| Ford Considers Challenges of New (Actually Compact) F-100/Ranger Pickup Truck |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
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When Ford ended production of the Ranger in December 2011, America lost its last truly compact pickup—an anachronism, untouched by the decade-long trend of ballooning trucks. While the Toyota Tacoma, the Chevy Colorado, and the Nissan Frontier grew in mass and capability, the overall size of the compact-truck segment shriveled. But Ford thinks it may [...]
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| BMW’s New Z4 GTE ALMS Racer Makes M3 GTs Museum Pieces |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
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BMW’s championship-winning M3 GTs are now museum pieces after the Bavarian automaker replaced them with the Z4 GTE for the 2013 American Le Mans Series season. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan team—who’s run M3 GTs under the BMW umbrella since the 2009 season—has been involved with the development of the Z4 GTE, which is based on [...]
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| #Tweeting4Biz |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
Before you hash up your next Twitter promotion, check out this primer on the dos and don’ts of hashtagging.
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| Say Goodbye to Arbitration Agreements? |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
The magazine’s legal eagle dusts off his crystal ball to make his annual regulatory predictions. This year, he makes four bold predictions that every dealer needs to read.
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| Customer’s Choice |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
What do successful baseball players, fishermen, restaurateurs and F&I managers have in common? The magazine’s F&I expert has the answer.
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| Taking Over |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
David Westcott is stepping into the 2013 NADA chairman role at an exciting and promising time for the industry.
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| Text Me, Maybe |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
Text chat and text marketing are driving customer engagement, and two innovative dealers say they’re the perfect ways to reach their Gen Y buyers.
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| Top 5 Valentine’s Day Date Cars – And 5 Others to Ensure You Don’t Get Any |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
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Five to Impress and Five to Avoid
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| Thread of the Day: What New Car Would Make the Coolest Presidential Limo? |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
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President Obama has been riding around in his Cadillac/GMC Topkick hybrid presidential limo – also known as Cadillac One, or “The Beast” – for four years now, and it appears the Cadillac may still be used in his next term. That said, many previous presidents have received new limos every four years, and for today’s [...]
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| Mitsubishi Teases Ridgeline-Like Hybrid Truck, Compact EV Ahead of Geneva Show |
Feb 13th, 2013 |
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Mitsubishi has released teaser images of its 2013 Geneva Motor Show concepts: the Concept GR-HEV and Concept CA-MiEV. The automaker calls the first a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) sport utility truck, and the latter a suburban EV. These concepts fall inline with the Japanese automaker’s goal to offer eight electric, hybrid-electric, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles [...]
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