The body lurches sideways. The neck bends in a U-shape. The seat belt and front airbag offer almost no help. These are the markings of a side-impact car accident. Protecting occupants in side-impact crashes has been a problem that has vexed automotive safety engineers. These types of accidents are responsible for 39 percent of traffic …
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Self-driving cars often sound like something out of science fiction. But they are inching closer to reality. This week, Continental AG, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, announced a partnership with IBM, the world’s largest technology company, in which they will help bring autonomous cars to roads across the globe. “This is not a …
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A Volkswagen executive said the company’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant will likely build an all new crossover SUV for the company, even as conservative politicians bash the automaker for inviting the UAW to organize workers at the plant. Marc Trahan, executive vice president of quality for Volkswagen in the U.S. said at an Automotive Press Association …
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When you start calling dealerships about your next new car, consider this: The salesperson at the other end of the line could be a veritable ninja in the use of the phone as a sales tool. Jerry Thibeau, a Rochester, N.Y.-based sales trainer, ought to know. In late 2009, he started a company, Phone-Up Ninjas, …
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In an effort to curb distracted driving, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan on Monday to designate certain areas along the state’s highways as “texting zones.” “New York State is continuing to use every tool at its disposal to combat texting while driving,” Cuomo said during Monday’s news conference. “We are now launching …
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How’s this for a new episode of Mad Men: the client doesn’t need the ad agency’s creative director because the celebrity star of the ads is going to take over. That’ll work out well, right? That’s exactly what happened in real life when Chrysler handed over the job of creating its new 70-ad/video-video effort for …
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Celebrities and politicians don’t seem interested in doing a photo-ops with diesel cars like they are with electric and hybrid cars. But car companies are forging ahead anyway with new diesel vehicles, hoping they can convince more car shoppers to try fuel-saving technology other than gas-electric hybrids. The collective memory of the American public who …
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Chevy has added text-to-voice capability to the 2014 Chevy Malibu as the General Motors division tries to improve the overall profile of the mid-sized sedan in year-two of its product cycle. Besides a text-to-voice feature, which reads text messages over the car’s audio system, and allows hands-free responses via the Chevy MyLink system, Chevy has …
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In a converted industrial space with arched brick ceilings in lower Manhattan, Cadillac unveiled its all-newEscalade to a crowd of young people and journalists. Photographs of Cadillac designers and craftsmen taken by Autumn de Wilde, a noted photographer in the fashion and music worlds, hung on a side wall, lit up as if at an …
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The head of the national car dealer’s industry trade group warned Wednesday that if automakers start selling directly to consumers — rather than through a middleman, like today’s dealership system allows — car makers will jack up prices and ignore customers. “Critics are seeking to exploit stereotypes and demonize dealers,” NADA chairman David Westcott said …
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