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An agreement on the technology partnership for self-driving cars has been almost reached between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Google owner Alphabet. The talks between the two parts have been going on for several months, and they may finally agree the deal these days.The deal would start with Chrysler Pacifica minivans. Alphabet has ambitions as an auto supplier and is seeking to sell its self-driving car technology to automakers. General Motors Co. talked to Google about developing and testing self-driving cars, but they were unable to come to a deal because...
March, April and May are the months with the highest selling-volume, this year it seems like dealerships have a good benefit from an early Easter.“It’s reassuring when retail sales grow faster than the overall industry pace as it indicates consumers remain very active and engaged in the new-vehicle market.” says Eric Lyman, TrueCar’s vice president of industry insights, in a statement. TrueCar is expecting increases of 4% for retail sales and 1% for fleet ones. LMC projects retail to rise above 3,9% and 4,7% for fleet sales. April has five weekends this year,...
Despite the gas low prices, fuel economy cars are still among the most sought in America.The statistics from the Consumer Federation of America say that 4 from 5 consumers are sure that next time they go shopping for a car they'll take care of its gas mileage. Jack Gills, director of public affairs for the nonprofit organization thinks it's no surprise, since consumers have had a long history with volatile gas prices.Motorists have saved $12 billion this year, but the consumers still expect the prices to rise again soon. The average respondent to CFA's survey predicted a ...
Fiat Chrysler announced it will recall more than 1.1 million SUVs and sedans worldwide. The recall affects an estimated 811,586 2014-15 Jeep Grand Cherokees and 2012-14 Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 sedans in the United States. It also includes 52,144 of the vehicles in Canada, 16,805 in Mexico and 248,667 outside North America.The vehicles that will be recalled by FCA are mainly SUVs and sedans with European-style electronic shifters, that came to company's attention after an investigation by the automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It was...
Leasing has surged as a share of new-vehicle transactions to impressive indexes in the fourth quarter of 2015, this being caused mainly by captive finance companies seeking to boost sales by keeping customers' monthly payments low. Leasing has been fairly rare in the used-vehicle market, but its share is growing. In such a way more and more lenders are offering leases on used and certified preowned vehicles.This strategy is meant to cope with an industrywide flood of 3.1 million off-lease vehicles returning to the market this year. The number of off-lease vehi...
