General Motors will once again have its own in-house financing unit starting Friday, when the auto giant closes on its $3.5 billion purchase of AmeriCredit. The new unit, to be renamed General Motors Financial, will allow GM to…
Demand for new cars and trucks should be better than it was a year ago. But expectations now are for lower sales than in August, itself unimpressive. That would leave autos stuck in a four-month-long rut.
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In a bid to better compete against European and Japanese luxury makes, Ford reportedly may seek to reduce the number of Lincoln dealerships in the U.S. Nearly 1,200 dealers sell Lincolns, five times more than sell Toyota’s Lexu…
“Fewer brands means you can put more focus into improving the quality of engineering,” CEO Alan Mulally said Monday. The second-largest U.S. automaker has been surging ahead in both sales and honors over the past year.
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General Motors’ share of the U.S. automobile market is expected to slip to 18% in September, the third lowest ever recorded by the Detroit automaker.
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