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first some intruduction about cobalt
Cobalt is North America’s leading provider of automotive marketing services. For thirteen years, Cobalt’s mission has been to help automobile dealers and manufacturers increase their retailing effectiveness and profitability.
Cobalt provides marketing services to nearly half of the automotive dealerships in the United States, as well as automotive dealers in Canada and Mexico. Cobalt’s marketing services are endorsed by two-thirds of the world’s major automotive manufacturers.

cobalt today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Kia Motors America (KMA) as the solely endorsed website provider for all Kia dealer websites. Kia Motors of America selected Cobalt for Kia’s iPower Website Services program, a new phase of Integrated Marketing Services for Kia dealers.

The new iPower websites, built by Cobalt, are designed to provide Kia dealers with a highly engaging, powerful and integrated online showroom, and will fully integrate into the Kia iPower program. Program integration allows for enhanced reporting and visibility into interactive trends and opportunities while reducing lead duplication.

These leading edge website bundles offer highly engaging tools and assets for consumer interaction, custom designs to enhance the Kia brand and more flexibility than ever before for the Kia dealer to create and manage website content, features and other important integrations they need to build their own unique brand. The iPower Websites also offer brand new, consumer-tested vehicle inventory search and display that increase visitor to lead ratios with compelling imagery and layouts.

“Kia dealers recognize that shoppers are using Internet search sites, as well as dealer websites, more than ever in the vehicle shopping process. With that in mind, we have developed the iPower Website Program to give Kia customers a highly engaging internet shopping experience,” says Ryan Wein, Kia Motors America’s Internet Lead Marketing Manager.

“We chose Cobalt because they understand customer’s needs and they offer a comprehensive solution that will greatly benefit Kia dealers. The new iPower Website Program provides our dealers with a new, best-in-class inventory solution, brand new, flexible website designs, industry-leading organic search optimization and iPower program integration.

“These new websites also provide our dealers with the opportunity to easily make edits and the ability to tailor their websites to meet local business conditions.”

Cobalt’s website platform incorporates frameless architecture, best-in-class organic search compatibility, and enhanced content management tools making it easier than ever to update dealer websites.

“Cobalt is excited to expand our relationship with Kia through the iPower Websites program. KMA understands that consumers today are using the dealership website as a central point of reference making it a direct extension of the physical store,” Cobalt CEO John Holt said. “Kia and Cobalt agree that the best strategy for success is to maximize Kia dealer investments in online marketing and advertising through improved coordination by leveraging the Kia brand site features and content at the dealer level, which improves the consumer experience and increases visitor-to-lead conversion.”

Cobalt is North America’s leading provider of automotive marketing services. For thirteen years, Cobalt’s mission has been to help automobile dealers and manufacturers increase their retailing effectiveness and profitability.

http://auto-part-manufacturer.net—recently china auto part company face the crisis that never had. since 2005 china auto part export has became one of the largest income of china auto parts manufacturers.but the dont have any Competitiveness except low prices. due to the exchange rate of RMB change dramatic and the steel price rise, china auto part manufacturers can not offer low price anymore.
according to one of the  bottom  manufacturers saids to reporter that baosteel has raise the steel price 10% to them.they have no choice but except it.

due to the price crisis made in china auto part has lost over 10 millions USD orders

vice-secretary-general of china auto part association dong jian ping said: the only way to avoid this kind crisis is to change from “made in china” to “create by china” which means that china auto part should spend more money and energy on create the core Competitiveness like technology,quality.

After testing the new Audi A4 for passive crash safety, the Euro NCAP consortium awarded the vehicle five stars, the highest rating possible.
• Mid-sized model one of the safest cars in its class
• Highest rating possible for the new A4 Saloon

The results achieved by the new Audi A4 for adult protection in frontal and side crashes as well as child and pedestrian protection make it one of the safest vehicles in its class.

The mid-sized model from the brand with the four rings was put to the test for passive vehicle safety by Euro NCAP. The consortium, consisting of international representatives from European ministries of transport, automotive clubs, insurance companies and consumer protection agencies, comprehensively examined the crash performance of new vehicles.

The Euro NCAP’s demanding test requirements substantially exceed the guidelines stipulated by European lawmakers. The data collected on the A4 for driver and passenger safety in frontal and side crashes earned the vehicle five stars, the best rating possible. The Audi A4 offers good protection for children as well: the test results for child safety are also high, with four stars earned.

Founded in 1997, the Euro NCAP consortium conducts crash tests with all of the important vehicles on the European market. It seeks to systematically improve safety in traffic, thus protecting the lives of all road users.

Audi regards providing partner protection for pedestrians and cyclists as an important task. A vehicle front end designed specifically to comply with this safety philosophy helps to mitigate consequences in the event of an accident. This development is rewarded with two of four possible stars in the Euro NCAP test.

Audi attaches even greater importance to the key issue of active safety in accident prevention. A high-performance, standard ESP brake system with brake assist was therefore one of the main requirements in the development of the new Audi A4, and helps the A4 to achieve excellent results in independent comparative tests. In addition, customers can benefit from a wide range of optional driver assistance systems previously available only in luxury-class automobiles. These include a radar-supported adaptive cruise control system with Audi braking guard that actively warns the driver in several stages of an impending collision, Audi lane assist and Audi side assist.