Category: Automotive Deals

New GM EVs Won’t Support Apple CarPlay

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Smartphone applications like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto have become must-haves for a lot of consumers. Instead of having to interact with an automaker’s infotainment system, which can be confusing and unintuitive, these features mirror your smartphone’s screen to the main display. Automakers, though, are investing millions into developing better infotainment systems and want people to stop using smartphone connectivity features. While smartphone mirroring, especially Apple CarPlay, maybe some of the more popular tech features on sale, GM announced that it would eliminate Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from its EVs.The first electric vehicle from GM that won’t have…
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Analyze Key Trends, Biggest Brands and Spenders, Deals, Product Category Breakdown and Case Studies

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Company LogoDublin, April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Sports Sponsorship by the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Automotive Industry – Analysing the Trends, Biggest Brands and Spenders, Deals, Product Category Breakdown and Case Studies” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offers. This automotive (APAC) report provides deep insights into the automotive sponsorship market trend, the dominant geographical market, most active sport and properties in the APAC region for the automotive sector. Furthermore, the report gives an in-depth look at the automotive sector’s biggest deals, dominant secondary sectors, product categories, major spenders, and the most active brands in the APAC region together…
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When Is the Best Time to Buy a Car?

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Best holidays to buy a car Three-day weekends It’s hard to miss the inflatable eagles, gorillas and wacky waving tube men that dot car lots, to say nothing of the ads that promise “rock-bottom” prices. Does a “Star-Spangled Sale-a-Bration” mean savings for you? It can, but be prepared for a busier-than-normal showroom. Ideally, you want to do your research and test drive before the holiday and close the deal on the weekend. Or, better yet, sew up the deal on the first weekday after the weekend. Here’s a deeper dive into shopping on a holiday weekend. And the following is…
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Why Are HUMMER EVs So Hard To Find?

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With the first four months of 2023 behind us, automakers like General Motors have announced their Q1 2023 sales figures. For GMs, there’s a lot of good news. Sales for Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, and GMC are all up. As a whole, GM’s first-quarter sales in the US were up 17.6% compared to last year. Get past the good news you’ll notice something strange with the figures. GMC reported that it only delivered two Hummer EV Pickup trucks.TFLtruck first spotted the odds earlier this month. It might seem like an April Fool’s joke, but automakers rarely kid around when it…
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Hoping for a deal on a new pickup truck? Inventory is piling up, and discounts could make a comeback.

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An old, unwritten rule of car sales tells dealers and factories to work together to keep about a 60-day supply of each new vehicle on hand for sale, with another 15 days on order or in transit. That, the pragmatism says, means that dealers have the most color and feature combinations a buyer could want in easy reach. But they won’t have so many that they’ll need to discount them to sell them. Ram currently has more than a 100-day supply of Ram 1500 full-size trucks on hand.Ford F, -0.80% has more than a 90-day supply of its F-150…
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Car dealership retail tech still draws investor interest

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Retail auto technology startups can count at least one thing in the months ahead, according to Daniel Hoffer: Venture capitalists are still pursuing investments and making deals. That’s worth noting in the wake of the recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank, which used to support much of the innovation industry. Inflation and rising interest rates already had made access to capital more difficult, and some predict SVB’s collapse will make things worse. But Hoffer, a managing director of Autotech Ventures in Menlo Park, Calif., insists venture capitalist investment continues to be business as usual. “Neither auto tech nor any VCs…
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Dodge Sending Off Internal Combustion Challenger With 1,000-hp Demon

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It almost seems hard to believe, but the mighty Dodge Hellcat appeared on the scene in 2015 with 707 horsepower from a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine. Not only does the Hellcat have a stirring name, its insane amount of power and exhilarating performance ensured Dodge’s place in the muscle car wars against Ford and Chevrolet. Unfortunately, the muscle car era is coming to an end. In typical Dodge fashion, it wants that end to be loud and smokey with the introduction of the 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170.The name that Dodge chose for its “Last Call” special-edition muscle…
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These Are The Best Black Friday New-Car Deals On 2022 And 2023 Models

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The best Black Friday deals this year come with low-interest financing as low as zero percent. getty Although the frenzied chaos of Black Friday early bird shopping has tempered somewhat in recent years, the weekend after Thanksgiving remains one of the busiest and most bargain-packed periods of the year for retailers. It’s no exception with the new-car business, except that this year, especially given razor-thin dealer inventories and sky-high prices that have plagued the business in recent months, the slam dunk year-end clearance deals have all but dried up. What’s more, manufacturers’ cash rebates are considerably lower and in shorter…
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