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AAA: How Much Is Too Much for Gas?
KickingTiresAccording to a new survey from AAA, consumers have a clear breaking point when it comes to gas prices. According to the group's newly developed consumer price index, more than half of U.S. drivers polled consider gas at $3.44 per......Tags: Minor League Baseball, Public Transportation, Automotive Equipment, Consumers, Prices
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Signs Suggest Automaker, Consumer Confidence Rebound
KickingTiresIf it can be said that "as car buying goes, so goes the economy," then Americans' confidence in their spending power appears to be improving. As auto-loan delinquency decreases overall, borrowers are taking on greater debt for vehicle purchases and......Tags: USA Today, Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Passenger Cars, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Experts Predict Auto Sales Could Increase 10% in 2013
KickingTiresHear that whooshing sound? That's the auto industry letting out a collective sigh as last year turned out half-decent. Absent the natural disasters that bedraggled 2011, 2012 picked up steam. Shoppers bought 14.5 million new cars, up 13.4% from an......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Vehicles, Consumers, North American International Auto Show, Passenger Cars
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Top 10 Best-Selling Cars: June 2012
KickingTiresSales for major automakers improved more than 20% over a dismal June 2011 as the hardest-hit brands during last year's Japan earthquake recorded huge year-over-year gains. Toyota gained 60.3%; Honda picked up 48.8%, and Nissan added 28.2%. Not that the......Tags: Toyota, Vehicles, Inventories, Chrysler, Audi
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2012 Detroit Auto Show Winners and Losers: Concept Cars
KickingTiresThe Detroit auto show has traditionally had a strong concept-car presence, and the 2012 edition is no different. More than a few concepts strongly hint at upcoming production models, and Cars.com editors Joe Wiesenfelder, David Thomas, Kelsey Mays and...Tags: Toyota, Entertainment, Hybrid Vehicles, Audi, BMW
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Why 2012 Could Be the Year of the U.S. Auto Industry
KickingTiresIn a world still climbing back from the recession, debt crisis and natural disasters, can the U.S. economy be a beacon of hope? Many signals globally suggest instability. Traditional growth economies ??? the oft-cited BRICs, or Brazil, Russia, India and.....Tags: China, Arts and Culture, India, Vehicles, Russia
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Nissan CEO Talks New Cars, Sales Expectations
KickingTiresBy any account, Nissan had a good year. Despite challenges in Asia and weakening consumer confidence in debt-ridden Europe, the Japanese automaker outpaced analysts' expectations for profits over the first half of its fiscal year, which ended last...Tags: Toyota, Vehicles, Consumers, Japan, Honda
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Cars.com News Briefs: Jan. 31, 2012
KickingTiresHere???s what we have our eye on today: Analysts expect January???s new-car sales to increase 6% over January 2011, reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 13.4 million, Bloomberg News reports. That would fall short of the final months in......Tags: Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Fines, Consumers, Chrysler Group LLC
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Cars.com News Briefs: Feb. 15, 2012
KickingTiresRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the son of former Michigan governor George Romney, defended his 2008 column in the New York Times opposing Detroit's autos bailout with an op-ed in yesterday's Detroit News. Calling the $85 billion bailout ??...Tags: Toyota, Government, The New York Times, Mitt Romney, Russia
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Cars.com News Briefs: March 6, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: Chrysler's new Diversified Certified program will allow Chrysler dealerships ??? which include Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Jeep and Fiat showrooms ??? to sell certified pre-owned vehicles from non-Chrysler brands,...Tags: Energy Resources, Freedom of the Press, Toyota, Europe, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Cars.com News Briefs: March 7, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: The National Automotive Dealers Association released a report yesterday that used-car prices could see slight variances due to $4-a-gallon gas, Automotive News reports. A NADA analyst blamed threats of U.S. military...Tags: Toyota, Europe, NADAguides.com, Inc., Manufacturing and Engineering, Ford Motor Co.
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Cars.com News Briefs: March 21, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne told Bloomberg News today that European automakers need to incur "painful" restructuring to stanch losses in the region. Europe's sovereign-debt crisis has stymied consumer...Tags: Vehicles, Heavy Engineering, Hyundai, Kia, Europe
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