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May
31st

Automakers race to meet sizzling demand for performance vehicles

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Despite ever-tightening emissions laws and fuel economy requirements, sales of high-performance models in the U.S. have outpaced global growth since the teeth of the recession in 2009.
May
31st

BMW partner will build X4 in Russia from U.S. kits

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BMW will add production of the X4 SUV in Russia with local partner Avtotor using kits shipped from the automaker's U.S. plant. BMW and rival Mercedes-Benz are keen on Russian production despite the market's downturn to avoid import tariffs.
May
31st

Designers aim at China’s new generation

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The brash design of Nissan's designed-for-China Lannia sedan, which even its chief engineer admits probably wouldn't fly elsewhere, represents a bid to win the coveted 20-something segment that soon could account for half the Chinese market.
May
31st

PSA defends high self registrations for upscale DS cars

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DS Automobiles, the youngest brand in PSA/Peugeot-Citroen's stable, has defended the high number of cars it sells through so-called self registrations, a practice that hurts profitability.
May
31st

BMW partner will produce X4 in Russia from U.S.-built kits

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BMW will add production of the X4 SUV in Russia with local partner Avtotor using kits shipped from the automaker's U.S. plant. BMW and rival Mercedes-Benz are keen on Russian production despite the market's plunging sales to avoid import tariffs.
May
30th

Regulated France is fertile ground for car-sharing

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Drivy, a French firm that helps car owners rent out their vehicles, has bought a German rival in the latest sign that France is becoming a hub for the booming vehicle-sharing sector, with help rather than hindrance from the country's notorious red...
May
30th

Regulated France is fertile ground for car-sharing industry

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Drivy, a French firm that helps car owners rent out their vehicles, has bought a German rival in the latest sign that France is becoming a hub for the booming vehicle-sharing sector, with help rather than hindrance from the country's notorious red...
May
30th

Audi boss focuses on SUVs to win consumers’ hearts

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Audi CEO Rupert Stadler, 52, is particularly bullish about the automaker's fast-growing SUV lineup.
May
30th

California bends but doesn’t yield on ZEVs

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Jaguar, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru and Volvo may be small, but California won't spare them from putting electrified vehicles on the market.
May
30th

UAW’s rich health care wears a bull’s-eye

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The UAW may be forced to compromise on the rich health care benefits paid its members to secure other gains in the upcoming Detroit 3 contract talks.
May
29th

GM recalls 375,000 heavy-duty trucks with Takata airbags

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GM is recalling about 375,000 heavy-duty pickup trucks equipped with passenger-side airbag inflators made by Takata. And Subaru will expand a recall of Impreza compact cars with Takata airbags to about 80,000 from 20,000.
May
29th

Harman acquires Bang and Olufsen Automotive

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Harman Industrial Industries, a supplier of infotainment, audio and software services, said today it has completed the $156 million acquisition of Bang and Olufsen Automotive, a supplier of audio products to luxury automakers.
May
29th

Tesla’s Texas push runs out of juice

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Elon Musk has been shut out of the Lone Star state again.
May
29th

American Axle may land tenants for Detroit site

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American Axle and Manufacturing is in talks with prospective manufacturing tenants to be located at its former manufacturing grounds near the company's Detroit headquarters.
May
29th

2 car salesmen rescue trucker from fiery crash in Minn.

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Two car salesmen from neighboring dealerships in suburban Minneapolis teamed up Wednesday afternoon to save a life.
May
29th

Daimler chases Tesla in solar-powered batteries

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Daimler is chasing Tesla Motors in a push to sell batteries for storing energy generated in daylight hours from rooftop solar panels to homeowners and businesses.
May
29th

VEHICLE ANALYSIS: New TTS & Audis for 2016 and beyond

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Has Audi ever bettered the styling of the original AU314 TT? Certainly to many eyes, the second generation model was a disappointment, but the progressive tech and aggressive looks of the new model are a big step ahead, especially in TTS form.
May
29th

Ford F-150 output pinched by frame shortage, workers say

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Production of the redesigned, aluminum-bodied Ford F-150 has been slowed by a shortage of frames from a supplier's plant in Kentucky, according to workers and a UAW official.
May
29th

INDONESIA: Suzuki opens second vehicle plant

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Suzuki has opened its new Cikarang car assembly plant in the Greenland International Industrial Centre east of Jakarta.
May
29th

US: GM pays 306 claims from ‘ignition switch’ compensation fund

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Latest on GM's long-running 'ignition switch' recall/compensation saga: according to US media reports, bankruptcy judge Robert Gerber has put on hold dozens of lawsuits accusing the automaker of concealing the ignition switch defect while plaintiffs in those cases appeal his earlier ruling that found their cases barred.
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