BMW aims big crossover at U.S. -- and MercedesAuto News

BMW's decision to approve the seven-seat X7 crossover was driven by competitive pressure -- especially in the United States, says CEO Norbert Reithofer.



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Did airbag risk distract NHTSA?Auto News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may have been so consumed with resolving an old safety crisis -- children being killed by airbags -- that it missed a new one: GM's defective ignition switch.



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Canada losing 'civil war' for auto jobsAuto News

Chrysler Group shocked many Canadians when it abandoned potential government help to overhaul its assembly plants in Windsor, Ontario.



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4 big questions for GM, NHTSAAuto News

Some of the vexing questions looming over General Motors' decadelong failure to recall cars with a deadly ignition-switch defect could get answers this week -- or at least a more glaring spotlight.



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N.J. weighs direct EV sales; states covet gigafactoryAuto News

The Tesla vs. dealers clash was already intense. Now the fight has escalated, with the addition of presidential politics and bidding for a battery factory.



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GM leads in disclosures, not dangerAuto News

From 2005 through 2007, a key period when General Motors fixed a defective ignition switch in the Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion without recalling the old switch, GM sent five times as many early-warning reports of deaths and injuries to U.S.



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New route to Google in-store reviewsAuto News

Two years ago, suspecting deceit, Google deleted virtually all customers' reviews of auto dealerships that were sent from dealerships' computers. But the debate about in-store reviews continues to rage.



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Tech courses in service bays supply talentAuto News

Cam Clark knows he can recruit veteran service repair technicians from outside to work in his Airdrie, Alberta, Ford dealership. But he can never be sure what work habits they might bring with them.



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Would-be Mahindra dealers lose class-action bidAuto News

A group of aspiring dealers who paid for the right to distribute Mahindra vehicles in the United States and didn't get refunds when the Indian company scrapped its U.S. sales plans won't be able to pursue collective relief.



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U.S. safety official sought probe of non-deploying GM airbags in 2007Auto News

A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration manager seven years ago recommended investigating why air bags in General Motors' 2003-2006 Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion cars weren't deploying, according to a memo issued by the House Energy and...



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