Ford dealers will gear up to fix new F-150Auto News

Though they waited three years to see the much-anticipated 2015 aluminum F-150, it didn't take Ford dealers Randall Reed and Jim Seavitt long to decide to invest in gearing up their body shops to repair it.



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Chevy's Olympic ad blitz seeeks to brighten lackluster imageAuto News

For a glimpse of Chevrolet's future advertising direction, flip on the TV pretty much any time during the 17-day Winter Olympics starting Friday, when Chevy will dominate coverage with 11 new commercials broadcast more than 400 times.



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Ally won't be a 'Trojan horse'Auto News

The CEO of Ally Financial says his company won't cave to federal pressure and lead the lending industry's switch from dealer reserve to flat flees.



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Ford's big aluminum show-and-tell Auto News

Ford used a color-coded body-in-white cutaway of the next F-150 pickup to make a serious point to dealers at the NADA convention: The economics of an aluminum truck #8211; both the repair costs for the customer and the body shop operations for the...



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VW calms dealers, charts 'next big step'Auto News

Michael Horn is new enough to his U.S. assignment that he's still looking for a permanent home in suburban Washington for his family.



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Chrysler considers third pickup plantAuto News

Strong demand for Ram pickups has Chrysler Group executives looking at breaking their vows and building an auto plant in North America.



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Toyota expected to seek waiver on seat lapseAuto News

Toyota Motor Corp. is expected to ask federal regulators to excuse a fire-safety lapse in its vehicle seat-heater system.



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On this luxury lot, prices start at $74,000 -- and go (way) upAuto News

The tightly packed rows of vehicles at Marshall Goldman Motor Sales are unlike what you'd find at practically any other used-car store.



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AutoNation could do big deals -- or noneAuto News

AutoNation Inc. could add as much as $2 billion in annual revenue through acquisitions in 2014 -- but CEO Mike Jackson isn't setting that as a target.



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Renault-Nissan's platform planAuto News

Carlos Ghosn says the Renault-Nissan Alliance he heads will roll out two shared vehicle platforms, each of which will underpin more than 3 million vehicles, by 2016 as part of a cost-cutting plan.



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Amid Super Bowl rout, automakers tackle their brand challengesAuto News

This year's crop of Super Bowl ads, and the dollars spent on them, spotlighted the unique challenges some automakers face in realigning their brand images with their expanding product portfolios.



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Opel reaches job guarantee deal with 3 German factoriesAuto News

Opel signed a labor agreement with employees at three German factories in a sign of smoother relations between management and the workforce, who have clashed over how to return the unit to profitability.



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After F-150 defeat, steel makers plan comebackAuto News

The steel industry suffered a blow when Ford said last month that the body of its next F-150 pickup would be made of aluminum instead of steel.



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Why VW picked outside agency for 'Wings' spotAuto News

Why did Volkswagen of America skip its agency of record, Deutsch, when it came time to create this year's spot?



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