Volvo hires WPP's Grey London for global creative ad accountAuto News

Volvo Car has chosen Grey, London, as its new global creative agency effective January 1, a top company executive said. The account shift will include Volvo's $50 million creative business held by Havas-owned Arnold in the United States.



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Revised Renault Megane to cost from £16.745 Auto Trader

Revised Renault Megane to cost from £16.745

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Ram boss says small ProMaster City van is coming in late 2014Auto News

Ram brand head Reid Bigland today said Chrysler Group will bring the Fiat Doblo to the United States late next year and call it the ProMaster City.



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Mercedes to test-drive online cars sales at German dealershipAuto News

Mercedes-Benz will start selling cars online for the first time through its dealership in Hamburg, following BMW in experimenting with web sales.



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Saab focuses on China as production of 9-3 sedan restartsAuto News

Saab's new owner, National Electric Vehicle Sweden, today started series production of the 9-3 sedan. Sales will be ''initially focused'' on China, the company said.



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Panasonic discusses acquisitions, alliances with auto suppliersAuto News

Panasonic is in talks with automotive parts makers for possible acquisitions or alliances as Japan's No. 2 television producer seeks to expand the components it delivers to vehicle manufacturers.



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Alfa's revised plan focuses on new rwd/awd architectureAuto News

The revised Alfa Romeo plan that Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne is expected to announce next April focuses on a new rear-wheel- and all-wheel-drive architecture that the automaker hopes will boost Alfa's global presence.



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Marchionne will unveil 4th relaunch plan for struggling AlfaAuto News

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne hopes that betting billions of euros on Alfa Romeo in his fourth relaunch plan will help reverse a decade of losses and six years of collapsing sales at the sporty brand.



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Inventories highest since 2005, which will test automakers' pricing discipline Auto News

Automakers entered their year-end sales push last month with the most cars and trucks on U.S. dealer lots in eight years, a buildup that's poised to test the industry's newfound pricing discipline.



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Whose BladeGlider: A legal sword fightAuto News

Nissan says the idea for the BladeGlider, the wedge-shaped concept that drew crowds at the Tokyo Motor Show last week, came out of the clear blue sky. One of Nissan's former racing partners begs to differ and is suing the Japanese automaker.



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M-B dealers get $2,500 to coddle S-class buyersAuto News

Mercedes-Benz USA is providing dealers as much as $2,500 to please each buyer of the redesigned S class.



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Buy by 1/1, or bye-bye fleet breakAuto News

Big tax breaks for many buyers of commercial vehicles are scheduled to expire at year end, so automakers and dealers are scrambling to get the word out to small businesses to buy now.



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Big off-lease battle brewingAuto News

Automakers are crafting strategies to keep existing customers -- and perhaps poach some new ones -- when the number of vehicle owners coming off lease shoots up next year.



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By-wire age is coming; what's missing is trustAuto News

The auto industry is stepping up the push for car features that work by electronic impulses, but its progress has been impeded by fearful consumers and luxury owners.



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Chrysler's butts-in-seats marketing gets a boostAuto News

Chrysler Group is expanding its "butts-in-seats" marketing, in which the automaker offers test drives to consumers at dealerships and elsewhere.



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Lexus shifts ad methods to help dealers competeAuto News

Lexus' boss says it will be tough to regain the U.S. luxury sales crown from German rivals, but the brand is changing advertising methods to help dealers better compete.



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Nissan presses Jatco to end CVT glitchesAuto News

Nissan is sharpening its oversight of affiliated transmission supplier Jatco Ltd. in the wake of quality and customer satisfaction problems that have pinched the automaker's profits.



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Dealer thanks staff with customized coinsAuto News

Lots of dealers walk their stores with coins in their pocket. But when Keith Kocourek does so, at least one of his 250 employees is about to be rewarded for reaching a goal or taking special care of a customer.



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How Silicon Valley ended up in the driver's seatAuto News

News flash: Silicon Valley moves more quickly than Detroit.



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Honda's new plant takes manufacturing to the next levelAuto News

Honda's newest assembly plant was seven years in the making, twice delayed and may be the last greenfield car factory in Japan for a long time.



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