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Aug
17th

Duplicating vehicle engineering pushes costs and prices higher

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Since the beginning of 2012, at least 12 major global automakers have introduced or announced plans to launch small, three-cylinder engines.
Aug
17th

Clout or count? NAMAD debates strategies

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Minority dealers should consider joining forces with other partners to create bigger dealership groups, said the head of the largest black-owned dealership group in the U.S.
Aug
16th

Toyota loses China output as plants stay shut on Tianjin blasts

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Toyota will lose its biggest source of car production within China for at least three days, as automakers struggle to assess the damage of last week's explosions in the port city of Tianjin.
Aug
16th

Pebble Beach culminates auto-mania week

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When it began 65 years ago, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance was just a one-day affair. Now the day has become a week. It includes road rallies, races, auctions, displays, seminars, exhibitions, parties and, underpinning it all, marketing.
Aug
16th

Infiniti prepares to enter 2.0-turbo fight

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Infiniti will be able to stand nose-to-nose with some of its bigger competitors in five months with one of the luxury segment's hottest features -- a small turbo-charged engine.
Aug
16th

Shelby to market 50 Daytona re-creations

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Shelby American has re-created the historic U.S. racecar that knocked Ferrari off its pedestal in 1965 -- the Shelby Daytona Cobra coupe -- for a limited run of 50 cars.
Aug
16th

Henrik Fisker designs exotic convertible for Galpin

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Luxury designer Henrik Fisker has created a convertible variation of the Ford GT Mustang to be sold by Galpin Auto Sports of Los Angeles.
Aug
16th

Finelli gets serious about improving FCA’s supplier relations

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In various surveys, suppliers have given Fiat Chrysler's purchasing unit low grades. Tom Finelli, the automaker's vice president of purchasing in North America, wants to change that.
Aug
16th

De Nysschen’s Cadillac: On track, but a slow one

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Johan de Nysschen says his first-year report card offers a glimpse of his vision for the future, one in which Cadillacs are coveted luxury goods rather than simply decent cars that consumers will consider if the deal is enticing enough.
Aug
16th

FCA takes guesswork out of dealers’ weighty decisions

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Fiat Chrysler is introducing an online analyzer that allows dealers to forecast potential returns from expanding their service operations.
Aug
15th

The man charged with meeting Nissan’s profit-margin goal

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Trevor Mann, Nissan's chief performance officer and a self-declared efficiency fanatic, has the automaker within striking distance of its goal of an 8 percent operating-profit margin by spring 2017.
Aug
15th

Automakers scout the startup world for next-wave technology

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Automakers, who know it's risky to ignore the fountain of ingenuity found at startups, are forming relationships with companies through endeavors such as "hackathons," in which developers devise apps during competitions, and startup accelerators.
Aug
14th

Ford headlight failures and wrecks draw second U.S. probe

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Some Ford sedans are being scrutinized by U.S. regulators for the second time since 2008 after continuing reports that headlights suddenly turn off, leading motorists to veer off roadways and sometimes crash.
Aug
14th

FCA’s union workers set strike authorization vote for Aug. 20

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The UAW has scheduled a strike authorization vote on Aug. 20 for its 37,000 members at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
Aug
14th

Apple eyes proving grounds for self-driving car, report says

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Apple is looking into using a former military base northeast of San Francisco as a high-security proving ground for autonomous vehicles it is developing, according to an online report by The Guardian, a British newspaper.
Aug
14th

Tesla note irks some Model S owners

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Tesla Motors annoyed some owners of its Model S cars with an e-mail requesting that they stop hogging the free fast-charging stations the electric-vehicle maker provides to ease long-distance travel.
Aug
14th

Delphi adds tech executive to its board

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Delphi Automotive said it has expanded its board of directors to include tech industry veteran Bethany Mayer.
Aug
14th

Prosecutors drop case against Porsche board

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Stuttgart prosecutors have dropped a case against members of Porsche Automobil's supervisory board, which includes Ferdinand Piech and Wolfgang Porsche, for suspected market manipulation.
Aug
14th

German prosecutors drop case against Porsche board

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German prosecutors have dropped a case against members of Porsche Automobil's supervisory board, which includes Ferdinand Piech and Wolfgang Porsche, for suspected market manipulation.
Aug
14th

Fiat Chrysler poised to keep momentum after Ferrari spinoff

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A recovering European car market, improving margins and well-received new models have made some analysts more bullish that Fiat Chrysler's shares will continue to rise even after it spins off Ferrari.
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