MANAGING EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: It's small yet big, boxy yet stylish, dull yet sporty. It's hard to figure these new boxes entering the U.S.
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A rejected-dealer leader asked a House panel today to follow up an audit of General Motors and Chrysler dealership terminations with an investigation of who was responsible for the flawed cutbacks.
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Report says company aims to start with loans to buyers with near-prime credit and is also looking to raise capital and considering a name change.
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Under its plan to reveal the Explorer online rather than at an auto show, the automaker gradually has been releasing information about the crossover on Facebook, including teaser images.
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Jeep and Mopar are teaming up to create a line of rugged trailers to go anywhere and haul anything.
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In News Brake: Honda and VW detail their electric future plans, Jay Leno gets in some high-Voltage trouble, and we test-drive the 2010 Ram 2500 Power Wagon . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Lithia Motors Inc. said today that it has expanded its presence in its home state by acquiring Honda of Bend and Bob Thomas Chevrolet-Cadillac in Bend, Ore., and has divested its Dodge store in Fresno, Calif. The transaction prices were undisclosed.
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China's passenger-car sales have risen every month since February 2009 after the government halved consumption taxes on small vehicles. SAIC, a partner of General Motors Co.
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The SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture will introduce a new brand -- Baojun -- to market its future lineup of passenger cars. The partnership among General Motors Co., Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.
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Volkswagen is getting serious about hybrids and electric vehicles, and CEO Martin Winterkorn said they will account for three percent of VWand#8217;s global sales by 2018, according to a Bloomberg report.
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Honda says it has improved the specification and settings of its Insight hybrid in response to early customer feedback, with suspension adjusted improve ride and a higher-spec interior.
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Fisker Automotive has finalised its purchase of a former GM factory where it will build plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
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Bearings and clutch specialist Schaeffler plans investments of around EUR300m (US$389m) by the end of 2012 to build three new factories and expand capacity at its existing 11 plants in Asia.
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Renault has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Istanbul Enerji, a subsidiary of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, to implement a program aimed at preparing for a zero-emission partnership.
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General Motors on Tuesday broke ground for the GM China Advanced Technical Center.
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In an effort to strengthen its European engineering capability to design, develop, engineer and test, Denso's German subsidiary has expanded its Aachen Engineering Centre (AEC) in Wegberg, Germany.
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Dealer advocates are questioning whether a federal audit that challenged dealership cuts by General Motors and Chrysler was delayed until after arbitration hearings were completed.
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