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General Motors Co. today named Chris Perry its new Chevrolet marketing boss, replacing Jim Campbell. Full story...

Coda's self-titled debut sedan is small in statue but carries ambitious goals for the upstart California electric-car maker. Full story...

The slow economic recovery, coupled with lower incentives compared with a year ago, probably will translate into a 15 percent drop in U.S. light-vehicle sales in August from the same month last year, J.D. Power and Associates predicted today. Full story...

In today's News Brake: The Volkswagen Phaeton will return to the U.S., Barry Meguiar is in serious condition, and the Jeep Wranger is updated for 2011 . . . But Wait, There's More! Full story...

Driver assistance technologies aim to make the vehicle capable of perceiving its surroundings, interpret them, identify critical situations, and assist the driver in performing driving manoeuvres. The object is, at best, to prevent accidents completely and, at worst, to minimise the consequences of an accident for those concerned. Matthew Beecham talked with Andy Whydell, senior manager for electronics product planning at TRW Automotive, about the company's driver assistance technologies. Full story...

The US light vehicle retail selling rate in August is expected to decline slightly from a relatively strong level in July, but remains above the selling rate from the first half of 2010, according to analysts at JD Power. Full story...

GM Uzbekistan, a joint venture between General Motors and Uzbek automaker Uzavtoprom, has spent US$124.5m to produce the GM-Daewoo designed Chevrolet Spark model line, Uzavtoprom's press office said on Thursday. Full story...

Mazda is to recall over 500,000 vehicles worldwide to fix an electro-hydraulic hydraulic power steering system problem. Full story...

Mazda is to recall over 500,000 vehicles worldwide to fix an electro-hydraulic hydraulic power steering system problem. Full story...

Tata Motors plans to raise US$700m through an issue of shares with differential voting rights according to newspaper reports in India. Full story...

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A redesign for the Bentley Continental GT is nearly ready to be unveiled. We'll get a first full look on Sept. 7 via the Internet, then get up close and personal at the Paris motor show in early October. Full story...

Chrysler Group earlier this week began building the updated 2011 Jeep Wrangler line at 2011 Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited began earlier this week at its Toledo assembly complex in Ohio. Full story...

Mazda plans to recall about 514,000 vehicles to repair power-steering systems that fail suddenly. Full story...

Germany's body tasked with monitoring advertising has cast doubt that Opel will back down before midnight tonight (19 August) in its dispute concerning a recent warranty campaign. Full story...

General Motors Co. will have to convince investors to look past declining market share, less than a year of profitability and management new to the auto industry to buy shares in its initial public offering. GM, 61 percent owned by the U.S. Full story...

South African auto industry employers remain confident a revised deal will be accepted by striking workers tomorrow (20 August), although a looming tyre walk-out is still possible. Full story...

NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: It was fitting that I caught glimpses of two iconic 1960s Ford Galaxies on local roads during my weekend in the 2010 Taurus. Full story...

New Bentley Continental to be revealed on special website on September 7th.

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