Ford, Ram quarrel over heavy-duty pickup towing titleAuto News

Ford Motor Co. is threatening legal action if Ram keeps claiming that its pickups offer "best-in-class" towing. Ram's response? In so many words, it's telling Ford to go pound sand.



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GM moved faster to fix larger carsAuto News

General Motors treated isolated reports of flimsy ignitions in its mid-sized, full-sized and luxury cars more urgently than similar but far more voluminous complaints about the less profitable Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion, documents GM submitted...



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Asbury to double pace of acquisitionsAuto News

Asbury Automotive Group Inc. aims to double its acquisition pace during the next 18 months.



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Sonic 'delighted' with rollout of new retail planAuto News

Three weeks into Sonic Automotive Inc.'s customer experience initiative, customers at the pilot store aren't yet getting the promised iPad-enabled transaction with a single salesperson.



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Global product expert in Lincoln driver's seatAuto News

Ford CEO Mark Fields, in his first major personnel move since taking over, announced Kumar Galhotra's appointment last week among several changes in Ford's product development organization.



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Performance push from Japan's Big 3Auto News

Toyota, Honda and Nissan -- and their upscale offshoots -- are out to change the "reliable but unexciting" impression with several high-performance halo cars.



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Porsche is dropping base CayenneAuto News

Porsche is dropping -- at least for now -- its base-model Cayenne, which had started at $50,595.



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GM, Ford financials could veer in 2nd halfAuto News

While General Motors' second-quarter profits were hammered by the costs of its massive recall, across town Ford Motor Co. reported a robust profit bolstered by a record second quarter in North America.



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GM's top N.A. lawyer shares hot seat with bossAuto News

When Lucy Clark Dougherty was named General Motors' top lawyer for North America in 2011, she was considered the likely candidate to succeed General Counsel Michael Millikin.



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Honda pushes dealers for buyers' signatures on airbag liabilityAuto News

"I understand that if this used car I'm buying is in a crash, the airbag could kill me." That's the gist of a document that American Honda Motor Co. wants its dealers to require buyers of certain 2001-11 used Honda and Acura vehicles to sign.



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Audi cuts spare-part prices in China amid anti-monopoly probeAuto News

Volkswagen AG's luxury Audi brand plans to cut spare-part prices in China as global automakers rush to change their pricing strategies after Chinese anti-monopoly regulators began probing the auto industry.



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