GM Wins Overall Polk Automotive Loyalty Award Winners - Keeps Customers Better
Jan 19, 2005
Numerous New Winners Emerge Across Segment Level Categories for Model Year 2004 SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 19 -- R. L. Polk & Co., the automotive industry's premier tracker of consumer loyalty among new vehicles, presented the ninth annual Polk Automotive Loyalty Awards yesterday at the 2005 Automotive News World Congress ... Continue reading
Ford's Auto Show Splash Got Writers Writing
Jan 17, 2005
By: Brad Nevin | Ford Communications Network Read more Ford Motor Company news from the 2005 North American International Auto Show. View more photographs from the show. Journalists swarm around the Ford Fusion during media preview days at the North American International Auto Show.DETROIT, Mich., Jan 14, 2005 -- Begin ... Continue reading
Jan 14, 2005
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 12, 2005 -- Volvo plans to significantly increase the safety of drivers and passengers in small cars during a frontal crash. The company displayed its 3CC concept vehicle, which demonstrates Volvo's new Safety Ride Down Concept, at the North American International Auto Show. This concept, which foc ... Continue reading
Apple & Volvo Announce iPod Connectivity For Entire 2005 US Model Line
Jan 12, 2005
MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11 -- Apple(R) and Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) today announced two iPod(R) connectivity options for Volvo's entire 2005 US model line, allowing iPod users to listen to their music collection through their Volvo audio system. The Volvo iPod Adapter will be available for S60 ... Continue reading
Jan 7, 2005
January 5, 2005 (Los Angeles, CA) – With the glittering towers of downtown Los Angeles as a backdrop, Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) unleashed a salvo of design and performance "concept" cars today at the 2005 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show. In keeping with this year's show theme, Design Los Angeles, VCNA ... Continue reading
Delightful Car Ratings: Measure of the Customer Shows that It's Not Just Size that Counts
Jan 6, 2005
SAN DIEGO--Jan. 6, 2005--2004 is over. Some automotive manufacturers were winners and some fell short of their targets. Strategic Vision Inc. (SVI) takes a clear position on the key to success: Delight your customers. Who did it well and who did not? What do you need to do to create a success? Where can you go next to ... Continue reading
2005 LA AUTO SHOW: Supercharged Volvo XC90 V8 Debuts
Jan 5, 2005
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2005; Hot on the heels of the introduction of Volvo's first V8 engine at the 2004 Paris International Auto Show, Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) is proud to present the eye-grabbing supercharged XC90 V8 at this year's Greater Los Angeles auto show. And there may be no better place to show t ... Continue reading
Volvo Cars Tops Sales Record for 2004
Jan 4, 2005
Best December Ever Leads to Best Year Ever IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 4 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) closed out 2004 with sales of 12,236 units for December, which propelled the brand 3.2 percent ahead of last year's record year in the United States*. Volvo has produced sales records in five of the last six yea ... Continue reading
Ford's F-Series Sets Industry Truck Sales Records; America's Best-Selling Vehicle 23 Years in a Row
Jan 4, 2005
* F-Series sets December (95,392) and full year (939,511) industry truck sales records. * New products enable cars to post first monthly increase since January 2003. * Mustang stampede continues as December retail sales soar 60 percent vs. year ago. * Retail sales for Ford Five Hundred, Ford Freestyle, and Mercury Mont ... Continue reading
IntelliChoice Announces New Car Best Deals for January 2005
Dec 30, 2004
CAMPBELL, Calif.--Dec. 30, 2004--PRIMEDIA's IntelliChoice, the leading source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, today announced its "Best Deals of the Month" selections for January, identifying the vehicles with the best ownership cost value in 25 respective classes. IntelliChoice's "Best Deals of the M ... Continue reading
Dec 28, 2004
CR survey shows that only 60% of car shoppers were offered cash rebates; only 40% offered low-financing YONKERS , NY December 28, 2004; Auto manufacturers are using a plethora of special incentives and rebates to help drive traffic into dealer showrooms. But a survey by Consumer Reports Auto Price Service shows that co ... Continue reading
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