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May
23rd

Honda Pilot seeks a smoother landing

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Honda's redesigned 2016 Pilot is a chance for a major course correction after the previous generation's design and timing set it off in the wrong direction.
May
23rd

Regulators, automakers, entrepreneurs push to break through the V2V roadblock

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Vehicle-to-vehicle communications, which allows vehicles to signal their locations to one another and possibly avert collisions, is starting to look like the auto industry's version of a Catch-22.
May
23rd

Union effort at Toyota Canada stirs to life

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The April announcement that Toyota will move Corolla production from Canada to a new Mexican plant has rejuvenated a unionizing campaign aimed at the automaker.
May
23rd

GM promotes former Opel engineer to Asian tech center chief

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General Motors named former Opel engineer Tobias Suenner as president of its technical center in Shanghai. Suenner moves to the role from his current job as GM's chief engineer for compact cars.
May
22nd

Feds find GM acted criminally in ignition switch defect, NYT says

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The Justice Department has determined that GM's failure to recall millions of defective ignition switches for years involved criminal wrongdoing and could file criminal charges against some of the company's former employees, The New York...
May
22nd

Jaguar Land Rover close to deciding on eastern European plant, report says

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Jaguar Land Rover is close to deciding on a factory in eastern Europe, the Financial Times reported. The automaker has shortlisted Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary as potential countries for the plant, the paper said.
May
22nd

Wal-Mart revamps auto-care centers

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Wal-Mart's auto centers, the car-maintenance areas attached to many of its stores, are getting a service overhaul. To improve the experience and entice more customers, the company is dedicating staffing and training programs to the department.
May
22nd

Hyundai to boost output of Tucson SUV

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Hyundai said today it would boost output of its Tucson SUV by adding production at a South Korean assembly line that currently makes sedans in order to meet demand from markets including the United States.
May
22nd

Connected cars could face data traffic jams, study says

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Traffic jams in the future could cause potentially dangerous data snarl-ups as cars packed with entertainment, safety and navigation features vie for airwaves with smartphones, tablets and networked features in other vehicles, according to a study.
May
22nd

Porsche recalls 918 Spyder on cooling system risk

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Porsche today launched a precautionary worldwide recall of its 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid sportscar, which can cost up to $937,000, saying a carbon fiber part could damage the cooling system and needed to be checked.
May
22nd

Wraps come off stunning BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage concept car

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BMW Hommage concept - front
News 22 May, 2015

BMW unveils striking CSL Hommage concept at Villa d’Este in tribute to iconic 3.0 CSL from the seventies

May
22nd

VW will evaluate ad agency work, report says

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Volkswagen Group has reached out to advertising companies about an impending global media agency review, people familiar with the matter told Advertising Age, an affiliate of Automotive News.
May
22nd

New Zagato Mostro pays homage to 1950s Maserati

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2015 Zagato Mostro Maserati side
News 22 May, 2015

Design house Zagato has revealed a stunning coachbuilt Mostro sports car with Maserati V8 - and only 5 will be built

May
22nd

Recall completion rates declining, Autotrader surveys show

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Following what's shaping up to be the largest industrywide recall in U.S. automotive history, automakers might have to convince recall-fatigued consumers to bring affected vehicles in for repairs.
May
22nd

Zagato Mostro Maserati concept – Pictures

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May
22nd

Winterkorn says it will take time to replace Piech on Audi board

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Audi Chairman Martin Winterkorn said finding a board replacement for Ferdinand Piech will take time. Piech quit his Audi board role along with other VW Group posts last month after a public showdown with Winterkorn.
May
22nd

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Driving for fun…

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I was at the SMMT's annual test day yesterday. At this agreeable event, vehicle manufacturers make cars available for journalists to drive at a proving ground, so it's an opportunity to get an update on latest product and meet up with people - either arranged or because you happen to bump into them.
May
22nd

Audi open to others joining bid for Nokia mapping unit

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Audi could imagine more bidders for Nokia's HERE maps business, the automaker's research and development chief, Ulrich Hackenberg, said.
May
22nd

Daimler boosts German plant investment as it adds two new models

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Daimler plans to invest 750 million euros ($834 million) to modernize its Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen, Germany, in preparation to build two new models.
May
22nd

“A Motorists’ Party for Britain is needed – and here’s where it starts”

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Motorists party opinion
Opinion 22 May, 2015

Britain - or some parts of it - needs a political party for motorists, says columnist Mike Rutherford

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