July 17, 2023 Issue
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As contract talks begin, the UAW is showing a willingness to try new strategies and discard the status quo as it seeks meaning...
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Lithia Motors' decentralized business model has allowed a Honda dealership in Southern Oregon to specialize in...
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Hurdles remain three years into Lithia's ambitious plan, but two things are clear: The company is confident of success, and...
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The number of recalls was relatively flat in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2022, but 11 percent...
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Premium-brand sales tallied 676,906 vehicles in the second quarter, a 21 percent gain
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Tesla Model Y is now the fourth most popular vehicle in the U.S., behind three full-size pickups. The Model 3 sedan a...
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Mazda is planning two varieties of full electrics. One will be an EV based on an existing architecture that also accommodates ...
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A top federal safety regulator outlined a new regulatory pathway called AV STEP that could speed the deployment of autonomous ...
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Buick is positioning the subcompact crossover as a step up for sedan owners who don't want the size of an SU...
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Ford's first production-intent EV geared for gravel and dirt, the Mustang Mach-E Rally, was unveiled Friday at t...
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Hyundai's high-performance Ioniq 5 N goes 641 hp in boost mode and can corner, drift and shift like a gasoline-powered...
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The Quartermaster, a variant of Ineos' Grenadier SUV, and powered by a BMW engine, will likely be very expensive due to...
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Audi is seeking to use an EV platform owned by SAIC's EV unit, which launched the L7 premium sedan in 2022, s...
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Truckmaker Nikola looks to a change in Delaware law to help finance its pivot to making hydrogen fuel cell trucks.
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Bosch began production of fuel cell power modules for Nikola and plans to generate $5.5 billion from hydrogen technol...
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Dealer Abraham Razick, who died in a plane crash on July 8, was an Automotive News Notable Veteran and an Automotive N...
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Mazda Financial Services launched in 2020 and helped customers and dealers weather COVID-19. It's proving to be a fruitful partn...
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Generation Z and millennial borrowers are falling behind on their car payments at rates last seen during the Great Recessi...
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Dealers are dipping their toes in ChatGPT. That's as deep as they should go.
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Nick Ware does an excellent job explaining how the pre-F&I interview should be structured.
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Lithia COO Chris Holzshu prefers herding auto industry leaders to freezing on a fishing boat.
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TO THE EDITOR:
I loved the reporter roundtable “Shift” episode. (“
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The UAW has abandoned its longtime tradition of starting contract negotiations by coming together with top executives...
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Here are highlights from the latest episodes of 'Daily Drive', Automotive News' weekday podcast, July 7-12, hosted by Jamie Butters with Kellen Walker.
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After supply chain disruptions, high inflation and aggressive rate hikes from global central banks, the job market is strong,...
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Jennifer Parsons, senior director of finance for the car dealership chain Walser Automotive Group, said scammers commonly at...
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Tuesday marked a sobering and perhaps seminal milepost in ongoing efforts to deploy and expand the presence of autonomous ve...
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Toyota ramps up hydrogen fuel cell production for trucks in Kentucky in December and is already planning a new and improved ...
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The demise of self-driving startup Argo AI has overshadowed the ongoing efforts of others who are pushing for wid...
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New vehicle inventories continued their slow, steady recovery last month and stand at more than 1.95 million vehicles, Co...
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The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, the Automotive Service Association and the Society of Collision Repair Specialists said...
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The auto industry is slowly getting through the microchip shortage, but new factory cuts are hitting every region of the world.<...
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All of last summer's top five repeated their performance in the winter 2023 edition of NADA's Dealer Attitude Survey. ...
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New Zealand's advertising review board ruled that it was misleading to say the store offered the "easiest finance in the world...
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GM gave the vehicles to deserving recipients identified by Operation Homefront and the Tragedy Assistance Program ...
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The combination of Elon Musk’s price cuts and Tesla’s accumulation of more inventory — meaning it’s easier than ever to qui...
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Show organizers have developed a new concept for the show to cut costs for automakers that include offer...