Auto Remarketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

An overwhelming percentage of car dealers who use digital retailing tools are reporting encouraging results, according to the latest research by Cox Automotive. The company’s 2023 Digitization of Car Buying Study found 90% of dealers said digital retailing has positively impacted at least one area of their business, with customer satisfaction/experience, customer relationships, ease of completing deals, time spent completing deals, employee workflows and staff efficiency all cited by more than 7

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Tesla Semi launch event was held on November 16th, 2017, exactly six years ago last week. At the end of that launch event, Elon Musk had a signature “one more thing” that was the unveiling of the incredible second-generation Tesla Roadster. Back then the car was promised to be delivered in 2020, which obviously… Read more.

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Auto Remarketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

China’s leading used-car online marketplace was in Scottsdale, Ariz., this year with a booth at Used Car Week, held in mid-November. TaoCheChe’s reason for being there was two-fold. “Our main purpose in coming to UCW is to learn from our industry partners,” TaoCheChe CEO Jiang Dong told Auto Remarketing at its booth. “But another purpose is to tell the America used-car industry to look at China’s used-car market.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Netflix essentially took a $62 million television contract out to the shed and shot it in the head, according to an ongoing arbitration case against director Carl Erik Rinsch. After an ambitious and expensive bet on an unproven director in 2018 , the deal had gone sour, the director allegedly lost his senses, and he’d… Read more.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Toyota Tacoma has been a top-selling mid-size pickup truck for nearly two decades. The all-new 2024 Tacoma is a complete redesign and is ready to help drivers tackle their ambitious adventure bucket lists. The new Tacoma is built on the TNGA-F global truck platform shared with Tundra, Sequoia and Land Cruiser with a high-strength boxed, steel-ladder frame and a fully redesigned coil spring multi-link rear suspension.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Jeff Bezos is insanely rich. So much so that his superyacht is bigger than other rich people’s superyachts, which is pretty wild if you think about it. Bezos’ recently completed ship, the Koru, is currently docked down in Florida where its massive size made it a bit difficult to dock. Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Happy Monday! It’s November 27, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A cruise that was set to sail around the world for three years has been abruptly canceled at the last minute. The reason? The company behind the cruise couldn’t afford to buy a ship in time, as CNN reports. Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Police identified the driver and passenger of the fiery crash at the Niagara Falls, New York border on November 22 as Kurt P. Villani and his passenger and wife Monica Villani. The couple were driving in a 2022 Bentley Flying Spur that exploded when it crashed into a border checkpoint. Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With 23 years of DTM racing experience, dozens of race wins, and over 250 podium finishes, German tuner and race shop ABT Sportsline knows a thing or two about a thing or two. For its latest project, ABT spent over two years developing Audi’s R8 GT2 race car into a street-legal car capable of negotiating road traffic.… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The spiritual successor to the Land Rover Defender, the Ineos Grenadier is now officially on sale in the U.S. Before you head to one of Ineos’ 19 retailers across the country, you can now build one using the company’s build and price tool on its site. Prepare for a bit of sticker shock, though. The Grenadier starts at… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

There are companies that make cool cars — Porsche comes to mind immediately. There are successful car companies, like Toyota and Mercedes-Benz. And there are car companies that, despite in many cases being horrifically mismanaged and going through long periods where they struggle mightily to put out decent product,… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

If we’re to believe the ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice F450, it has the later 6.7-liter turbo-diesel rather than the 6.4 that was available when it was built. Whether that’s a typo or a pleasant surprise, we’ll still have to decide this huge truck’s fate regarding its asking price. Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

After Chinese automaker BYD dethroned Volkswagen as the best selling automaker in China late last year, VW said last week that it will develop a new, cheaper electric car platform using more Chinese-made components to reestablish dominance in the world’s biggest car market. Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Virgin Atlantic is set to operate the first transatlantic flight to be powered entirely on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tomorrow. The New York to London flight has been years in the making and will offer a glimpse into the future of passenger airlines. The milestone service has also brought attention to the hurdles… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Psychologists and philosophers will debate sunup to sundown about whether our perception shapes our reality. Here at Jalopnik, though, we’ve got proof for one side of that fight: Carmakers you all perceive as bad, and the reality of their truly incredible cars. Last week, we asked for the best cars from automakers you… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Tesla has found itself in an interesting pickle over in Sweden. Workers at seven of its repair shops have put together a collective bargaining agreement with the company, but Tesla refuses to sign. As more unions in the country have stood in solidarity, refusing to work with Tesla until it negotiates with its own… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

World leaders are scheduled to meet this week for a summit on climate change that’s being hosted by one of the top oil-producing nations , the United Arab Emirates. Leaked documents now show the UAE was planning to use its role as host of COP28 to make side deals that run afoul of the summit’s goal to reduce carbon… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia flipped a six-figure John Deere farm tractor on its roof last Saturday as the driver attempted to negotiate the on-ramp to Highway 1. One of the cops drove his Ford Explorer into the right rear wheel of the Deere, and unlike a traditional PIT Maneuver which would pitch… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It’s Monday, November 27, 2023 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action. Formula One ended its season in Abu Dhabi with yet another Max Verstappen victory. Unlike F1, the MotoGP title fight went down to the season-ending Valencian Grand Prix. Pecco Bagnaia sealed his championship… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This week's reader has a $20,000 budget for a ride that's easy to park and gets great gas mileage.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By definition, a big truck like a Ford F-150 or Chevy Silverado struggles to be small. Even in its smallest, most trucky configuration — a two-door single cab — a full-size truck is relatively large and comes with a sizable bed for hauling cargo. But a small truck like the third-generation Ford Ranger can do a good… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Once a bustling industrial port town directly across from midtown Manhattan, Hoboken is now a trendy walkable/bikeable destination town with posh waterfront highrises and twee coffee shops. Despite lots of foot traffic, and considerable four-wheeled traffic , the city hasn’t seen a single traffic death since January… Read more.

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