Auto Remarketing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Though used-vehicle sales last month softened from August, they beat year-ago figures. However, there remains some headwinds that should be watched, says Cox Automotive in a Data Point report Monday. The biggest bright spot in the used-car market remains. TO READ THE FULL STORY BECOME A MEMBER Login The post Used-vehicle sales, especially CPO, show year-over-year improvements appeared first on Auto Remarketing.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

After missing yet another deadline for the Tesla Cybertruck to actually launch, company boss Elon Musk has come out to set the mood ahead of the electric pickup’s eventual rollout. In a Tesla earnings call last night, Musk explained the challenges the EV maker has faced bringing the angular Cybertruck to fruition and… Read more.

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DealerOn

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The game isn’t over when a car shopper is ready to leave your website. With exit-intent popups, you can make one last “Hail Mary” pass by presenting an offer that keeps your customer engaged. Give car shoppers one last chance to submit a lead on your website by leveraging the power of exit-intent popups. Your website’s purpose is to generate.

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Automotive Mastermind

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Now more than ever, dealers are focused on maximizing the profitability of their used car operations. Many dealers saw their business models shift to predominantly pre-owned operations as a limited supply of new vehicles pushed consumers toward the used-car market. Pre-owned car sales have stayed consistently profitable for some time now. While prices have fluctuated they’ve stayed generally very high, with many anticipating the surge to stick around for quite some time.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Good morning! It’s Thursday, October 19, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.

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Auto Express

OCTOBER 19, 2023

DS cars equipped with ChatGPT can provide information about nearby places to visit or even create quizzes to play on a long journey

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A recent lawsuit against the Beverly Hills indicates that the cops there are allegedly so racist that they’re even racially profiling other on-duty officers from nearby cities. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Even though you still can’t build and price one on their site and a few 2024 Chevy Blazers have started to show up on dealer lots, Chevy has been a bit guarded regarding specifics. The company released a bit more information on the 2024 Chevy Blazer Thursday. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

By now, you should probably know that the Nurburgring is massive and difficult and dangerous. They also know that it’s effectively a public toll road and on touristenfahrten days, they’ll let anyone with a driver’s license test their mettle against the track. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We’ve known for a while that catalytic converter theft was a big problem. In fact, it was enough of a problem that Toyota decided to offer a catalytic converter shield with the new Prius. If you’re still struggling to understand how profitable it is for thieves, it will probably help put things in perspective when you… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Three teenagers in Colorado are in court right now, accused of killing a 20-year-old woman by throwing a landscaping rock through her car windshield. Now, investigators are testifying that the trio had been throwing rocks at moving vehicles for nearly two months before their actions allegedly resulted in the woman’s… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Police chases rarely, if ever, end well. An uninvolved pedestrian in Vallejo, California, discovered just how poorly chases can go earlier this week, when he was crushed between two parked vehicles as they were pushed together by a driver attempting to outrun local police. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Kia’s newest EV, the EV9 is close to hitting dealer lots. Before it does, Kia has opened up reservations for buyers who want to get ahead of things at the dealer, which anyone who tried to get an ungetable a Telluride early on will appreciate. The cost is a fully refundable $750. But before you part with that money… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Boxy cars are good. And they don’t get much boxier than today’s Nice Price or No Dice Nissan, which means it must be good. This one adds some frivolity to its space efficiency, but will its price prove just as fanciful? Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Crime is down nearly across the board in America, but car thefts are not. Nearly three-quarters of a million automobiles were stolen in the U.S. across the 2022 calendar year, representing a 20 percent surge from pre-pandemic numbers, according to a new report issued by the FBI. The bureau partially blames this uptick… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre is famous for the line, “L’enfer, c’est les autres,” in his play “ No Exit ” which translates to “ hell is other people.” This is an astute take on the human condition as well as being undoubtedly true and I bet that ol’ JP never even spent time sitting in LA traffic ! Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Sometimes it’s really nice to see a vehicle being used for its intended purpose. Take the now-defunct Chrysler Town & Country. If we’re being honest with each other, the “Town” in its name was doing all the heavy lifting. It’s probably why Chrysler dropped the name altogether in favor of the much-lamer “Pacifica. ” Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

During the South Point 400 NASCAR race last Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Busch Light hosted a couple’s nuptials in record time in the live and active pit complex. With cars roaring past behind them at near 200 miles per hour, character actor Gerald Downey shouted the “do yous” at bride Tori Lindsay and groom… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Mike lives in Texas and using Jalop math has determined that it’s better to have two cars instead of just one. He will be selling his trusty Tacoma and wants to replace it with a reliable commuter and something fun for the weekends. With a combined budget of about $45,000, which cars should he buy? Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Now that we’ve got electric cars slowly filling our streets and EV vans gradually rolling out in delivery services across America, it seemed only inevitable that a cutesy electric campervan would soon follow. Now, a Detroit-based startup has delivered just that with its new camper based on GM’s Brightdrop electric van … Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Aerial footage of an impound lot in Baltimore shows thousands of cars rusting away after being taken off the city’s streets by local authorities. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A few weeks ago, I took a motorcycle ride with a friend up Massachusetts’ Trans-Mass Trail. We had a pre-planned route, GPS tracks laid out ahead of time by riders far older and wiser than we, downloaded to our phones to guide us. Two riders meant redundancy, two phones meant a better chance of coverage — what could… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

After ten years, Torbjorn Pedersen has managed to stack his passport with a stamps from every country in the world , and he’s done it without ever setting foot on a plane. He claims that this has never been done before, and after seeing the time, money, and risk necessary to make it happen, it’s easy to see why. It… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The world’s on high alert these days, with everyone told to watch out for suspicious packages at train stations or shifty-looking people at airports. Now one British woman has taken this permanent state of suspicion about five steps too far and claims they thought amateur paragliders were Hamas invading her village. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Custom agents found 15 pounds of raw goat viscera inside luggage at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The contraband was discovered in the belongings of a couple entering the United States from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, along with one pound of unknown meat and two pounds of garden eggs. Read more.

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