With the rest of the auto parts industry mired in slow sales and high costs, Manganello has challenged employees to step up the pace of innovation.

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In the last few weeks Gregory has got eight requests for proposals from liquor and auto companies--a sign, perhaps, of the long slow crawl from the bottom.

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The higher interest rates began cooling demand for auto loans in March, and expectations are that the economy will begin to slow from the 5.5% gain in the last 12 months ending March 31.

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The entire auto industry is moving to outsource bigger chunks of vehicles, but progress has been slow because of union opposition.

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The slow-down in consumer spending on new automobiles since 2008 has benefited auto parts companies during a period where people may have opted to repair or upgrade their old cars rather than purchase new ones.

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Ford has traditionally lagged other major auto majors such as GM, Volkswagen and Toyota in China primarily because it was too slow to enter the Chinese market.

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As in auto mode, in the manual setting you can adjust the quickness of shifts, from slow and smooth to so fast no human being could emulate the blinding-blur gear changes.

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