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U.S. Dealers Are Very Angry With Stellantis Leadership Right Now

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dealer network is none too pleased with the manufacturer and looks to be blaming CEO Carlos Tavares. The National Dealer Council has sent an open letter to the executive and it doesn’t pull any punches. Dealers want more investments to go toward clearing out older inventories and developing new models that would help boost sales.

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Report: Mitsubishi Planning Dealer Expansion, More Models for U.S.

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A few years ago, your author speculated that Toyota would probably be having a good run as there was mounting evidence that Americans couldn’t really afford new automobiles. The dealer network size "limits our ability to go to the next level in share and sales volume," Chaffin said. But they have no dealer nearby to make that purchase."

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Report: First Chrysler EV Won’t Be the Airflow

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With the Chrysler Airflow debuting during the CES expo in 2022, practically everyone assumed it would be the brand’s first all-electric model. From MotorTrend : "Airflow was a great exercise to signal again the type of vehicle Chrysler might want to do," Gilles says. And Chrysler is ripe for that. Gilles goes further. "It

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Chrysler Portal concept: all-electric minivan for CES offers some self-driving

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It was widely rumored that Chrysler would reveal an all-electric minivan at this week's Consumer Electronics Show—and now we have the details. But the Chrysler Portal concept that will debut at CES won't be showing up at your local dealer any time soon.

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DOT announces Fiat Chrysler public hearing and issues special order over recall performance

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The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will hold a public hearing to determine whether automaker Fiat Chrysler has failed to remedy safety defects and issue required notices in 20 recalls. It is not enough to identify defects. Manufacturers have to fix them.

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Stellantis Stalls Fiat 500e Production Through October Over Weak Demand

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Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne even publicly asked people not to buy the model, stating that it only existed to comply with government emission regulations — which he decried until his death in 2018. It’s not uncommon to see the Fiat 500e listed $10,000 below MSRP.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

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I spent 33 years in the automobile business, the equivalent of 96 human years. I also worked with senior executives& of well-respected automobile companies who were total sleazebags. As an & Automotive News & junkie, I loved talking about the car biz with these dealer principals. & These are their stories.

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