Cars and concepts that glowed in the L.A. spotlight Auto News

These four concepts and one production model are ready for their close-ups.



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Ford Mustang goes to DubaiAuto News

Ford is rolling out all the stops for the international debut of its pony car.



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GM executives help scour social media to spot vehicle flawsAuto News

GM executives and other staff members have taken to social media to find customer complaints and identify quality issues long before they become a crisis.



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Takata to face U.S. House hearing into airbag crisisAuto News

Takata and Honda executives will return to Capitol Hill next week to testify about the growing safety crisis surrounding Takata airbag inflators that may explode in a crash.



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Continental's electronics, Korea units to plead guilty to price fixingAuto News

South Korean suppliers Continental Automotive Electronics and Continental Automotive Korea will plead guilty to rigging the prices of instrument panel clusters and pay a criminal fine of $4 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said.



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Takata pressed by 2 senators to turn over key airbag documentsAuto News

Takata has been asked to turn over key documents about the company's potentially defective airbag inflators to the Senate Commerce Committee after a high-level quality executive from the company was 'unable to satisfactorily answer'...



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Honda admits under-reporting serious U.S. accidents since 2003Auto News

American Honda failed to tell federal safety regulators about more than 1,700 claims of deaths or injuries linked to possible safety defects in its vehicles since 2003, when the law requiring the reports took effect, the automaker said today.



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Ford to keep base price stable on Explorer, but raises top trim levelAuto News

Ford has held the line on prices for the refreshed 2016 Explorer crossover, but a new top-of-the-line Platinum trim raises the ceiling on what a customer can spend for the hot-selling full-size crossover to well above $50,000.



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Buffalo dealers dig out while Ford restarts stamping plantAuto News

Auto dealers in the Buffalo are reopening this week after digging out from the massive snowstorm that dumped up to 7 feet of snow in some areas.



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Fiat takes on 'Fix It Again, Tony' in spot for the 500XAuto News

Fiat global brand head Olivier Francois calls Tony 'the elephant in the room.' And for more than five years, Fiat has tried to run away from him, even though Tony does not exist, but no more.



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Lexus' Bracken says 300,000 U.S. sales 'is within our grasp' this yearAuto News

Lexus is raising its U.S. sales target to 300,000 vehicles this year, General Manager Jeff Bracken said. 'We started the year with a sales goal of 290,000 units,' Bracken told Automotive News. 'Now 300,000 is within our grasp.



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Conviction of Saturn Ion driver thrown out after 10 years Auto News

A Texas judge today overturned a 7-year-old negligent homicide conviction against a woman whose boyfriend died when her Saturn Ion -- now known to have had a defective ignition switch -- crashed, her lawyer said.



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Fiat takes on 'Fix It Again, Tony' in commercial for the 500XAuto News

Fiat global brand head Olivier Francois calls Tony 'the elephant in the room.' And for more than five years, Fiat has tried to run away from him, even though Tony does not exist, but no more.



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SGL sees rising interest in carbon fiber partsAuto News

SGL Group, the materials supplier for carbon fiber reinforced parts in BMW's electric cars, is in talks with Audi, Porsche, GM and other carmakers to supply carbon fiber for a wider range of automotive components, its CEO said.



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Hyundai-Kia says it will sell record 8 million vehicles globally in 2014Auto News

Hyundai and Kia said better-than-expected sales in Brazil, China and India will help them sell a record 8 million vehicles this year, even as a stronger won erodes profitability.



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BMW, Mercedes gain in once-impregnable KoreaAuto News

South Korea's car imports have leapt from 3 percent of sales a decade ago to 14 percent today as foreign brands led by Germany's BMW and Mercedes take advantage of a free trade deal to grow sales in a once impregnable market.



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Chrysler blitzes American Music AwardsAuto News

Chrysler on Sunday night launched an ad blitz during the American Music Awards that linked five of its brands to A-list recording artists in spots that co-promoted both the vehicles and Interscope singles.



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Korean buyout fund considers buying Halla Visteon Climate Control stakeAuto News

South Korean buyout fund Hahn and Co. is considering purchasing shares in Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. from Visteon Corp., a person familiar with the matter said.



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Hyundai-Kia says it will sell record 8 million vehicles globally in 2014Auto News

Hyundai and Kia said better-than-expected sales in Brazil, China and India will help them sell a record 8 million vehicles this year, even as a stronger won erodes profitability.



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