WEEKLY: Prime time for big pickups | $30,000 is the new luxury-car hot spot | Auto marketers flocking to Super Bowl

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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Jan. 21, 2013 Follow Us:

Some of this week's top stories: NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW Prime time for big pickups Market sizzles with new product, aging fleet Low incentives, new products and construction sites filled with aging pickups have set the stage for an especially competitive -- and lucrative -- bat ... NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW $30,000 is the new luxury-car hot spot Lowering the bar to woo not-quite-rich under-40s There's a new price battleground -- $30,000 -- for luxury-car makers as they chase younger buyers with small front-wheel-drive vehicles that are slidi ... Auto marketers flocking to Super Bowl Hyundai, Kia latest auto brands to plan game spots Hyundai and Kia each will have two spots during the Super Bowl, the companies said here last week during the auto show. They join a pack of auto brand ... Advertisement FLEXIBLE PLANS. CUSTOM PROGRAMS. ONE-OF-A-KIND SOLUTIONS. NAC offers fully insured standard & customized-to-YOUR-needs VSC products • Dealer analysis & F&I training • Competitive retro & reinsurance programs • Onsite consulting & online video support • Turn-key technology & seamless integration. Unlock YOUR profit potential with NAC. Call 800-548-1875 or visit nacsolution.com now! BEST PRACTICES Go to class, win a Dart Calif. dealer's raffle boosts attendance, brings good-will sales Lots of dealers have given away cars to boost their business and help local charities. But a Chrysler Group dealership's annual $75,000 car raffle has ... NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW Sizing up Detroit One reporter's first impressions on a trip around the auto show floor West Coast Editor Mark Rechtin -- our tireless chronicler of such things as "micro-cheese-grater" interiors and front ends that evoke "a dachshund sno ... NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW Nissan Leaf price cut puts heat on rivals Company insists base vehicle will remain profitable Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn opened his press conference last week at the Detroit auto show with a bombshell: Nissan will cut the base price of the Leaf el ... Columns: KEITH CRAIN: The car is alive and well There have been a few years recently that have been pretty bleak for those of us in the automobile business. Thankfully, 2012 was a great year in Nort ... DAVID BARKHOLZ: TrueCar 2.0 says shoppers will like revamped format The remainder of 2013 should answer the question whether car shoppers accept the rebooted TrueCar as readily as dealers have David Barkholz is a r ...     » 1/22 - Operations Case Study by Microsoft » 1/24 - Online Reputation by Auto News

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