Furthermore, since multi-policy discounts for homeowners and auto insurance depend on having both policies with the same company, this could mean you now need to change auto insurers as well, McCarthy says.
But Painter no doubt learned a hard lesson about how difficult it is to force change in the auto industry.
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Still, lobbyists for several auto makers said they sense a change in tone from the administration and no longer expect limits on the technology.
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The United Auto Workers will fiercely resist such a change--initially.
On the other hand, Zerbe said, another tax change Congress is considering could hurt auto dealers--and needs to be rethought.
And a lot of that comes from that talent base that's been shed as part of the process associated with the downturn and the change and the shrinking of the auto industry.
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The government wants to change that, by adding burdensome taxes on auto imports.
We said to the auto industry, you're going to have to truly change, not just pretend like you're changing.
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Option number one was to keep on doing what the previous administration had been doing, which is basically give about a billion dollars a month to the auto industry, but not really ask for any kind of change that would get it on the right track.
The biggest change for dealers is shoppers armed with research culled from auto advice Web sites like Consumer Reports, Edmunds or Kelley Blue Book.
At the same time, he expects the subtle moral message will come through clearly enough to change viewers' behavior, persuading them to buy more auto and homeowners policies.
Just in industries directly related to autos, trillions of dollars change hands each year flowing to and from auto insurers, auto financiers, service and repair shops, rental agencies, taxi operators, fleet managers, oil companies, transportation and logistics companies, emergency rooms, health insurers, medical practices, personal-injury lawyers, government taxing authorities, road-construction companies, parking-lot operators, and on and on and on.
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Auto makers in India have been increasing their production of diesel vehicles because of the change in customer preference.
After its bankruptcy sale to Chinese auto supplier Wanxiang Group, battery-maker A123 Systems Inc. was required to change its name as part of its agreement.
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The moves will open up the world's No. 1 auto maker to its first outside directors in its 76-year history, accelerate generational change in the executive ranks and streamline the company's decision-making.
The move has been years overdo, auto manufactures moved to fuel-injection systems year ago for greater fuel efficiency, but NASCAR feared the change could open new doors for cheating.
"Clearly, I haven't been at Boeing for six years now, but I will assure you that the 787 is going to change the flying experience again, just like every other Boeing airplane, " he said at the Detroit auto show.
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