MARCH 28, 2016

GM Not Standing Still as Personal-Mobility Era Dawns

Plenty of people still will be buying cars in the short term. And the expanding personal-mobility options offer opportunities for dealers. Longer-term, however, dealerships will need to adapt to a changing retail car market.

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China’s Baidu to Enter U.S., Samsung Creates Motorcycle HUD, Donald & Hillary Attack Auto Industry

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TrueCar Tries to Patch Up Dealer Relations, Again

Despite successes in certain areas, TrueCar’s “overall approach has alienated many dealers,” says CEO Chip Perry.

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Russian Import-Sales Drop Seen Accelerating

Import sales could drop 20%-30% this year compared with 10%-15% industrywide, leaving imports with about a 15% share of the Russian market.

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Green Cars Help China's BYD Grow Robust Profit

The Chinese automaker, backed by American Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment company, says profits hit a 6-year high in 2015 with a boost from sales of electric and hybrid vehicles.

Mazda U.K. Upgrading Dealerships, Staff Training

Mazda U.K.ʼs Tony Hague says 107 of the network’s 135 dealerships are on track to be refurbished by late April with 14 other sites being rebuilt or relocated. He says the effort is meant to reflect “a cultural changeˮ within the retail network.

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