Dealership net margins hold steady despite higher costsAuto News

Total dealership expenses, including sharply bigger payrolls, rose 4.7 percent at the average dealership in 2014.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1CCheTB

Source Auto News

Ford bullish on Russia as it takes control of local joint ventureAuto News

Ford says it has confidence in the Russian market despite collapsing vehicle sales. Ford is taking control of its Russian joint venture with Sollers and providing it with additional financial support.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1DPjMF5

Source Auto News

Ford bullish on Russia as Mondeo output beginsAuto News

Ford remains confident in Russia despite the country's battered economy and collapsing vehicle sales. The automaker launched output of the latest Mondeo at its St.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1ae0eMG

Source Auto News

BMW's new tech chief ready to tackle shifting consumer demandsAuto News

Klaus Froehlich's recent promotion to BMW Group randd chief comes as the automaker shakes up its powertrain and platform lineups.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1GSimsw

Source Auto News

Ford bullish on Russia as it launches production of new MondeoAuto News

Ford says it still has confidence in the Russian market despite collapsing vehicle sales. The automaker today started production of its latest Mondeo at its St.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1adYvXP

Source Auto News

BMW's tech chief ready to meet changing consumer demandsAuto News

Klaus Froehlich's recent promotion to BMW Group randd boss comes as the automaker shakes up its powertrain and platform lineups.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1Eg8bh2

Source Auto News

Lexus to reveal refreshed ES sedan in ShanghaiAuto News

Toyota will introduce a new Lexus model in China for the second year in a row, showing a refreshed ES sedan in Shanghai this month. The ES is the top-selling Lexus sedan in the United States.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1D28LNf

Source Auto News

Honda Pilot gains 30 hp with 2016 redesign, new V-6Auto News

Honda's redesigned 2016 Pilot comes with a new 3.5-liter V-6 engine that makes 280 hp and 260 pound-feet of torque, an increase of 30 hp and 7 pound-feet of torque over the previous Pilot's V-6.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1CpeGta

Source Auto News

Fiat Chrysler plans $3 billion bond offering to refinance debtAuto News

Fiat Chrysler plans to issue $3 billion in bonds that may be used to refinance debt at the former Chrysler Group, Bloomberg reported. The offering would be the company's second debt deal since Fiat's merger with Chrysler.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1y9EHQB

Source Auto News

300 Ad Salutes U.S. 'Royalty'' (4/9/15)

‘Game of Thrones’ star narrates spot; why Uncle Sam says wash your car; France ups...

from TumblrCynthia Lin

Fiat Chrysler plans $3 billion bond offering to refinance debt, report saysAuto News

Fiat Chrysler plans to issue $3 billion in bonds that may be used to refinance debt at the former Chrysler Group, Bloomberg reported. The offering would be the company's second debt deal since Fiat's merger with Chrysler.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1FFXTpn

Source Auto News

Former FAW-VW exec sentenced to life for accepting $5.3 million in bribesAuto News

A former top executive at Volkswagen's China joint venture with FAW Group, Shi Tao, was sentenced to life in prison for accepting $5.3 million in bribes. The sentence is the latest development in corruption investigations involving FAW.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1GugRSF

Source Auto News

Opel CEO affirms goal of posting a profit in Europe in 2016Auto News

Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann affirmed that the European arm of General Motors will return to profit in 2016, as continued growth in southern or central Europe would help offset a slump in Russia sales.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1FFXSSa

Source Auto News

NHTSA weighs reopening probe into Jeep fuel tanksAuto News

U.S. auto-safety regulators may consider reopening a probe into fuel-tank ruptures in some of Fiat Chrysler's older Jeep models. Repairs on fuel tanks from a 2013 recall of 1.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1IOpapY

Source Auto News

Chrysler 300 spot touts the American road to triumphAuto News

The Chrysler brand is introducing a new commercial for the refreshed 300 sedan that focuses on the American path to success and is narrated by actor Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister on 'Game of Thrones.'



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1aObJvH

Source Auto News

GM to suspend Volt output in May ahead of changeoverAuto News

GM will halt output of the 2015 Chevrolet Volt late next month, amid high stockpiles and weak sales, to prepare a Michigan plant to build a redesigned version of the plug-in hybrid.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1H857V8

Source Auto News

GM considers big investments in Michigan tech centerAuto News

General Motors is considering a multiyear expansion project at its Warren Tech Center in Michigan that would include new buildings, renovations and more jobs.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1ygAYkH

Source Auto News

Why every luxury automaker wants to make a million-dollar carAuto News

The past few years have seen an explosion of royals and tycoons around the globe who buy entire fleets of supercars -- fueling a race among small and large automakers to build land rockets that costs more than a million dollars..



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1Jsf3bb

Source Auto News

Toyota readies trial of car-cum-motorbike in green mobility pushAuto News

Tokyoites will get a chance to zip around town on Toyota's three-wheeled electric car starting Friday, in a trial aimed at crafting a global business model to reduce gridlock and pollution.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1Odllhx

Source Auto News

NHTSA warns of rust on brakes in cold-weather statesAuto News

U.S. safety regulators warned millions of owners of older model vehicles in "Rust Belt" states to get their brake systems checked for corrosion, a warning that stems from a long-running investigation of complaints about GM trucks and SUVs.



from Automotive News Breaking News Feed http://ift.tt/1JrGNg4

Source Auto News