The Dealer 5 | April 6, 2015

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Nissan rocks in Mexico with an industry-leading 26.5% of market share, “so there’s no reason to be below 10% in the U.S.,” says CEO Carlos Ghosn. He adds that dealers play a key role in reaching that goal.

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Once rapped for staid designs, Lexus is getting edgy in the style department. The new RX marks the spot there. Front and center in risk taking: that controversial spindle grille.   

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Ford will only make 250 GT super sports cars a year, and the automaker is trying to figure out how to allocate them. So it’s telling dealers to cool it in taking customer orders.

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The latest state to ban Tesla’s factory-direct sales is West Virginia, where a legislative leader owns a Nissan store. He abstains from voting on the bill, but beefs that the only person using his dealership’s EV charger is a Tesla driver.