Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - (Page 17) AUGUST 4, 2008 • 17 Spend Less - Get More! Citizenship Don Beyer Volvo in Falls Church, Va., sponsored a blood drive for the American Red Cross. The dealership offered a free oil change or free gasoline to employees and customers who donated blood. Mike Beyer is the dealer principal. Affordable Easy-To-Use “ Perfect for the dealer who has grown too big for Autosoft and Adam or needs to replace their R+R or ADP System” Sandi Jerome Editor Digital Dealer Milestones Dealer Management Suite ACCESS® ■ 25 with Subaru Richard Macleay, left, of the Car Store in Norwich, Vt., receives a 25-year award for Subaru from Tomohiko Ikeda, CEO of Subaru of America. Donald Toresco of Autoland Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep in Springfield, N.J., received a 30-year award for Chrysler Financial. Gene Reed of Gene Reed Toyota in North Charleston, S.C., received a 25-year award for Toyota from Southeast Toyota Distributors. or she has received a civic award or is involved in a charitable organization or if the dealer or the dealership has made a sizable donation. Tell us the name of the charity, the town, a brief description of what it does, the amount of money and how it was raised. Please don’t send the ■ Silver dealer Bob Clapper, left, vice president, and Jim Fagan, president, of Fagan Chevrolet-Cadillac in Janesville, Wis., received 25-year awards from General Motors for Chevrolet and Cadillac. information until after the event. E-mail items to : autonews@crain.com Or send them to: Dealers Section Automotive News 1155 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48207-2997 . Windows Based . NO LONG TERM CONTRACTS 1-800-227-8187 Prompt 5 www.ACSaccess.com Citizenship We invite news items for the dealers section. Please include your telephone number or e-mail address. Please tell us the dealer’s name, the dealership name and city. Let us know if he ACS ACCESS: The Complete DMS Automotive Computer Services, Inc. - Mobile AL Microsoft will offer Live Search Leslie J. Allen lallen@crain.com The software that powers infotainment systems such as Ford Sync soon may allow motorists to do Internet searches — likely by voice — while they drive. Microsoft Corp. will make its Live Search Web search engine available as part of its Microsoft Auto software. Live Search is a service similar to Yahoo! or Google. It would be up to individual automakers and suppliers to decide whether to implement Live Search in vehicles, navigation units and radios and to decide how drivers would access the information. “Part of this should be voice-driven,” said Tom Phillips, the new general manager of Microsoft’s automotive business unit. “Part of it may still require a glance or some other textual type of information.” Phillips said the search engine should start appearing in vehicles in 12 to 18 months, as portable or in-vehicle equipment. Ford Motor Co. spokesman Alan Hall would not say whether Live Search would become part of Sync. “We’re always looking to add new applications” to Sync, he said. “Our plans have always been to leverage the platform approach of Sync and add new features and capabilities as we see fit from a customer perspective.” Microsoft’s Tom Phillips: People want the same services in their vehicles as they have at their desks. Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group plans to introduce an infotainment product based on the Microsoft Auto software in 2010. “We’ll have the capability to offer” search, said spokesman Jim Trainor, but the carmaker “can’t say yet” whether it will. Microsoft says drivers and passengers could use Live Search to find local attractions such as restaurants. Directions, reviews and menus might be available. Search results could be narrowed to the driver’s ZIP code. “People want services that make their lives easier. They want things that save them time. They want services that do the same things for them in their vehicle that they get when they’re at their desk,” said Phillips, who recently succeeded Martin Thall as head of the automotive unit. Consumers, Phillips said, “think nothing of going to Live.com or perhaps another search site because we need information, but how is it we get into our car and we’re totally cut off — with no access to the information?” c Anniversary autonews.com/pace Looking for a cure for … I Improving your customer retention? I Growing your customer pay business? I Increasing your bottom line profits? Get a free diagnosis of your dealership at lu Cal s ’ll f 39 You -829… ! tter l be 00 ee 1 0 -80 www.mightycure.com The Automotive Dealership Specialists http://www.ACSaccess.com http://www.ACSaccess.com http://autonews.com/pace http://Live.com http://autonews.com/pace http://www.mightycure.com http://www.mightycure.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Automotive News - August 4, 2008 Automotive News - August 4, 2008 Losing leases: It hurts already Crisis at Chrysler: Buyers bail GM's really bad news: Its revenue Lincoln reworks bonus plan for dealers Pain spreads beyond Detroit: Nissan offers employee buyouts Mitsubishi changes dealer advisory board GM repeats employee discount program Ford merges brands' sales, marketing After 5 funky years, Toyota's Scion now finds itself in a funk It's a body, er, a bus by Fisher At Tech Center, form follows function Industry nemesis again turns up heat on climate Right products, diverse customers raise suppliers' profits Last-minute leases swamp Chrysler With leases off the table, Chrysler offers new sales incentives GM favors 4 endorsed vendors of dealer management systems GKN to supply F-150 FX4's differential For sale: 2 Metaldyne plants 1 week's notice: Chrysler dealers deserved better Get used to the roller coaster That 1934 Reo had a clutch pedal We sell what the public wants Decision makers can't use hindsight Detroit's truck trauma is self-inflicted Why won't consumers buy Detroit cars? Speaking of ads, don't overlook VW Software helps dealers manage parts Service survey: Customer satisfaction rises Researcher: Vehicles can prevent crashes Personnel Microsoft will offer Live Search Dealers Picture This Nissan offers buyouts to its Tenn. workers Lincoln-Mercury exec joins Kia Kaline out at Ford Penske earnings drop slightly Asbury will move; profits slip S&P downgrades American Axle Best sales news: July is over Now THAT'S resale value ... Sirius-XM satellite radio deal: A mixed bag Don't be misled by Chery's sales; it's a key player McCurdy applies some political (tire) pressure A star is born: The saga of the shrinking sticker Our flag is still there Obama-mobile? Or McCain-carrier? Automotive News - August 4, 2008 Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - (Page Intro) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - GM's really bad news: Its revenue (Page 1) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - GM's really bad news: Its revenue (Page 2) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Ford merges brands' sales, marketing (Page 3) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - After 5 funky years, Toyota's Scion now finds itself in a funk (Page 4) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - After 5 funky years, Toyota's Scion now finds itself in a funk (Page 5) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Right products, diverse customers raise suppliers' profits (Page 6) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Right products, diverse customers raise suppliers' profits (Page 7) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - With leases off the table, Chrysler offers new sales incentives (Page 8) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - With leases off the table, Chrysler offers new sales incentives (Page 9) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - For sale: 2 Metaldyne plants (Page 10) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - For sale: 2 Metaldyne plants (Page 11) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Decision makers can't use hindsight (Page 12) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Decision makers can't use hindsight (Page 13) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Speaking of ads, don't overlook VW (Page 14) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Service survey: Customer satisfaction rises (Page 15) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Personnel (Page 16) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Dealers (Page 17) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Dealers (Page 18) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Picture This (Page 19) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Picture This (Page 20) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Picture This (Page 21) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Picture This (Page 22) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Picture This (Page 23) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Nissan offers buyouts to its Tenn. workers (Page 24) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - S&P downgrades American Axle (Page 25) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - S&P downgrades American Axle (Page 26) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Best sales news: July is over (Page 27) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Best sales news: July is over (Page 28) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Best sales news: July is over (Page 29) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Obama-mobile? Or McCain-carrier? (Page 30) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Obama-mobile? Or McCain-carrier? (Page 31) Automotive News - August 4, 2008 - Obama-mobile? Or McCain-carrier? (Page 32)
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