For years, the Volkswagen Jetta and its derivatives have basically owned the affordable German premium car marketplace. If a BMW proved too expensive, a Mercedes too flashy and an Audi too pretentious, the Volkswagen Jetta was a Bavarian sedan alternative that offered many of the same benefits of German lineage to shopper on a tighter budget.
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ROLLE, Switzerland - Infiniti, the first car manufacturer in Europe to introduce a 360 degree parking display, will again move the goal posts - or should that be gate posts - when it adds Moving Object Detection to its Around View Monitor system.
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DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford is the first automaker to use Wi-Fi provisioning on the assembly line to wirelessly deliver SYNC software to vehicles equipped with the new MyFord Touch driver connect technology as they are being built.
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Larry Alexander, who with his brother Mike ran the famed Alexander Brothers car customizing shop in Detroit, died Wednesday, Aug. 25. He was 79 years old.
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UAW President Bob King said workers' concessions helped save U.S. automakers and the employees should regain some benefits now that the industry is recovering. UAW members who work for U.S.
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Saab is holding technology-sharing talks with three vehicle makers to cut model-development costs and cement its recovery from near collapse.
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Saab Automobile is holding technology-sharing talks with three vehicle makers in an effort to cut model-development costs and cement its recovery from near collapse.
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Ford Motor Co., moving to wind down its Mercury brand, extended the dealer cash program offered on all Mercury products through September. The program, which allocates $1,500 per vehicle, was set to end Aug. 31.
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Five Chrysler Group dealers who were allowed to continue after the company's bankruptcy last year testified that they weren't asked to sign letters of intent -- unlike terminated dealers who prevailed in arbitration this spring.
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Ford Motor Co. said it is recalling 575,000 Windstar minivans in the U.S. and Canada because rear axles may corrode and break.
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In today's News Brake: RM prepares for Labor Day auction, BMW's Jack Pitney dies in a tractor accident, and test-driving the Audi A4 Avant . . . But Wait, There's More!
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The off-road racing accomplishments of Ivan "Ironman" Stewart might never be matched: 82 major wins in desert racing, 17 of them in the crash-and-bang Mickey Thompson stadium series, three Baja 1000s and others too numerous to squeeze in here over a...
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Avtovaz will launch a new ultra-cheap Lada next year, selling for EUR5,600 (US$7,100), its French partner Renault said on Friday.
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[Deep sigh]. Here we are, slaving away to keep track of all things automotive worldwide, and what did you lot read about the most in the last week? Trains...
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What will finally push the auto industry to change? 'Extremely profitable' companies, startup EV makers, pushy consumers and government regulations, according to panelists who spoke Wednesday at a Society of Automotive Analysts event.
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Lotus is preparing a high-risk concept-car blitz that will redefine its identity at this year's Paris motor show.
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A week before the US gets to mark Labor Day, we here in the UK are having Monday off, the 'bank holiday' that signals the end of what, we, with a straight face, call 'summer'.
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Lingenfelter Performance Engineering is reviving a name from the growing list of dead car companies, building a reimagined, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro-based Trans Am for the PlayStation generation.
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