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Acura ZDX hatchback will start at $46,305
Acura will start pricing for its new 2010 ZDX five-door hatchback at $46,305, including delivery charges. The vehicle, based on Acura’s MDX crossover platform, goes on sale Dec. 15, American Honda Motor Co. said today in a statement. 4:22 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 20
More than 100 Chrysler dealerships face possible closure if they cannot reach new financing deals with GMAC Financial Services or another lender, people involved in the process said. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 20
Fiat S.p.A. may have to close factories in Italy, given sharp falls in auto sales which have changed the sector dramatically, CEO Sergio Marchionne said today. 2:00 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 20
CALIFORNIA SEEN
Next year will see the mainstream arrival of plug-in hybrid vehicles, an array of Chevy Volts, Nissan Leafs and Fisker Karmas, followed soon after by plug-in Priuses. 3:42 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 20
NOVEMBER U.S. AUTO SALES
General Motors Co.'s U.S. market share may rise for the fourth straight month in November, the automaker's chief sales analyst said today. Mike DiGiovanni, executive director of global market and industry analysis, also predicted the U.S. 11:44 am U.S. ET | Nov. 19 | UPDATED: 11/19/09 5:17 p.m. ET
General Motors Co.'s Cadillac has cut the list of semi-finalists vying for the brand's national creative account in half. 12:18 am U.S. ET | Nov. 19 | UPDATED: 11/19/09 11:17 a.m. ET
Auburn, Ind., auctioneer Dean Kruse has been ordered by a local court to pay more than $1.3 million to an Indiana bank, and a leasing company has asked a federal judge to repossess Kruse's 1985 Cessna jet, which had been insured at $3.5 million. 11:54 am U.S. ET | Nov. 19
RUSS DARROW
As a small business owner, I have seen a lot of programs meant to fix our economy come and go. Tax cuts and hikes, bank bailouts, TARP funding, TALF funding and cash for clunkers have all passed us by. The silver bullet remains elusive. 12:33 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 19
SALES TALES
Going. Going. Gone. Any day now, a revered 83-year-old brand -- Pontiac -- will be a relic of the past, and a relic of what General Motors used to be. John K. Teahen Jr. is senior editor of Automotive News. 10:39 am U.S. ET | Nov. 19
The boardroom shake-up at GMAC Financial Services still leaves the company on course to become a broad-based financial services company serving dealers of all makes. 3:53 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 17
Alvaro de Molina resigned today as CEO of GMAC Financial Services after less than two years on the job, as the GMAC board asked the U.S. Treasury Department to delay a third round of financial assistance for the lender. 4:35 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 16
Dealerships in this report: Bob Frensley Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge in Madison, Tenn.; Arlington Heights Ford in Arlington Heights, Ill.; Phil Smart Mercedes-Benz in Seattle; Mistlin Honda in Modesto, Calif.; Mike Davidson Ford in Jacksonville, Fla. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 16