Author: Automotive News n Feed
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E-contracting grows, has hurdles to clear
Electronic contracting has become increasingly prevalent in auto retail, but it still has room to improve, especially as an enabler to the fully online vehicle transaction.
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Time for a quiz
A Federal Trade Commission report tallied 2016’s consumer complaints to state and federal agencies and watchdog groups. These are the top 10 categories, in alphabetical order.
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Emissions rules made GM’s decision easier
Big deals in the auto industry are rarely about a single vehicle, but to understand the cost pressures that helped prompt General Motors to abandon its European operations, consider the unassuming Opel Corsa subcompact.
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Infiniti taps Renault racing tech for concept
Infiniti’s newest performance concept comes not from its parent company Nissan but from its stepparent – Renault.
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Italdesign buyers get a say in Zerouno supercar design
Italdesign is famous for designing cars for automotive customers. So when designing a car for individual customers, it followed the same route: Show them the design and ask what changes they’d make.
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Opel deal caps Ammann’s ‘ruthless’ drive
Raised on a New Zealand dairy farm, Dan Ammann is now trading away General Motors’ once-sacred cows.
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VW’s brawny successor to the CC
Volkswagen’s new Arteon Gran Turismo premium sedan will be a more muscular-looking successor to the CC when in arrives in the U.S. next year as a 2019 model.
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More scale doesn’t always mean better
GM’s disposal of Opel (“Auf Wiedersehen, General Motors,” Feb.
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Balancing front end, F&I to maximize profit
FandI managers eager to boost their commissions sometimes entice customers to buy FandI products with giveaways that slice into the otherwise solid profit made on the front end of the vehicle transaction.