AutoNation envisions quick, easy buying at digital storeAuto News

When AutoNation fully rolls out its so-called digital storefront, the following scenario may not be all that far-fetched.



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Lear, others devise high-tech ways to support bad backsAuto News

Lear Corp. wants motorists to sit up straight. The seat maker is developing a "smart" seat that adjusts itself automatically to correct a motorist's posture, important for comfort on long trips.



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'Slow to act' GM rankled NHTSA, e-mail shows Auto News

Discussions between the NHTSA and GM went back and forth for months, and GM eventually sent out two batches of recall notices to owners of about 7,000 cars.



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Mazda recalls 109,000 Tributes over potential control-arm separationAuto News

Mazda is recalling 109,000 Tribute SUVs from the 2001-04 model years because of rust that could cause separation of the lower control arm from the vehicle's subframe.



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Audi starts digital agency reviewAuto News

Audi of America has begun a review of its digital agency business, people familiar with the matter told Advertising Age, an affiliate of Automotive News.



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A tour of the vehicles turning heads at the NY show; VW’s World Cup play; Corvette...

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U.S. dealers grapple with recall pain -- missing parts, overtime, lost salesAuto News

With multimillion-unit recalls by GM and Toyota, and numerous smaller recalls by other automakers, dealerships in the United States are grappling with missing parts, rising overtime costs for technicians, frustrated customers, and lost sales.



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Ford faces renewed U.S. lawsuit over apartheid-era abusesAuto News

Ford and IBM will again have to face a federal lawsuit claiming they encouraged race-based human rights abuses decades ago in apartheid-era South Africa, despite a series of recent court decisions limiting the right to pursue such cases.



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Labor dispute at Jeep supplier in Ohio ends after one-day walkout Auto News

A supplier labor dispute that temporarily disrupted production of the hot-selling 2014 Jeep Cherokee in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday has been resolved.



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Continental named in GM recall suitAuto News

Plaintiffs' lawyers are seeking to draw Continental Automotive Systems, the maker of airbag systems in recalled General Motors vehicles, into litigation over an ignition-switch defect that has been linked to 13 deaths.



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VW plans major World Cup ad push to counter HyundaiAuto News

Volkswagen is planning a major World Cup advertising push that will go head-to-head against official automotive sponsor Hyundai.



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