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VW offers $9.2 billion to purchase rest of truckmaker ScaniaAuto News

Volkswagen AG is bidding more than $9.2 billion for the rest of truckmaker Scania AB to deepen cooperation with its other commercial-vehicles units after being blocked previously in those efforts by the Swedish company's minority shareholders.

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VW hires Daimler veteran Renschler to push truck alliance plansAuto News

Volkswagen appointed former Daimler executive Andreas Renschler to its management board to deepen cooperation at its commercial vehicles operations.

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Mazda drops hints on redesigned subcompactAuto News

Mazda will preview the look of its next-generation Mazda2 subcompact when it reveals the Hazumi concept car next month at the Geneva auto show.

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Ford raises incentives on Fusion to cut inventoriesAuto News

Ford has been raising incentives on the Fusion sedan to help clear out growing inventories, just months after it started building the car in a second North American plant to keep up with demand.

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UAW appeals VW plant election to U.S. labor boardAuto News

The UAW filed an appeal today with the federal government, asking it to set aside the results of an election last week where workers at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant voted not to join the union.

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Sonic extends hours to make up for time lost to weatherAuto News

Sonic Automotive is extending store hours in parts of the country hit by severe winter weather in an effort to make up vehicle sales and service revenue lost during the storms.

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Honda's Celaya plant boosts Mexico factory presenceAuto News

In opening its $800 million assembly plant here to build the 2015 Fit subcompact hatchback and crossover variant, Honda is joining a rapidly growing slate of automakers and suppliers in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato.

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VW's Q4 profit rises 18%, lifted by record sales at PorscheAuto News

Volkswagen AG reported an 18 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit as record sales at its luxury Audi and Porsche brands offset spending on developing new models and expanding production.

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Federal-Mogul trims Q4 net loss to $19 millionAuto News

Diversified auto parts supplier Federal-Mogul reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $19 million, a $61 million improvement over the same quarter in 2012, the company said Thursday, showing signs of recovery since emerging from bankruptcy in 2008.

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Dana Q4 earnings decline 52%, revenue rises slightlyAuto News

Dana, supplier of axles, driveshafts, sealing and thermal components for light, commercial and off-highway vehicles, saw its net income drop 52 percent to $42 million in the fourth quarter.

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Jeep's software fix and the law of unintended consequencesAuto News

One of last year's Jeep recalls led to an unintended consequence for some owners of 2005-10 Grand Cherokee and 2006-10 Commanders -- a consequence Chrysler now says it intends to fix, at least for most people.

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Ford uses hefty men to test durability of 2015 F-150 seats Auto News

Ford went to unusual lengths to ensure that the seats in its 2015 F-150 pickups, which go on sale this fall, were durable enough to handle the daily demands of heavyset drivers.

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Nissan expects better profitability in 2014, Ghosn saysAuto News

Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn forecast profitability at Japan's second-largest carmaker will improve in 2014 after the company missed out on the yen-led earnings boon at the nation's exporters.

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VW gives its new Golf plug-in hybrid a GTE badgeAuto News

Volkswagen is giving its new Golf plug-in hybrid car the GT label it uses for its sporty models in a bid to boost the car's appeal. The 201-hp car will be the first Golf to carry the GTE badge.

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Nissan's Ghosn goes to edge of world for EV showcaseAuto News

Carlos Ghosn, CEO of zero emissions pioneer Nissan, is going to the ends of the world -- quite literally -- to gain traction for his Leaf electric vehicle.

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Daimler names former VW, BMW CEO Pischetsrieder to supervisory boardAuto News

Daimler nominated former Volkswagen CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder to the company's supervisory board. Pischetsrieder, 66, also a former BMW CEO, will run for election at the annual shareholders meeting in April.

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Zetsche gets pay raise after record Mercedes deliveriesAuto News

Daimler increased CEO Dieter Zetsche's pay to more than $11 million after the third-biggest maker of luxury cars reduced its the sales gap with BMW and Audi last year on record deliveries.

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Honda's Accord beat Camry as top U.S. car in individual salesAuto News

Honda said its Accord was the best-selling car to individual customers in the United States during 2013, surpassing Toyota's Camry, the leader in total volume to retail and fleet buyers for a 12th consecutive year.

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