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Snapshot of a Hybrid Owner
KickingTiresAccording to new data from Experian, hybrid vehicles still make up only a small percentage of all cars on the road today, but they're gaining market share. The data company's study showed that hybrid car market share went from 2.2%......Tags: Chevrolet, Hybrid Vehicles, Money and Monetary Policy, Hyundai, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Frequent Redesigns Leave Some Cars Behind
KickingTiresThe steady pace of vehicle redesigns and midcycle updates has increased precipitously over the past decade as the competition for market share continues to get fierce. The average new car is redesigned or refreshed every 2.6 years as compared to......Tags: Hyundai, Services and Shopping, Volkswagen, Passenger Cars, Luxury Vehicles
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Despite Slew of Upcoming Models, Large Family Sedans Are an Endangered Species
KickingTiresWith the announcement of more sophisticated, technology-laden versions of the Toyota Avalon, Ford Taurus and Chevrolet Impala, you'd think the state of large, non-luxury family sedans was pretty sound, but think again. Over just the past five years, the...Tags: Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, Endangered Species, Mercury, Plymouth
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Daily News Briefs: May 17, 2012
KickingTiresNew models will come fast and furious in the 2013-16 model years, according to Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's annual product pipeline analysis, dubbed the "Car Wars" report. Bank of America sees an above-average level of new model launches starting in......Tags: Chevrolet, Fiat, New Products, U.S. Department of Energy, Hyundai
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Daily News Briefs: April 27, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: Ford's profits for the first three months of 2012 have fallen compared to last year, the automaker reports. The Blue Oval reported a $2.3 billion pre-tax operating profit on $32.4 billion in......Tags: Gasoline Industry, Europe, Daimler AG, Luxury Vehicles, Japan
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Cars.com News Briefs: Feb. 2, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: Total car sales for January came in at about 900,000 units, an 11% increase from last year, according to Automotive News. That puts the U.S. auto industry at a seasonally adjusted annual......Tags: Chevrolet, Chrysler, Freedom of the Press, Services and Shopping, Chrysler Group LLC
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Daily News Briefs: April 16, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: In a bid to restructure its business in the U.S., Suzuki has steadily cut costs for the sake of short-term profitability, according to insiders who spoke with Automotive News. The Japanese carmaker......Tags: Freedom of the Press, Facebook, SUVs and Crossovers, Services and Shopping, Cadillac
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White is Top Car-Color Choice Again This Year
KickingTiresThere's probably a really obvious D.L. Hughley joke in this story. According to the 2008 DuPont Global Color Popularity Report, White and White Pearl are America's choice for favorite car color, with 16% and 4% of the market share, respectively.......Tags: Dennis J. Kucinich, Vehicles, DuPont Co., Services and Shopping, Marketing
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Today's News From the Cars.com Family
KickingTiresA reader wants to know if any automaker builds a vehicle big enough to fit all three of her car seats, and Ask.cars.com goes in search of such a behemoth. Meanwhile, PickupTrucks.com has sales figures for December, which show that......Tags: Luxury Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Mercedes-Benz, Vehicles, Sales
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Chrysler Extends Employee Pricing Plus Plus Sale through March
KickingTiresLast month, Chrysler gained market share even though its sales tumbled 44% from 2008. That was better than GM and Ford, which saw sales slides of 52% and 48%, respectively. Chrysler???s ???good??? fortune was mostly due to the extreme incentives......Tags: Prices, Sales, Marketing
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Ford Offering $1,000 Conquest Cash to Chrysler Owners
KickingTiresConquest incentives aren???t new in the automotive industry. In fact, they???re often seen as very effective. Besides helping make a sale, they also help steal market share from a competitor. In the latest example of such an incentive, Ford dealers......Tags: Mercury, Vehicles, Ford, Lincoln, Dodge
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Obama names new performance officer
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama today named a business management consultant to serve as the government's first chief performance officer, part of the new president's pledge to gain control over wasteful spending. Jeffrey Zients, a consultant and...Tags: State Budgets, Disasters, Management Change, Economy, Virginia
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