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Time To Buy? New Vehicle Inventories And Incentives Are Up

The Truth About Cars

After several years of swelling vehicle prices and tragically lean inventories, the market has reached a point where dealer lots are getting full and consumers are becoming disinclined to go into quite so much debt in order to purchase a new automobile. Everything is relative in the world of car buying.

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Stellantis Limiting Availability of Gasoline Models by State Emission Rules

The Truth About Cars

Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Ram, etc.) this means dealer allocation will prioritize powertrains based on how restrictive the local emissions standards happen to be. The automaker told dealers in April that the CARB states are enforcing tougher greenhouse gas standards retroactively to the 2021 model year.

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U.S. Dealers Are Very Angry With Stellantis Leadership Right Now

The Truth About Cars

dealer network is none too pleased with the manufacturer and looks to be blaming CEO Carlos Tavares. The National Dealer Council has sent an open letter to the executive and it doesn’t pull any punches. Dealers want more investments to go toward clearing out older inventories and developing new models that would help boost sales.

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FCA to pay record $105M over recall failures

Green Car Congress

Fiat Chrysler has since admitted to violating the Safety Act in three areas: effective and timely recall remedies; notification to vehicle owners and dealers; and notifications to NHTSA. In a consent order issued by NHTSA, Fiat Chrysler commits to take action to get defective vehicles off the roads or repaired.

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A mini industry spawns under the hood of a booming car market – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Luxury brands such as Jeep, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz have also seen consistent growth. The automobile industry’s own hiccups, including the semiconductor crisis, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions gave a sudden big boost to the pre-owned cars market. Thus, opting for used cars became the immediate option for the buyers.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

But it can certainly be placed in spaces that would never be feasible with an automobile and nimble enough to be squirted in reasonably quickly. Every version of the Spyder will handily out accelerate practically every automobile that wasn’t developed with performance as its primary goal and will reportedly press on to 125 mph.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Establishing dealer network. People will likely not buy plug-ins without big federal tax breaks." ( Reuters ) 11/29/06 [In response to GMs announcement at the LA Auto Show], Ford Group marketing manager Cisco Codina said the answer for now is full hybrids, like the latest version of its Ford Escape hybrid SUV unveiled at the show. (

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