When gasoline prices blew past $3 a gallon last week, the highest level in 26 months, it was tough news for consumers but a marketing boost for automakers trying to sell pricey new technology needed to meet tougher fuel economy rules that took...
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Ford Motor Co. will funnel all of the discontinued Mercury brand's advertising budget into Lincoln, says the head of the Lincoln National Dealer Council. That will fund a Lincoln marketing blitz.
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UAW President Bob King wants union representation on the boards of the Detroit 3, and sees the German auto industry as a model for a closer partnership with the domestic automakers. "We have asked for them in the past.
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On a typical morning at Rick DeSilva's former Subaru dealership in northern New Jersey, cars would back up along the busy arterial road in front of his store while waiting to turn into the tiny lot.
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Toyota is rolling out a service-reminder program for customers that will be overseen by the automaker but controlled by individual dealers. The program's software keeps track of service on every Toyota vehicle at any Toyota dealership.
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Every year since 1953, reporters and editors at Automotive News have chosen the year's top auto story. Here are their picks.
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Turkish automotive sales rose to a record high of 750,000 this year up from 557,126 last year as the economy recovered from the global financial crisis and interest rates declined, the country's Vatan newspaper reported Dec. 31.
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Johnson Controls Inc., moving to enhance its seating business, particularly in Europe, said Dec. 30 it signed an agreement to acquire German seating expert Keiper and its specialty seat business Recaro. Financial terms were not released.
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VW is in talks to invest in Algeria, an Algerian minister said on Sunday. "Volkswagen is very insistent to come.
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VW extended CEO Martin Winterkorn's contract by five years, giving the executive time to complete a merger with Porsche and surpass Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker.
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Porsche SE rose the most in more than 16 months in Frankfurt after a U.S. judge dismissed two lawsuits claiming the sports-car maker misled short-sellers in its acquisition of Volkswagen AG shares in 2008.
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Aston Martin is in talks with Daimler over a partnership to build a new Maybach sedan that could debut at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show, press reports said.
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Volkswagen AG extended CEO Martin Winterkorn's contract by five years as he aims to complete a merger with Porsche SE and surpass Toyota Motor Corp. as the world's biggest carmaker.
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Ally Financial Inc., the former General Motors lending unit, moved closer to regaining its independence as the U.S. government converted $5.5 billion of preferred stock into common shares. The Treasury Department is looking to recover its $17.
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Sometimes a new car comes along, and although it doesn't take your breath away in any aspect, the way it accomplishes everything you ask of it is what makes it special. The Fiesta is like that.
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Johnson Controls, a leading global supplier of automotive interior systems and electronics, announced that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire KEIPER and the automotive sport and specialty seat business of Recaro.
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A clean and tidy engine bay is always pleasing. This explains the engine-cover fad that has taken over where ignition wires and valve covers have left off.
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Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil will race Force India's 2011 cars, with Nico Hulkenberg moving into the third cockpit role.
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Fernando Alonso has landed himself in a controversy within the Spanish-language media. After arriving in a private jet for a holiday on the small Portuguese island of Porto Santo, the Ferrari driver lost his temper with a group of paparazzi photographers as he walked through the airport.
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Jos Verstappen has backed Ferrari's push to allow top teams to enter third cars in formula one.
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With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up
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