customers.
Stephen Edelstein -
More than one third of Lincoln's dealerships say "no thanks" to brand's electric future
An investment cost of up to $900,000 scared some Lincoln dealers away from committing to selling EVs.
Stephen Edelstein -
Ford to dealers: Get on board or stop selling EVs
While Ford will stick with franchised dealerships instead of a Tesla-like direct sales model, dealers that opt into the Model E business will also have to agree to non-negotiable pricing.
Stephen Edelstein -
GM willing to buy out US Buick dealers
All of Buick's roughly 2,000 dealers will be offered a buyout if they don't want to switch to EV sales.
Stephen Edelstein -
GM threatens dealers, would be flippers, with non-transferrable warranties
GM dealers that facilitate flipping high-demand vehicles within a year could lose allocations.
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Some Ford dealers have opted to build standalone Bronco showrooms without a mandate from Ford.
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Mark Wahlberg to open Ohio Chevy dealership
From music to modeling to burger joints and now to car dealerships, Mark Wahlberg is on the move. The 47-year-old celebrity announced Friday he will open a Chevrolet dealership in Columbus, Ohio. The dealership will be a partnership with his current business partner Jay Feldman, who owns a handful...
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Learn how dealers use eBay as loophole for Dodge Demon markups
If there's a will, there's a way, we suppose. Dealerships have found a way around Dodge's price-gouging prevention plan for the 2018 Challenger SRT Demon, and it still ensures cars aren't sold with enormous markups: auctions. No, dealers aren't auctioning off the cars themselves, but they're using...
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Saab Dealer Slashes Prices, Launches Ad Blitz To Dump Remaining Cars
Saab dealers must be feeling like the dependent partner in an on-off relationship right now. For years they've had the on-again off-again joy and tragedy each time the ailing carmaker has closed, and then been bailed out. With Saab finally gone (...or is it?...), dealerships around the world are...
Antony Ingram -
Ford Backing Lincoln With $1 Billion Investment: Report
We know Lincoln is planning to launch seven refreshed or completely new models between now and 2014, the first of which is expected to be the redesigned MKZ sedan due late next year, but achieving such a feat is no easy task. We’ve already seen Ford establish a crack team of 85 staff to sort...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Jennifer Aniston, The Accidental Honda Spokesmodel
Jennifer Aniston dropped by The View several days ago, and the interweb has been in a minor tizzy every since. Not because of anything she said, of course; Aniston isnt' exactly the kind to raise eyebrows with wacko pronouncements. (You want that, you book Jennifer Love Hewitt. Even better...
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The Apple iPad has become an intriguing accessory for cars, especially in marketing them. The Hyundai Equus comes with one containing its owners' manual, and both BMW and Mercedes-Benz have shown innovative ways of attaching the handy device in the car. Now Acura is joining the band of luxury automakers using the Apple iPad to help attract customers. In Acura’s case, the automaker plans to launch a stripped-down version of its consumer Web site as an application for the iPad. Essentially, dealers will be able to use the iPad to help show customers Acura’s full range and features...
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Dealers Fearful Of All-Hybrid Mercedes-Benz S-Class Range
According to Mercedes-Benz dealer sources, news that the automaker is considering an all-hybrid lineup for its next-generation S-Class is true. A Mercedes-Benz spokesman admitted to MotorAuthority.com last week that an all-hybrid S-Class lineup was under serious consideration, though nothing had...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
In An Alternate Universe, Snooki Helps Car Dealership Help Haiti
So here's the deal: everyone's least favorite pudgy munchkin (not to be confused with Tila Tequila, who is many things, but not pudgy) somehow landed an appearance at a used car dealership in Easton, Pennsylvania over the weekend. Yes, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was stationed at Star’s Pre-Owned...
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GM to close 42% of Canadian dealer network
The symptoms of America's ailing carmakers don't recognize borders, and no nation is more keenly aware of that fact than Canada. That's doubly true after today's announcement of General Motors' planned closure of 42% of the company's Canadian dealerships. In all about 300 dealers will be shuttered...
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Chrysler dealers fire back at proposed franchise rejections
Just a couple weeks into the nascent Fiat-Chrysler partnership, trouble is already brewing. The American carmaker's 3,188 dealers, upon hearing that 789 of their number will be let go by June 6, banded together to prepare for a legal fight. The dealers are contesting Chrysler's incredibly short...
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Report: Chrysler to offer $1,000 certificates to all existing customers
As bankruptcy thrashes Chrysler vehicles' resale value the company is pulling out all the stops to keep sales up until it can emerge and join forces with Fiat. To help get feet on the floors of its remaining dealerships, the company is now reportedly getting ready to send out $1,000 certificates...
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Espionage isn't just restricted to the James Bond and John Le Carre figures of the world - we already saw industrial espionage taint the image of Formula 1 a couple of years ago with two Ferrari F1 employees being handed jail sentences in the matter. In a strange twist of events, this time Ferrari is at the losing end of some corporate espionage undertaken by rival manufacturer Aston Martin - although this time it wasn't in the F1 paddock. Reports are circulating that the owners of a New York based car dealership, that specialized in selling Bentleys and Aston Martins, have been accused of...
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Saturn's Franchise Operations Team leader says brand has partner, will survive
News that makes or breaks a carmaker's future isn't typically found in Danbury, Connecticut, but these aren't typical times. Saturn's Franchise Operations Team (FOT), a group of eight dealers, has a task force being led by Todd Ingersoll of Saturn of Danbury, and Ingersoll is saying that Saturn...
Ralph Hanson -
Roll your own 2010 Camaro
General Motors has its hands full building out the first 14,000 pre-ordered Camaros for the next several months, but if just have to have that new muscle car and you aren't one of the lucky horde, don't despair. Chevrolet has a site just for you. The online build process is simple - pick one of the...
Ralph Hanson -
GM dealers not ordering new cars due to uncertain brand futures
In what is set to become a terrible domino effect, lagging demand for new cars and an uncertain future at Hummer, Saturn and Saab dealerships is leading to an inventory pile up. That, in turn, means dealers are ordering no new cars, driving General Motors' production schedule even further out of...
Ralph Hanson -
Merkel reluctant to help Opel, but dealers rallying to buy stake
General Motors, like a lot of other carmakers, is having a tough time lately - some might say tougher than most. Opel, GM's German subsidiary, and Vauxhall, Opel's UK-based doppelganger, are taking it on the chin as well. Today German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the government would be...
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Nissan dealers to skip Detroit show at company's request
Industry cutbacks, especially in the areas of advertising and marketing, are taking more and more visible forms as carmakers such as Nissan decide to skip major shows such as the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Previously, though the company itself had decided to pull out of the show, local Detroit-area...
Nelson Ireson