| FTC Approves Consent Order Against BMW North America |
Oct 29th, 2015 |
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Under the approved consent order, BMW is barred from telling MINI owners that routine maintenance must be done by franchised dealers in order to ensure a vehicle’s safe operation or to maintain its value.
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| Asbury Realizes $28 Increase in Q3 F&I PVR |
Oct 29th, 2015 |
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Training, improving the performance of the group’s bottom-third producers and increased product penetration were drivers of the group’s Q3 per-copy increase, which stood at $1,362.
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| Spyder and Speedster: Mazda Creating Two Special Miatas for SEMA |
Oct 29th, 2015 |
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Although the new, 2016 Miata was out in time for last year’s SEMA show—at which Mazda unveiled the MX-5 Global Cup Racing Version—the ND Miata otherwise didn’t make a big splash at the show. This coming SEMA is the first at which we should see more of the ND Miata, since it’s been available to […]
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| Taking a BMW i8 to My High School Reunion, Or: Flashing Back to a Bimmer Past |
Oct 29th, 2015 |
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Growing up in Maine, there weren’t a lot of nice cars around. This was mainly because nobody had any money, but the dearth of zesty machinery was also a function of Yankee cultural mores, which dictate that a non-rusty Volvo 240 is the outer boundary of vehicular flamboyance. Put it this way: I still remember […]
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| VW CEO: We Won’t Be World’s No. 1 Automaker by 2018, Every Single Model Under Review |
Oct 29th, 2015 |
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Volkswagen, nearly four years after declaring it would become the number-one automaker by 2018, is scaling back its plans for world domination in the wake of its diesel-emissions scandal and putting every single model it builds under strict review. In less than a month since VW’s supervisory board moved Matthias Müller to CEO, the former […]
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| US Restoration - The Truth About Auto Restoration! |
Oct 29th, 2015 |
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The truth about auto restoration is schools and shops don't teach old school metal work anymore and haven't for many years. They teach unbolt, bolt, and spray.
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| Turning Japanese: 7 Must-See Vehicles from the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show |
Oct 28th, 2015 |
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In between wolfing down “Japanese fried chicken” (which is . . . fried chicken) and grabbing a lunch beer (or two), we managed to pick some favorites from the show.
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| Tesla Autopilot 1.01 Upgrade Coming Soon, Aims to Improve Accuracy |
Oct 28th, 2015 |
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Tesla’s Benz-baiting self-driving functions will soon receive their first upgrade. In a recent tweet, CEO Elon Musk outlined Autopilot 1.01 would have “curve speed adaption, controller smoothness, better lane holding on poor roads, improved fleet learning!” In our best Keanu Reeves impression: “Excellent!” We tested Tesla’s beta Autopilot software using a P90D upon its over-the-air cellular […]
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| Four From Which to Crank the Krokus: Ford Focus STs at SEMA 2015 |
Oct 28th, 2015 |
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Ah! Autumn is here and the glorious automotive bacchanal at the Las Vegas Convention Center is nearly upon us. With joy in our hearts, our minds on our cat-backs, and our cat-backs on our minds, we present to you four Ford Focus STs that stand to awe the slack-jawed throngs guaranteed to congregate. After a […]
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| Subaru Impreza 5-Door Concept Debuts, You Can’t Say the Name Isn’t Honest |
Oct 28th, 2015 |
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Subaru is sharpening up its strong-selling Impreza with a newfound focus on “dynamic” design and a “solid” aesthetic foundation. However that designer-speak is meant to translate to regular English, we can say that it all comes together well, forming a muscular and handsome hatchback. The new look addresses the somewhat-awkward transition in the current car […]
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