Month: November 2022

Bergstrom Automotive shows the industry how a dealership group can establish the intangible idea of culture and thrive. John Bergstrom, who founded the company in 1982 with brother Richard, takes customer service extremely seriously. He traces it to his Scandinavian mother, who “taught the five of us how to behave,” Bergstrom recalled. Relatives were greeted
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Matt McGovern went on a dealership acquisition spree to start 2022. With the exception of April, McGovern bought one franchised dealership each month from January through June, bolstering McGovern Automotive Group’s presence in Massachusetts with five more stores. McGovern’s acquisition activity is a microcosm of the buy-sell market for the first half of the year:
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Hal “Tex” Earnhardt Jr. built an auto retail empire in Arizona from a single Ford store in 1951. Earnhardt was a rodeo cowboy in his early 20s when he entered the industry after working at his family’s Chandler, Ariz., gas station. And he integrated his passion for rodeos with his passion for the car business.
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12:22 PM ET ABU DHABI — Lewis Hamilton ranks his 2022 season among the worst three of his career, but says he is not overly concerned about missing out on a race victory this year. The seven-time champion recorded his worst ever position in the driver standings after finishing sixth, 35 points adrift of teammate
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Volkswagen has set up accounts on fast-growing Twitter alternative Mastodon amid questions over the future of the social network under Elon Musk. VW confirmed it created the handles @VWGroup and @Cariad_Tech on Mastodon for communications related to its group and software unit, respectively. “Mastodon is an attractive platform that we would like to try out,”
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Jaguar is dipping into the art world with its [un]reality social media showcase that uses an advanced artificial intelligence system to transform text into an image. The state-of-the-art artificial intelligence system, dubbed DALL·E, creates realistic images and art based on text descriptions. The British automaker says it is becoming a pioneer of next-generation technologies as
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Police in Michigan said a group of more than 20 people broke into a vehicle holding lot last week, had a shootout with a security guard before making off with 13 vehicles and led officers on a lengthy high-speed chase. One of the thieves died after crashing a 2022 Ford Mustang he had taken, according
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Amtrak’s Acela is the fastest passenger train in the Western Hemisphere, but tickets can be pricey. Amtrak fares can vary dramatically in the Northeast, home of the most heavily used stretch of track in the railroad’s nationwide network, which also includes stops in Canada. But tickets are often more expensive than plane tickets, despite flight
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The 2023 Acura TLX enters the new model year with minimal changes, the most significant being newly standard AcuraLink telematics services. Customers now get three years of these services free of charge, including Security and Remote packages. The Security package includes automatic collision notification, an emergency call function, enhanced roadside assistance, and an app to
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TOKYO — The troubled, ever-evolving Tokyo auto show will be rechristened the Japan Mobility Show when it returns in 2023 under a bigger tent that aims to include everything from motorcycles to startups and an array of new participants under an “all-industry” banner. Organizers hope the reboot rekindles international interest in Asia’s erstwhile premier auto
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