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Jan
14th

Android Auto architect Brenner sees a ‘virtuous cycle’ in common car software

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In the days before Google launched the Android operating system in 2008, engineers had to rewrite the code for Google Maps dozens of times for different smartphones. It was a hassle, but Android changed all that.
Jan
14th

Nigeria state bank to sell stake in Peugeot production plant

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Nigeria's state-backed bank AMCON plans to sell its majority stake in PSA/Peugeot-Citroen's local joint venture. The bank is seeking bids from investors with experience in automobile manufacturing.
Jan
14th

Italy consumer group to appeal after VW CO2 class action rejected

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Italian consumer group Altroconsumo will launch an appeal after a court rejected its class action case against Volkswagen in which it accused the carmaker of understating the level of CO2 emissions in one of its Golf models.
Jan
14th

Nigeria state bank to sell stake in Peugeot factory

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Nigeria's state-backed bank AMCON plans to sell its majority stake in PSA/Peugeot-Citroen's local joint venture. The bank is seeking bids from investors with experience in automobile manufacturing.
Jan
13th

Ford will ultimately get its due from Wall Street, Fields says

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Ford CEO Mark Fields said delivering strong results is the best way for the automaker to counter the skeptics on Wall Street who sent its shares sliding 5.1 percent Wednesday.
Jan
13th

Dealerships accuse Fiat Chrysler of falsifying U.S. sales

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Two Fiat Chrysler dealerships that are part of a suburban Chicago dealer group filed a civil racketeering suit against Fiat Chrysler, alleging the automaker offered dealers large amounts of money to report unsold vehicles as sold.
Jan
13th

BMW M4 Competition Pack raises the bar to 444bhp

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Articles 14 Jan, 2016

The BMW M3 and M4 benefit from a host of upgrades that add more kit and more power

Jan
13th

BMW M4 Competiton Package

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Jan
13th

GM economist sees another record sales year in 2016

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U.S. auto sales are headed for another record year in 2016, thanks to overall U.S. economic growth, cheap gasoline, job growth and 'very, very good' credit availability, GM Chief Economist Mustafa Mohatarem said Wednesday.
Jan
13th

Naming GM’s Barra chairman was ‘tone deaf,’ activist investor says

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Harry Wilson, the activist investor who last year prodded General Motors to buy back $5 billion in stock, says that GM's recent move to make CEO Mary Barra board chairman was 'remarkably tone deaf,' even as he applauded her performance.
Jan
13th

Auction head urges retailers to see themselves as a consumer’s resource

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Lead the retail transformation by staying focused on connecting people to the right car, the president of the nation's largest auto auction company says. That means retailers should see themselves as a resource for consumers.
Jan
13th

Supplier Roechling extols engine encapsulation

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German supplier Roechling Automotive is betting the next step in aerodynamic technology is something called engine encapsulation.
Jan
13th

Detroit interview – Ford CEO Mark Fields

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Ford's Fields tells just auto he wants to revolutionise the automotive customer experience.
Jan
13th

BMW tailors its pitch to the young and wealthy

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BMW of North America knows millennial customers are the future for the industry, but it wants the top 1 percent -- those with a household income of $150,000-plus, says the company's CEO.
Jan
13th

Jonas describes the gap between traditional automakers and newcomers

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Defending against interlopers is almost impossible for the traditional auto industry, Adam Jonas says.
Jan
13th

Autonomous cars will challenge technology infrastructure, panelists say

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Twenty years from now, the auto industry will have tens of millions self-driving vehicles on the road, but it may require automakers to share data with municipalities -- and each other.
Jan
13th

Chuck Norris and giggles: What people think of Honda’s ’17 Ridgeline

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Honda's newest Ridgeline looks truer to a pickup while retaining platform ties to its Honda siblings, namely the Honda Odyssey minivan and Pilot crossover, and the Acura MDX crossover.
Jan
13th

Plastech founder Julie Nguyen Brown dies

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Julie Nguyen Brown, a Vietnamese immigrant who founded and presided over what was once the largest minority-owned U.S. auto supplier, has died.
Jan
13th

Ford boosts Europe sales 11% in 2015

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Ford Motor Company sales in Europe increased 11% year on year in 2015 and the company said it became the region's top commercial vehicle brand last year for the first time in 18 years.
Jan
13th

Ford explores carbon fibre engines and electric turbocharging at Detroit

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News 13 Jan, 2016

In the pursuit of lighter, more efficient engines, Ford is exploring less conventional ways of saving fuel

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