Hyundai needs a design hierarchy, Schreyer says Auto News

Hyundai Motor Group President Peter Schreyer gave Kia a fresh, familywide look after being hired from Volkswagen Group in 2006. Now he's doing the same for Hyundai, for which he took design responsibility in 2012.



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In Mexico, a booming auto industry but stalled living standards for workersAuto News

Mexico's booming automobile industry is generating more export dollars than oil, building more cars than Brazil and giving a job to Esmeralda Velazquez. What it isn't doing is raising her living standards.



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BMW, Audi lead shift from mass-market to luxury car output in MexicoAuto News

Mexico's relationship with German car production began nearly 50 years ago with output of VW's mass-market Beetle. Now it's becoming a place where luxury BMW, Audi and Mercedes cars roll out of billion-dollar factories.



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Honda says defective Takata airbags in 2002 used different designAuto News

Honda said it was aware of a ruptured Takata airbag inflator in a car that was covered by a 2002 recall but the inflator design was different from one that ruptured in a 2004 accident.



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Takata recalls could shake trust in Japan auto industry, minister warnsAuto News

Takata's safety crisis linked to five fatal auto accidents threatens to shake confidence in Japanese manufacturing and the country's auto industry, the nation's transport minister said Friday.



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Audi makes revised Q3 greener Auto News

The Audi Q3 will get more efficient powertrains with technology such as the crossover's first use of fuel-saving cylinder deactivation as part of its mid-cycle refresh. Audi starts U.S. sales of the revised Q3 next year.



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Opel is succeeding in restoring poor image, exec saysAuto News

Opel is succeeding in turning around its tattered image in Germany, the brand's marketing chief Tina Mueller said.



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Toyota recalls more cars for potentially dangerous Takata airbagsAuto News

Toyota said it will recall 57,000 vehicles globally to replace potentially deadly airbags made by Takata, as a safety crisis around the Japanese supplier looks far from being contained.



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Mercedes-AMG plans line priced lower to help double volumeAuto News

Daimler performance subbrand Mercedes-AMG aims to double sales in the next three years by offering a less expensive product line -- AMG Sport -- to narrow the price gap with Mercedes cars.



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