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VW faces U.S. deadline for SUV emission repair plan

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Volkswagen faces a Feb. 2 deadline to submit a repair plan for 80,000 diesel SUVs and larger cars that emit excess pollution, even as it considers buying back some vehicles and a prior fix plan for smaller vehicles was rejected.
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Honda counting on sheep to stir interest in Ridgeline

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Honda debuted the Super Bowl ad for its 2017 Ridgeline truck today, nearly two weeks before it will play in front of an audience expected to top 100 million people nationwide.
Feb
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Tesla applies for dealership license in Michigan

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Tesla Motors has applied for a Michigan dealership license, a move the automaker said is intended to test a state law effectively banning the electric-vehicle maker's direct-sales model.
Feb
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GM gains conquest sales through Costco Auto promotion

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Sales generated under a holiday promotion to sell GM vehicles to Costco members were 34 percent higher than the previous year, and over half of those sales were to people who switched from other brands, Costco said today.
Feb
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BorgWarner shrugs off its Wall Street beating

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BorgWarner is being punished by Wall Street. So far, though, CEO James Verrier isn't worried. The powertrain supplier has witnessed its share price plummet nearly 47 percent over 12 months.
Feb
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CarMax CEO Tom Folliard to retire by end of year

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CarMax CEO Tom Folliard will retire by the end of the year, the used-car retailer said today. He will be succeeded by Bill Nash, the executive vice president of human resources.
Feb
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US January vehicle market saw strong retails

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Analysis by JD Power and LMC Automotive suggests that the month of January was a strong one for US vehicle retail sales, despite adverse weather in some parts of the country.   
Feb
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What is Carl Icahn’s plan for Federal-Mogul?

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When Federal-Mogul this month scrapped its plan to split in two, it raised eyebrows because it came right after its largest shareholder agreed to acquire the auto parts chain Pep Boys-Manny Moe and Jack.
Feb
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Project aims to establish human-like autonomous car reactions

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Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover is taking part in a research project that, it claims, will help future autonomous vehicles drive naturally like human drivers, rather than like robots.
Feb
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Steel supply problem halts Toyota output

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Toyota is halting production at all car assembly plants in Japan from 8 to 13 February due to a steel shortage following an explosion at a steel plant of one of its affiliates.
Feb
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Renault opens Dongfeng JV plant in China

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Carlos Ghosn, chairman and chief executive officer of Groupe Renault, and Zhu Yanfeng, chairman of Dongfeng Group, have opened the new Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company (DRAC) joint venture assembly plant in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
Feb
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French automakers lose domestic ground to rebounding VW

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French new-car registrations increased 3.5 percent in January, as Volkswagen Group appeared to shrug off the scandal over its diesel test-rigging with sales rising 12 percent, outpacing Renault and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen.
Feb
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French automakers lose ground to rebounding VW

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French new-car registrations increased 3.5 percent in January, as Volkswagen Group appeared to shrug off the scandal over its diesel test-rigging with sales rising 12 percent, outpacing Renault and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen.
Feb
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Surge in end-of-lease cars seen pressuring prices in record sales year

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A surge in cars and SUVs coming out of leases have analysts predicting pressure on prices of both used and new models, curbing investor enthusiasm over sales records projected for this year.
Feb
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Hyundai posts first monthly global sales decline since July

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Hyundai's sales fell for the first time in six months in January, dragged down by demand in emerging markets including China, Brazil and Russia.
Feb
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RHA tells drivers not to stop within 100 miles of Calais

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UK Road Haulage Association (RHA) claims the area around Calais is becoming a "war zone" as it warns drivers not to stop within 100 miles of the key northern France port.
Feb
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FCA inaugurates second Brazil development centre

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FCA Latin America has just opened its second development centre in Brazil in Recife, capital of the north-eastern state of Pernambuco, 70km/44miles from the group's newest manufacturing plant in Goiana, where Jeep and Fiat products are made.
Feb
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Kahn Design reveals £55k Defender ‘The End’ edition

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Kahn Design Defender front
News 1 Feb, 2016

Chelsea Truck Company and Kahn Design launch dramatic Defender final edition as Land Rover ends production

Feb
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Yanfeng Automotive Interiors VP on the Chinese luxury car market potential, young consumer preferences, urbanisation dynamics and creating a better life on board an autonomous car – Q&A

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Last summer saw the official launch of Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), a joint venture between Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co Ltd and Johnson Controls. YFAI has sales revenues of some $8.5 billion, an order backlog of $10 billion and expectations to gain further market share in China and other Asian markets. Its product portfolio includes instrument panels and cockpit systems, door panels, floor consoles and overhead consoles. Matthew Beecham caught up with Han Hendriks, Vice President Advanced Product Development & Sales at YFAI to learn more about the company's growth prospects.
Feb
1st

Modine assumes controlling share of China JV

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Thermal management company, Modine, says it has assumed a controlling share of a joint venture in China with privately-held Jiangsu Puxin Heat Exchange System after all closing conditions were completed.
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