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Feb
23rd

New Brabus S 63 850 Biturbo Coupe is limited to 217mph

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Brabus 850 Biturbo Coupe front
News 23 Feb, 2015

Brabus announces it will bring a tuned version of the Mercedes S 63 Coupe to Geneva, with 1,450Nm of torque and all-wheel drive.

Feb
23rd

AUSTRALIA: Kia holds back electric and hybrid vehicles

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Kia is holding back its electric and hybrid vehicles in Australia expecting the government to introduce policies that might encourage the development of a charging infrastructure, and the introduction and purchase of EVs, Jeff Shafer, Kia Australia's senior product manager, said.
Feb
23rd

Bentley Bentayga spied during tests

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Bentley's first SUV, the Bentayga, was photographed undergoing cold weather testing near the Arctic Circle.
Feb
23rd

JAPAN: Honda chief quits

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Honda Motor's controversial president, chief operating officer and representative director Takanobu Ito has quit and will be replaced by Takahiro Hachigo, currently the company's managing officer, who will become senior managing officer in April and president, chief executive officer and representative director in late June.
Feb
23rd

FRANCE: PSA to build new premium compact vehicle at Poissy

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PSA Peugeot Citroen says it is to build a new premium compact vehicle at its French site of Poissy, extending the DS brand's B-segment line-up alongside the DS3.
Feb
23rd

US: BorgWarner supplies VTG turbochargers for Volkswagen

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BorgWarner says it is to supply its variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbochargers for the newly-developed 1.4L, three-cylinder diesel engines from the Volkswagen Group.
Feb
23rd

Q&A with Eugenio Toccalino, Director of Strategic Marketing, Dow Automotive

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Dow Automotive Systems is a provider of polyurethanes, elastomers, films, fluids, adhesives, emissions solutions and acoustic-management materials to the global transportation industry. Matthew Beecham spoke to Eugenio Toccalino, Director of Strategic Marketing, Dow Automotive about structural foams and adhesives and the ways in which the supplier is helping OEMs make cars lighter.
Feb
23rd

ANALYSIS: Europe’s fragile recovery continues

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Car sales in January were off to a good start and it was the seventeenth successive month of growth. It's good that the market is growing again, but risks to recovery remain and trading conditions will remain tough across the region, says Dave Leggett.
Feb
23rd

Honda CEO Ito to step down after quality lapses

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Honda President Takanobu Ito said he will step down and named Takahiro Hachigo, an randd executive with wide international experience, as his replacement following a string of quality lapses that spurred a round of internal reforms.
Feb
23rd

Ghosn pledges patience amid churn at Infiniti

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Nissan's Carlos Ghosn last week turned to another fresh face in his latest efforts to spark the Infiniti luxury brand. Unlike predecessors with backgrounds at Porsche and Ford, this one was groomed at General Motors.
Feb
23rd

Glitches fuel soul searching at Honda

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Honda CEO Takanobu Ito is in the midst of another reinvention, this time to fix a string of quality problems. What sets this apart from previous efforts: The glitches were triggered in part by the ambitious overhauls Ito himself tried to implement.
Feb
23rd

Activist Wilson to face savvy GM board

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There's no shortage of gravitas on the GM board as directors weigh Harry Wilson's bid for a seat and his call for $8 billion in share buybacks.
Feb
23rd

Fields lures another Ford newbie in push for fresh thinking

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Ford CEO Mark Fields has plenty of reasons to fear being left behind as Tesla, Google and Apple shake up the auto industry. That's why he's hired another outsider to help his 112-year old automaker control its own destiny.
Feb
23rd

Is clock ticking on replacement inflators?

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Now that Honda Motor Co. has recalled 14.3 million vehicles to fix defective Takata airbag inflators, CEO Takanobu Ito says he is prepared for a difficult possibility: If the replacements also go bad someday, they would need to be replaced too.
Feb
23rd

TrueCar’s new pitch: Factory coupons for shoppers

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TrueCar Inc. spent the past two years rebuilding relations with dealers. Now the vehicle-shopping site is turning its attention to automakers to boost sales.
Feb
23rd

1 VW plant, 2 unions: UAW foes get a voice

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Workers who fought the UAW's organizing drive in Chattanooga now have a union of their own. One year after the UAW's failed bid to organize Volkswagen's sole U.S.
Feb
23rd

Five influencers changing the auto industry today

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Automotive News spoke with a handful of influencers to learn what they're thinking and the stories they're sharing with their fans.
Feb
23rd

Helping hand for minority dealer hopefuls

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Bill Perkins knows how hard it is to get a dealership and to succeed. He lasted one year in his first store. But when he later acquired a dealership in suburban Detroit, other dealers helped him. That made the difference.
Feb
23rd

Social-media ‘influencers’ create product buzz, change policies

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An individual with social-media savvy can launch a discussion online that quickly influences industry actions. By knowing their audiences, influencers can quickly gain the same credibility with them as friends or neutral third parties.
Feb
22nd

Stakes are high as Cadillac’s new branding effort debuts at the Oscars

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The commercials that Cadillac teed up for the Oscars broadcast Sunday night could be seen as simply the first step in what brand boss Johan de Nysschen has described as a "journey" to luxury prominence.
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