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Down the Road: Owners rank the quality of their new cars and trucks
BY CHERYL JENSEN motor matters The answer to a question often depends on the way the question is asked. That's one lesson drawn from two separate studies that measure vehicle quality. J.D. Power and Associates published its Initial Quality Study while rival Strategic Vision...
Tags: car, Chevrolet, Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Lexus, MARKETING, Mercedes-Benz, survey, Toyota Motor Corp., vision
Research articles 2008-07-16
Fletcher Claims No. 1 Spot on Ward's List by Default
Longtime No. 1 Longo Declines to Give Sales; New Store Openings at The Camp, Spectrum MARKETPLACE For the first time, Fletcher Jones Motorcars of Newport Beach tops Ward's Dealer 500 list of the largest auto dealers. Well, son of. Fletcher, the list's long-time No. 2, is No. 1...
Tags: dealership, Fletcher, Lexus, revenue, SALES, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2008-07-07
Automotive dealerships
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIPS Ranked by number of vehicles sold in 2007 ...
Tags: Atom, Auto, BMW AG, Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., INTERNET, Jaguar, Lexus, Lincoln, Pontiac, Rio, SALES, Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG
Research articles 2008-06-23
Slower Economy Pushes Auto Dealers 2007 Sales Down
Despite a 4% drop in sales, Fletcher Jones Motorcars again kept its top spot on the Business Journal's list of biggest automobile dealers in Orange County. Crevier BMW took back the No. 2 spot after a stint at No. 3 in 2006. The list ranks OC's 25 largest auto dealers...
Tags: car, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, SALES, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2008-03-03
Nissan set to unveil Infiniti range
Byline: By STEVE HUGHES NISSAN is preparing to give its new Infiniti saloon and coupe models their first public unveiling to rival some remarkably similar models from arch rival Lexus . The Infinity brand is to Nissan what the Lexus brand is to Toyota, with both representing the...
Tags: Branding, Lexus, MARKETING, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
Research articles 2008-02-29
Team One Announces New CEO
Saatchi & Saatchi veteran Jack Mickle to transition into new CEO role; Brian Sheehan to pursue college teaching career EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Team One, a division of Saatchi & Saatchi, has announced that Jack Mickle has been named its new chief executive officer effective June 2008. Mickle will...
Tags: agency, career, CEO, Lexus, Saatchi, team, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2008-02-21
Toyota Tackles an Audacious Goal; How to lead an organization through transformational change
Byline: George Borst, President and CEO, Toyota Financial Services Synopsis: George Borst, president and CEO of Toyota Financial Services, had a daring plan for leading TFS through an expansion of its customer base and product line. But that required transformation in every aspect of his organization -- new people,...
Tags: FINANCE, Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2008-02-14
Closet Opens New Flagship Store in Costa Mesa, The
Jimmy Choo Gets Makeover at South Coast Plaza; Toyota of Huntington Beach Opening Feb. MARKETPLACE The Closet just opened a giant store at 1800 Newport Blvd. near 19th Street in Costa Mesa. Last year, the Closet's flagship store in Costa Mesa at Triangle Square closed and was expected...
Tags: BMW AG, brand, Branding, Closet, Lexus, MARKETING, SALES
Research articles 2008-01-14
Automotive dealerships: ranked by number of vehicles sold in 2006
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIPS Ranked by number of vehicles sold in 2006 Rank Dealership last Address Telephone year Web site...
Tags: Auto, BMW AG, Chevrolet, dealership, FINANCE, Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Insurance, INTERNET, Lexus, Lincoln, MARKETING, Pontiac, Rio, SALES, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2007-12-31
'Performance hybrid' designation fading from usage
Automakers are starting to turn away from the notion of the "performance hybrid," the term coined to market gas-electric vehicles based on extra pep instead of fuel thriftiness. Instead of just emphasizing performance, Toyota's luxury Lexus division plans to hawk its high-end hybrid vehicles as being...
