The Federal Trade Commission announced a new rule Tuesday intended to stop auto dealers from using hidden fees and bait-and-switch price tactics on buyers. The agency says such fees and tactics cost people in the US $3.4 billion a year and add 72 million hours to their time spent shopping for vehicles. The FTC calls the new regulation the Combating Auto Retail Scams Rule. Read more on this story at NBCNews.com and watch “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” tonight at 6:30 pm ET/5:30 pm CT. The agency says the rule bans misrepresentations about price, cost and other key information.…
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JLR parts crisis leaves almost 5,000 cars awaiting repairs
Delays to the delivery of parts have left almost 5,000 Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) cars stuck at dealerships awaiting repairs. Speaking at the carmaker’s financial update last week, JLR chief executive, Adrian Mardell, said the firm needed to apologize to customers facing delays. JLR has downsized its UK parts supply network from 18 warehouses to one ‘super-centre’, the Mercia Park complex in Leicestershire, operated by its logistics partner Unipart Logistics. But since the “transition” started at the beginning of Q4 there have been problems supplying parts for Jaguar and Land Rover dealerships, and authorized repairers, leading to cars being parked…
Daihatsu, Toyota’s small car subsidiary, shuts down factories due to falsified safety tests
Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Japanese car maker Toyota, has shut down production lines at all four of its factories as the Japanese government investigates reports the company faked safety test results on some car models for more than 30 years. Key points: Daihatsu makes Hijet trucks and vans and Mira hatchbacks, small cars popular in Japan The company assembled about 870,000 vehicles at its factories in the 2022 fiscal year It will not say when production will resume, but local media says operations will be suspended through January The shutdown came a week after the company announced it was suspending…
10 products you need in your car this winter – National
The Curator independently decides what topics and products we feature. When you purchase an item through our links, we may earn a commission. Promotions and products are subject to availability and retailer terms. As the days get shorter and colder, preparing your vehicle for winter driving is crucial. According to the RCMP, in 2017 nearly 30 per cent of accidents happened on wet, snowy or icy roads. In addition to checking conditions before hitting the road, having a winter safety kit in your car is important. The CAA notes that 50 per cent of Canadians have such a kit in…
UAW: 13,000 auto workers go on strike. What’s at stake
DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn’t reach a deal with Detroit’s automakers. The United Auto Workers union is seeking big raises and better benefits from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. They want to get back concessions that the workers made years ago, when the companies were in financial trouble. A small percentage of the union’s 146,000 members walked off the job at a GM assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan, near Detroit; and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio,…
Samsung To Showcase End-to-End Automotive Solutions at IAA MOBILITY 2023 – Samsung Global Newsroom
Samsung Electronics to exhibit semiconductor solutions tailored for nearly every automotive function;Samsung Display to feature enhanced safety and innovative features of OLED displays;Samsung SDI to present next-generation EV battery products Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display and Samsung SDI today jointly announced their collaborative presence at the highly anticipated IAA MOBILITY1 2023 event, scheduled for Sept. 5-10 in Munich, Germany. In a united effort, the three Samsung affiliates will showcase a holistic range of automotive solutions set to redefine the landscape of connected mobility and captivate consumers and enterprises from around the globe. Samsung Electronics: Revolutionizing the Road Ahead Aligning automotive innovations…
GM Says It’s Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety
GM’s announcement earlier this year that it would begin phasing out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone connectivity on its new EVs and, eventually, all of its future products went over very poorly, to say the least. Those phone-mirroring programs are hugely popular among both new and used car buyers, making GM’s announcement difficult to understand. Now, the company has explained a bit more about its thinking toMotorTrend. While GM representatives did offer some basic reasons for ditching the beloved programs at the time of the announcement, the whole decision was poorly communicated. A two-page “media fact sheet” listed some…
New Year, New Cars: What’s Coming In 2024
The Polestar 3 and 4 are slated to join Polestar’s all-electric lineup after some delays. Polestar It’s time to look ahead and hope that all the talk about new electric SUVs, more hybrids and electrified versions of classics (Range Rover and Cadillac Escalade come to mind) comes to fruition, despite most carmakers scaling back production and electrification goals in the second half of this year. 2023 was mostly disappointed with delays and broken promises, but some of last year’s hopefuls should put it into production and drive ways in the next 12 months. We’ve compiled the top all-new cars that…