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No doubt about it, China is HOT. Cars are being designed with the emerging market in mind. But are they being marketed there effectively? The…

Mini does something very well that makes a lot of other automakers very, very jealous. Mini sells more accessories and features then anyone else in the industry. Little customization options offered by Mini are a cash cow for the company. Those 300 dollar racing stripes cost next to nothing to produce or apply. With ever shrinking margins a strategy like this makes more and more sense.

Dodge has seen this, and they want in. The new Dodge Dart is about to get a whole host of new packages and options. Want new wheels and badges? That will be $400 please. Hopefully, the additional revenue from these packages and options will help Chrysler make a greater profit on its slow starting (sales wise) Dart.

Consumer Reports recently gave the Tesla Model S a score of 99 out of 100, and other media outlets immediately began proclaiming that the car…

Features which, in the past, were only found on premium models are now available on entry level models. From leather to feature rich infotainment systems, it is…

For most car companies profit margins are tight and made up for in the volume of sales. For luxury car companies the opposite is true.…

What gives a companies stock more value, history and size or a lot of raw potential? For the analysts on Wall Street, the answer is…

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has strict rules about safety and signaling features on vehicles, and for good reason. But these rules can…

GM has big plans in Indonesia. In the country of 240 million vehicle sales exceeded the one million mark last year and are only expected…

Quick, think back to econ 101. How can you deal with negative extranalitites? Quotas and pigovian taxes (gas guzzler tax’s for example), right? Sure, those…