WEEKLY: Super Bowl ads | Toyota, Honda begin to rebuild | Japan gets tough on collusion | Wade urges timeout on facility plans

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Feb. 6, 2012

» Tell a colleague about this newsletter » Open this newsletter in a web browser    » Home page » Webinars » Contact Us ShareThis Click here to view this week's digital edition EDITOR'S PICKS Toyota, Honda begin to rebuild The big sales winners of 2011 will try to hold off a resurgent Japanese giants An early trend: Last year's three big sales winners -- Chrysler Group, Hyundai-Kia and Volkswagen of America -- continued to drive the market in Janua ...  FULL STORY   Japan gets tough on collusion  Wade urges timeout on facility plans  Small Acura sedan, Hyundai's Elantra coupe among 10 world debuts  More dealers bring hunt for leads in-house  Under fire, TrueCar alters Web pricing  Coda looks for EV-friendly, multiline, franchised dealers Advertisement China Plastics in Automotive 2012 Conference Plastics and composites hold the key to taking weight out of tomorrow's vehicles, and to enabling electric and hybrid technologies. Get the latest in material and design trends at this April 17 Shanghai conference, by Plastics News China. Details at www.pnchina.com/events FINAL ASSEMBLY Updated version of 'Rambo Lambo' SUV is on the way Before the heyday of big SUVs in the 1990s, Lamborghini departed from its script and introduced the LM002 -- a muscular off-roader that was built in s ...  FULL STORY  FINAL ASSEMBLY : Sobs for Saabs: A teary farewell at the oldest U.S. store FINAL ASSEMBLY : Jeeps' doors go missing; cops have an open and won't-shut case FINAL ASSEMBLY : Feds' fire probe, skittish dealers chill Volt sales in January FINAL ASSEMBLY : Obama's car show tour irks importers BACK TO TOP DEALERS Do staffers like working at your store? Automotive News is working with Best Companies Group to identify dealerships that have excelled in creating quality workplaces. The program, Be ...  FULL STORY   Ford sees progress on Lincoln stores  Prius C backlog puts U.S. allocation at risk  Dealers petition court to force Chapter 11 for Saab N.A. unit  Need dealership employees? Fund a school  Toyota, Honda aim for record global sales in 2012  NADA survey: Hyundai dealers are most satisfied  Ford store goes Hollywood, and it pays off  Terrain to join GMC's Denali line  Interested in a car, not the store decor BACK TO TOP AUTOMAKERS AND SUPPLIERS Why auto jobs may come back from abroad Execs weigh risks, benefits President Obama's call to repatriate U.S. factories with manufacturing work put the domestic auto industry in the spotlight last month during his Stat ...  FULL STORY   Daimler engine deal signals hopes for Infiniti  Top marketer leaves Suzuki, won't be replaced  100-mpg Fusion sparks interest -- too early  Suppliers to the 2012 Mercedes-Benz M class  GM, Honda to increase U.S. manufacturing  Suppliers to the 2012 Dodge Charger  Sin no more  Honda predicts N.A. sales to soar in quarter  Chrysler will add 1,800 workers at Illinois plant BACK TO TOP COLUMNISTS KEITH CRAIN NADA: Not a lot to argue about In years past, National Automobile Dealers Association conventions have been a battleground over all sorts of issues. With most businesses slowly reco ...  FULL STORY  LINDSAY CHAPPELL : Why so many Mexican plants? Do the math BACK TO TOP NADA Q&A: STEPHEN WADE,OUTGOING NADA CHAIRMAN Wade hopes facility study brings dealers, factories closer Stephen Wade had some notable accomplishments during his year as chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, but he admits there is more ...  FULL STORY  BACK TO TOP MARKETING Glaser will head M-B marketing Mercedes-Benz USA has shifted Bernhard Glaser, the U.S. company's top product planner for nearly a decade, to its top marketing job. Glaser, 47, fills ...  FULL STORY  BACK TO TOP PEOPLE Sam Swope rides into retirement -- on a Harley Dealership group started with 1 store When Sam Swope acquired his first dealership in Elizabethtown, Ky., on Jan. 1, 1952, the store's prior owner had sold 41 new Dodge and Plymouth vehicl ...  FULL STORY   Chrysler has 17 new Calif. stores, still pushing hard  All Tom Stephens needed was a 389  Shaw is Time's top dealer  Personnel BACK TO TOP AUTO SHOWS CARS & CONCEPTS BMW joins coupe-style sedan race BMW will enter the fast-growing swoopy sedan segment that its luxury competitors have created by adding a four-door model to its 6-series family. The ...  FULL STORY   Fiat to launch longer version of 500  Ford's itty-bitty B-Max won't make it to the U.S. BACK TO TOP DESIGN CARS & CONCEPTS Chrysler plans high-performance Mopar version of 300 flagship For the third straight year, Chrysler Group will assemble at the factory a full-sized car highly customized with Mopar accessories. The Mopar '12 300, ...  FULL STORY   GM should revive crossover from the rubble of Saab BACK TO TOP GREEN CARS Dealer: N. California is the right market for 5 Coda showrooms Shaun Del Grande isn't half-hearted about selling electric vehicles. As one of Coda's initial retailers, Del Grande Dealer Group plans to open five sh ...  FULL STORY   San Diego retailer: Coda will round out group's alternative-energy lineup BACK TO TOP REMARKETING Manheim report sees positive trends in leasing In 2011, 20 percent of the 10.6 million new vehicles counted as sold in the United States at retail, excluding sales to fleets, were leased, one perce ...  FULL STORY  BACK TO TOP FIXED OPERATIONS FIXED OPERATIONS Dealer uses service clinics to build loyalty Dealer Bob Rountree says that about 70 percent of his new- and used-vehicle buyers at his two Ford Motor Co. stores are repeat customers. 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