Tags: Honda Motor Co., hybrid, Lexus, performance, sedan, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2007-12-26
Cars as corporate psychology
Cars often are big attention grabbers. That's especially true when it comes to what the CEO drives. Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton famously drove a pickup. Warren Buffett, worth $42 billion, drove a silver 2001 Lincoln Town Car with Nebraska plates THRIFTY until he auctioned it for...
Tags: car, CEO, Ford Motor Co., Lexus, USA Today
Research articles 2007-12-11
Toyota to recall 264,000 cars over faulty fuel pipes
TOKYO AFP — Japanese car giant Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it was recalling about 264,000 cars in Japan and abroad to repair defective fuel pipes. It will recall 215,020 Crown, Mark X and Lexus sedans at home and some 49,000 Lexus GS and IS series cars abroad, mainly...
Tags: car, Japan, Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2007-11-28
Two held in Sunday's fatal collision on I-880
OAKLAND -- One woman is dead and two were arrested on drunken driving charges following a two-car collision on the Interstate 880 early Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said. Killed in the wreck was Kim Hoang, 22, of San Leandro, according to the Alameda County Coroner's office....
Tags: collision, Honda Motor Co., lane, Lexus
Research articles 2007-11-05
I-880 crash kills one, two arrested
OAKLAND -- One woman is dead and two were arrested on drunken driving charges following a two-car collision on the Interstate 880 early Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said. Killed in the wreck was Kim Hoang, 22, of San Leandro, according to the Alameda County Coroner's office....
Tags: Honda Motor Co., lane, Lexus
Research articles 2007-11-05
Lexus Leading Luxury Auto Registrations
Orange County Auto Show Donates to CHOC; Albertsons Promotes Sue Klug MARKETPLACE For the year through September, Lexus is leading the luxury pack in Orange County, according to the Orange County Auto Dealers' third-quarter report. Lexus had 8,027 registrations, followed by Mercedes with 7,479 and BMW with 6,607....
Tags: BMW AG, Honda Motor Co., Lexus, Orange PCS, SALES, SUPERVALU Inc., Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2007-11-05
A moveable feast of 'green' vehicles: sooner than later, we will all be motoring green
It's been more than 30 years now since the Arab oil embargo sent the first shock waves throughout the United States that heightened awareness to our dependence on foreign oil. Back then, in the early 1970s, people who had scoffed at small cars, particularly the dinky, and ugly (by...
Tags: car, Chevy, Honda Motor Co., Lexus, SUV
Research articles 2007-11-01
Toyota retunes Corolla as techier and edgier
LAS VEGAS -- The world's all-time best-selling car is going high-tech. Toyota says the all-new Corolla compact will become the smallest non-luxury car with XM satellite navigation for real-time traffic information when it goes on sale in February. Until now, the feature in Toyotas has only...
Tags: car, horsepower, Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.
Research articles 2007-11-01
Toyota slips and Ford gains in reliability rankings
In what amounts to a symbolic earthquake, Consumer Reports magazine says it no longer will assume that new Toyota and Lexus models are reliable enough to recommend them without real-world data. Toyota and its Lexus luxury vehicles "don't get a 'pass' anymore," because of problems in...
Tags: Consumer Reports, Ford Motor Co., Hanson, Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2007-10-17
Toyota suffers another high-profile defection
TOKYO AFP — Toyota Motor Corp. has suffered its second high-profile defection in little more than a month after Ford Motor Co. poached a senior executive from the Japanese automaker's luxury Lexus division. The number two US automaker announced late Thursday that it had hired Lexus group vice president...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., Lexus, Manufacturing, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2007-10-11
Lexus to Display LF-Xh and LF-A at Tokyo Motor Show
Tokyo, Japan, Oct 10, 2007 - JCN Newswire - Lexus announced today that it plans to display two concept vehicles and six production vehicles at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show. The show will be open to the general public from October 27 to November 11 at the International Convention...
Tags: Lexus, performance, SUV, Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2007-10-10
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