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Nissan Pulls Ads from Facebook
Facebook has vowed to take action after feminist activists — upset about Facebook’s failure to ban and/or remove misogynous content from its site — sent more than 5,000 e-mails to Facebook’s advertisers and garnered more than 60,000 posts on
May 30, 2013
Dataium ASI Shows Compacts and Luxury Cars Heating Up As Economy Improves
Nashville, TN — 5/22/2013 — Dataium, the largest aggregator of in-market automotive shopper behavior, today released its monthly Automotive Shopper Intensity (ASI™) report. The ASI index, a leading predictive indicator of automotive retail sale
May 29, 2013
Selling Cars in Modern Times
It doesn’t take a mathematician to see how competitive the market has become. And modern cars, once built, have an extremely long shelf life compared with the cars of the past. With decent care, they can last 15-plus years and more than 200,000 mil
May 29, 2013
VW Having Its Best Year Ever
Volkswagen has laid down the gauntlet for its U.S. sales, proclaiming a goal to sell 800,000 vehicles by 2018. At its third annual fleet preview event a few weeks ago in Las Vegas, Volkswagen laid down its plans to get there. If 2012 is any indicatio
May 29, 2013
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Limited-run McLaren 50 12C and 12C Spider Announced to Mark Landmark Anniversary
As part of the continued celebrations for the 50th anniversary of McLaren, a commemorative model is to be produced, celebrating five decades of race-winning technology and expertise of the British brand. Production of the McLaren 50 12C will be stric
May 24, 2013
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Ex-Saab Execs Arrested on Accounting Charges
According to The Detroit News, ex-Saab execs arrested on accounting charges. A Swedish prosecutor says three former executives of automaker Saab Automobile AB have been arrested on accounting fraud charges. Prosecutor Olof Sahlgren says the three are
May 21, 2013
Dealertrack Honored for Delivering ‘World-Class’ Customer Service
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. – Dealertrack Technologies, Inc. today announced the company has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard (NFSB) AwardSM from Omega Management Group Corporation, in recognition of achieving excellence in customer service and support
May 21, 2013
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Bentley Reveals the Le Mans Limited Edition Mulsanne and Continental models
Bentley announces Le Mans limited edition Mulsanne and Continental models, according to Pursuitist. Le Mans is 90 this year. The legendary 24 hour endurance race kicked off in 1923, and Bentley was part of that inaugural event. To celebrate that firs
May 15, 2013
APRIL CONSUMER CREDIT LEVELS IMPROVE FOR CAR LEASING
CINCINNATI, OHIO – The latest car lease credit approvals data show 2013 has started out with the strongest credit health since the recession. According to credit approvals data from Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest automotive lease marketplac
May 14, 2013