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January 20, 2012

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Daimler planning new Mercedes plant in North America, report says
CEO Zetsche wants to increase global output to 2.7 million by 2020

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche plans to build a new plant in China and another in either the United States or Mexico to meet an aggressive new global sales target, Germany's Manager Magazin said on Thursday.
The German ... >> story Published: Jan 20 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time [REG]

China Plastics in Automotive 2012 Conference

Plastics and composites hold the key to taking weight out of tomorrow's vehicles, and to enabling electric and hybrid technologies.

Get the latest in material and design trends at this April 17 Shanghai conference, by Plastics News China.

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Lexus to raise price of LX 570 SUV to $81,805

Lexus will boost the price of its LX 570 SUV nearly $1,500 to $81,805, including a delivery fee of $875, when the refreshed 2013 model goes on sale next month.
Lexus did not offer a 2012 LX 570, so the increase is from the 2011 model price, said ... >> story Published: Jan 20 11:26 am U.S. Eastern time

Mobile app gives Chevy a social-media play for Super Bowl

DETROIT -- Chevrolet advertising will be all over TV screens on Super Bowl Sunday -- and on plenty of mobile screens, too.
General Motors said Thursday Chevy is launching a mobile app that will let viewers of the big game play trivia or answer ... >> story Published: Jan 19 6:00 pm U.S. Eastern time

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OBITUARIES

Md. dealer Henry Marshall dead at 86
Henry Marshall, a retired auto dealer, died Jan. 4. He was 86. From 1954 to 1967, he worked for General Motors as a Chevrolet district manager. He bought a Chevrolet dealership in Reading, Pa., in 1967 and added Volvo in 1971 and Honda in 1974. He retired in 1981. >> story Published: Jan 20 3:00 pm U.S. Eastern time

Mark Rechtin is West Coast editor of Automotive News.
Why we need to save the CD players!

Streaming audio is low-fi. The fidelity of satellite radio is gruesome. The default setting for iPod downloads is grainy. You get to hear the music you want, but your ears don’t get the proper reproduction. Conversely, CD audio provides the highest fidelity for listening to music available to the general public. ...

Read the blog Published: Jan 20 9:36 am U.S. Eastern time

Soft now, but the minivan market is going to boom again

RICK KRANZ: The U.S. minivan market is soft today, but I think in a few years it will take off. Why? Automakers will take chances to break away from the traditional, decades-old styling pattern -- and consumers will bite. ...

Read the blog Published: Jan 20 3:34 pm U.S. Eastern time

Jamie LaReau covers auto dealers for Automotive News.
Dealers should be opportunists in the year of clunkers

The average age of light vehicles on U.S. roads is nearly 11 years, according to a study by automotive research firm Polk. But these road antiques present a lot of opportunity to dealers beyond the obvious chance to get some folks out of their aging clunkers and into a hot new ride. ...

Read the blog Published: Jan 20 10:25 am U.S. Eastern time

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