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Aug
19th

Autonomous car boosters want to reprogram pedestrians

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Some autonomous car technologists say the problem isn't that self-driving cars don't work, it's that people act unpredictably.
Aug
18th

Darren Turner pragmatic as Aston Martin WEC absence begins

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Features 19 Aug, 2018

Three-time Le Mans class winner sees big picture despite being sidelined for next three events on WEC calendar

Aug
18th

Darren Turner pragmatic as Aston Martin WEC absence begins – pictures

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Aug
18th

VW’s Diess learned about emissions software months before scandal, report says

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VW CEO Herbert Diess was told about the existence of cheating software in cars two months before regulators blew the whistle on a multi-billion exhaust emissions scandal, a German magazine said.
Aug
18th

VW’s Diess learned about emissions software months before scandal, report says

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VW CEO Herbert Diess was told about the existence of cheating software in cars two months before regulators blew the whistle on a multi-billion exhaust emissions scandal, a German magazine said.
Aug
18th

Lear CEO Mathew Simoncini tops Automotive News list of highest paid auto executives

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Matthew Simoncini, who retired after guiding Lear to record sales and profits, was the highest-paid CEO at publicly traded U.S. automotive companies last year, according to the Automotive News/Equilar CEO Compensation study.
Aug
18th

Tariffs hit toolmakers in supply chain

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Supplier consultant Laurie Harbour says tariffs are raising tool costs for auto suppliers.
Aug
18th

Tesla struggles with too much reliance on troubled CEO Elon Musk

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Tesla's story has been such a soap opera that it's hard to know which twists and turns are worth heeding.
Aug
17th

Toyota ordered to pay family $242 million for Lexus seat defect

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A Texas jury on Friday hit Toyota with a $242 million verdict after finding that defects in the front seats of a 2002 Lexus ES300 caused serious injuries to a Dallas family's two young children.
Aug
17th

Arona heralds a family of future SUVs for SEAT

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Not too long ago, SEAT was a troubled member of the Volkswagen clan. Money slipped through its fingers, no-one quite knowing how the Spanish adoptee could be made to feel what its role should be. Now things have changed with the newly confident division's models much in demand.
Aug
17th

Why Baojun could become GM China’s No.1 brand

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Seven years ago it didn't exist. Today it's General Motors' number two brand in the world's largest car market. Baojun has become more successful than Chevrolet, isn't far behind Buick and outsells Wuling by a factor of two to one.
Aug
17th

Aston Martin Lagonda future models

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Aston Martin Lagonda calls itself the world's only independent luxury car group and is said to be preparing for an IPO. Whatever happens, the company now seems to have a good plan to make the business viable, provided of course, there are no nasty shocks for the world economy.
Aug
17th

WK Grand Cherokee and future Jeeps

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Is there no stopping Jeep? Even in China, where sales of SUVs continue to fall, the American make is bucking the trend. In the USA, deliveries for July were in record territory. The Grand Cherokee accounts for much of the brand's success and is on course to cross the quarter million sales mark by year end.
Aug
17th

Why Chicago cops are worried about fraudulent car purchases

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A flood of vehicles obtained fraudulently and shipped to metro Chicago has prompted police to warn dealers nationwide to exercise extra diligence in verifying the identity of online customers.
Aug
17th

Detroit preps for annual automotive Mardi Gras

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Detroit's traffic jam/party of the year known as the Woodward Dream Cruise is back for a 24th year with 1.3 million people expected to jam the three-day event.
Aug
17th

Former Key Safety CFO joins Busche Performance Group as CEO

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The executive who led Key Safety Systems' push to acquire Takata in a $1.6 billion deal has left the supplier to become the CEO of Busch Performance Group.
Aug
17th

James Bond’s iconic Aston Martin DB5 recreated – with working Q gadgets

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News 20 Aug, 2018

Just 25 examples of the Aston Martin DB5 will be made and will cost collectors £2.75m each, but they won’t be road legal

Aug
17th

Aston Martin DB5 – pictures

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Aug
17th

Wolfsburg gets a lift – the week

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There was some good news for Wolfsburg this week when Volkswagen Group said it planned to lift annual output at  the plant to 1m units a year by 2020.
Aug
17th

Volkswagen Group sales rise 11% in July ahead of WLTP shift

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VW Group's global vehicle sales increased 11 percent last month, helped by a sales program in Europe to clear out vehicle stocks ahead of the introduction of tougher emissions tests.
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