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Dropping Mercury brand seen as making Ford more efficient
Ford Motor Co.'s decision to discontinue the Mercury brand after the fourth quarter is seen as an overall positive move by local analysts and dealers. Ford confirmed plans to phase out its 71-year-old Mercury brand at a Detroit press conference...
June 3, 2010 12:54 pm
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U.S. auto sales soar over last May
Drivers snapped up new models and rental-car companies and governments expanded their fleets in May, leading to U.S. car and pickup sales gains of at least 17.5 percent for most automakers, according to The Associated Press. The industry's overall 19.1-percent...
June 3, 2010 12:30 pm
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Update: Ford announces phase out of Mercury brand
Ford Motor Co.confirmed plans to phase out its 71-year-old Mercury brand at a Detroit press conference on Wednesday afternoon. There are two remaining Mercury dealers in Rhode Island: the Cranston-based Tasca Auto Group and Flood Ford Lincoln-Mercury of Narragansett. Production...
June 3, 2010 9:45 am
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Most automakers post double-digit May sales jumps
DETROIT -- Drivers snapped up new models and rental-car companies and governments expanded their fleets in May, leading to big U.S. sales gains for most automakers, according to The Associated Press. The exception was Toyota, whose tepid results showed that...
June 2, 2010 3:58 pm
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German car exports up by nearly half in May
BERLIN - German car exports increased by nearly half in May compared to a year earlier, but sales continued to slide at home, an industry group said Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. Germany exported 367,700 cars last month, an...
June 2, 2010 11:00 am
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GM says its new car and truck sales rose 17 pct
Strong demand for new models and higher fleet sales lifted General Motors Co.'s sales 17 percent in May, according to The Associated Press. The improvement, over a dismal May of last year as GM was headed into bankruptcy protection, was...
June 2, 2010 11:00 am
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Funding for Interstates seen threatened
Keith Crain, the publisher of Automotive News, raises a fascinating issue in a recent editorial. With the increase in hybrid and plug-in electric cars and the increase in fuel mileage efficiency, he sees fuel sales stalling if not decreasing. If...
June 2, 2010 11:00 am
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A.T. Kearney sees 2011 U.S. auto sales at 14.4 million
Consulting firm A.T. Kearney predicts U.S. sales of cars and pickups could jump to 14.4 million vehicles in 2011 and 16.1 million in 2012 from an expected 11.7 million this year, according to a report in Automotive News. The management...
June 2, 2010 10:43 am
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Survey finds 18-29 year olds wary of dealerships
A recent survey asked a demographic called Millennials -- individuals who are ages 18 to 29 -- about making a choice between negotiating at a dealership or going to the dentist - and the majority of responders preferred a visit...
June 1, 2010 2:21 pm
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