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Bentley's new green car has been spied blitzing the Green Hell. View the full article

Bentley's new green car has been spied blitzing the Green Hell. View the full article

Most automakers are cutting their advertising in U.S. consumer magazines, but Mercedes-Benz USA is an exception. View the full article

General Motors has told 1,124 dealerships, most of them small and considered to be poor performers, that their GM franchise agreements likely won't be extended past October 2010. In letters delivered Friday, GM said dealers can appeal. View the full article

General Motors has told 1,124 dealerships, most of them small and considered to be poor performers, that their GM franchise agreements likely won't be extended past October 2010. In letters delivered Friday, GM said dealers can appeal. View the full article

General Motors has told 1,124 dealerships, most of them small and considered to be poor performers, that their GM franchise agreements likely won't be extended past October 2010. In letters delivered Friday, GM said dealers can appeal. View the full article

General Motors has told 1,124 dealerships, most of them small and considered to be poor performers, that their GM franchise agreements likely won't be extended past October 2010. View the full article

Two influential automotive marketers have been added to the May 20 Automotive News Marketing Seminar at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. View the full article

Volkswagen announced Thursday that former Fiat S.p.A. Chief Marketing Officer Luca De Meo will start as marketing boss for its passenger car unit August 1. In January, Automotive News Europe was first to report De Meo would quit Fiat. View the full article

Chrysler wanted to spend $134 million in advertising over the nine weeks it is expected to be in bankruptcy. The U.S. Treasury's auto industry task force gave it half that. View the full article

Honda is taking a swipe at the perceived elitism of Toyota Prius owners with the launch campaign for its redesigned Insight hybrid. View the full article

It took a bankruptcy for Chrysler LLC to return to network TV. The automaker, which has been operating since last Friday under Chap. View the full article

The National Automobile Dealers Association is planning to run full-page ads in the Washington Post, Politico and Automotive News to protest the presidential auto task force's push for General Motors and Chrysler to make drastic... View the full article

Chrysler LLC aims to reassure consumers it will do business as usual: Factory warranties will be honored, dealers will have cars and trucks to sell, buyers will get financed. View the full article

Chrysler's second-largest unsecured creditor is BBDO, Detroit, which is on the hook for $58.1 million, according to the automaker's bankruptcy filing. View the full article

A new Web site promises to tell consumers whether the new vehicle they seek is selling at a dealership for a "good" price, a "great" price -- or is overpriced. The site, TrueCar.com, was launched last week. View the full article

General Motors plans to contact owners of about 1,000 dealerships starting in May to notify them that their franchise agreement will not be renewed in 2010, a GM executive says. View the full article

Citroen veteran executive Xavier Duchemin will become the brand's head of global marketing and communications starting in mid-June. He will replace Xavier Chardon who was promoted in mid-April to head Citroen's crucial French sales operations. View the full article

Don't start the autopsy -- I may feel a pulse! With the government-imposed deadline for Chrysler to hook up with Fiat or face insolvency just days away, Chrysler is gearing up for a major ad campaign to tell its story to America. View the full article

Don't start the autopsy -- I may feel a pulse! With the government-imposed deadline for Chrysler to hook up with Fiat or face insolvency less than a week away, Chrysler is gearing up for a major ad campaign to tell its story to America. View the full article

Autobytel Inc., a third-party lead generator for auto dealers and manufacturers, narrowed its first-quarter loss by more than 80 percent. View the full article

Toyota has announced starting prices of $23,155 for the face-lifted 2010 Tundra pickup and $39,330 for the 2010 Sequoia SUV. The Tundra base price is up 3 percent compared with the 2009 model. The Sequoia is up 12.5 percent. View the full article

The Shanghai auto show used to be a showcase for foreigners to show off western car models in China. View the full article

The European Union Commission appears ready to extend the block exemption, the legal framework for auto sales in Europe, past May 31, 2010. View the full article

Veteran Volkswagen group executive Reinhard Fleger will head sales operations at Skoda, VW'S Czech subsidiary, starting June 1. Fleger, 51, currently is board member for sales and finance at Volkswagen's Mexican unit. View the full article