Toyota is rolling out a service-reminder program for customers that will be overseen by the automaker but controlled by individual dealers. The program's software keeps track of service on every Toyota vehicle at any Toyota dealership.
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On a typical morning at Rick DeSilva's former Subaru dealership in northern New Jersey, cars would back up along the busy arterial road in front of his store while waiting to turn into the tiny lot.
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UAW President Bob King wants union representation on the boards of the Detroit 3, and sees the German auto industry as a model for a closer partnership with the domestic automakers. "We have asked for them in the past.
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Ford Motor Co. will funnel all of the discontinued Mercury brand's advertising budget into Lincoln, says the head of the Lincoln National Dealer Council. That will fund a Lincoln marketing blitz.
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When gasoline prices blew past $3 a gallon last week, the highest level in 26 months, it was tough news for consumers but a marketing boost for automakers trying to sell pricey new technology needed to meet tougher fuel economy rules that took...
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Automakers are pouring billions of dollars into fuel-efficient powertrains. But shapely sheet metal still sells cars -- which is why fresh design statements will be abundant at the North American International Auto Show next week.
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Mercedes has become the second team to have reportedly passed the mandatory FIA crash tests with its 2011 car.
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The Daytona International Speedway was repaved recently with a first test on the surface held less than a month ago. The results of that test were impressive and promise a great spectacle on January 29-30.
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Jos Verstappen has backed Ferrari's push to allow top teams to enter third cars in formula one.
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Fernando Alonso has landed himself in a controversy within the Spanish-language media. After arriving in a private jet for a holiday on the small Portuguese island of Porto Santo, the Ferrari driver lost his temper with a group of paparazzi photographers as he walked through the airport.
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Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil will race Force India's 2011 cars, with Nico Hulkenberg moving into the third cockpit role.
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A clean and tidy engine bay is always pleasing. This explains the engine-cover fad that has taken over where ignition wires and valve covers have left off.
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Johnson Controls, a leading global supplier of automotive interior systems and electronics, announced that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire KEIPER and the automotive sport and specialty seat business of Recaro.
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Sometimes a new car comes along, and although it doesn't take your breath away in any aspect, the way it accomplishes everything you ask of it is what makes it special. The Fiesta is like that.
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Volkswagen AG extended CEO Martin Winterkorn's contract by five years as he aims to complete a merger with Porsche SE and surpass Toyota Motor Corp. as the world's biggest carmaker.
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VW CEO Martin Winterkorn will continue to lead Europe's largest automaker for an additional five years, after the company extended his contract.
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Carlos Sainz (Volkswagen) was quickest of the first leg of the 2011 Dakar Rally-RAID, held between Victoria and Cordoba, in Argentina.
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The 2012 US grand prix could be good news for the son of an Irish former formula one driver. 57-year-old Derek Daly drove in the late 70s and early 80s for the likes of Tyrrell and Williams, later becoming a US citizen after switching to the CART series and settling in Indiana.
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The proposal of introducing plexiglass windscreens for the cockpits of Formula 1 cars, which was revealed by Italian reports about a week ago, could be replaced by a more simple head protection on both sides of the cockpit.
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Williams boss Adam Parr has hit out at claims Pastor Maldonado is little more than a "pay driver".
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