Lincoln launches high-end audio collaboration with RevelAuto News

Lincoln will bring concert-quality sound to its vehicles through a new collaboration announced today with Revel, a manufacturer of audiophile speaker systems.



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Chrysler, Ford expand regional Takata airbag recalls Auto News

Chrysler Group said it will expand its recall of about 149,000 pickup trucks in 12 states and territories to include passenger-side airbag inflators, made by supplier Takata, to address concerns about improper deployments.



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NHTSA demands info about Takata's airbag propellantAuto News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has demanded that Takata produce documents and answer questions under oath about its use of ammonium nitrate as a propellant in its airbag inflators, according to documents posted on NHTSA's...



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Ferrari unleashes 1,050-horsepower hybrid for test-drive customersAuto News

Ferrari is giving a group of its test-drive customers the chance to try out a 1,050-horsepower hybrid prototype car being unveiled at its annual event celebrating the end of the global auto-racing season this week.



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Audi plans electric crossover in U.S. to challenge TeslaAuto News

Audi plans to roll out an electric-powered crossover in 2017 to challenge Tesla for wealthy, environmentally conscious consumers.



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Chrysler expands regional airbag recall to include passenger side in '03 pickupsAuto News

Chrysler Group will expand its recall of about 149,000 pickup trucks in 12 US states and territories to include passenger-side airbag inflators to address concerns about improper deployments, the automaker said today.



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Honda Goes National With Airbag Recall (12/3/14)

Autoliv, Daicel to help supply replacement inflators; Chrysler builds, grows on Fiat; Tesla tops...

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AutoNation sales up 6% in NovemberAuto News

Strong truck sales helped AutoNation to a 6 percent increase in new-vehicle sales in November.



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Setting the stage for a 'huge' DecemberAuto News

Timely automaker Black Friday promotions and a strong economy drove U.S. auto sales higher in November. Look for more of the same this month.



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Takata has yet to find 'root cause' of airbag ruptures, executive saysAuto News

Japanese supplier Takata acknowledged today that it still does not understand what is causing airbag explosions that have hurtled metal shards into vehicles even as it insisted that calls for a broader recall to remedy the problem were misguided.



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Honda Finance may face U.S. penalty for discrimination in auto-loan pricingAuto News

American Honda Finance said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and U.S.



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Honda to expand recalls of driver-side Takata airbags Auto News

Honda North America today said it would expand its recall of potentially explosive driver-side airbag inflators nationwide in accordance with a request from federal regulators, even as the airbag manufacturer continued to insist it's not...



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Tesla Model S beats out Porsche in owner-satisfaction surveyAuto News

Tesla Motors drivers were more likely than Porsche owners -- or anyone else -- to say they'd buy their cars again in this year's edition of the closely-watched Consumer Reports buyer survey.



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Takata chief called to explain airbag crisis to Japan's industry ministry, report saysAuto News

Japan's powerful industry ministry has summoned Shigehisa Takada, chairman and CEO of Takata, to explain what the company is doing to resolve a crisis over potentially deadly airbags, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.



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Takata investigated defective airbag inflator as early as 2003Auto News

As early as 2003, Takata ran an investigation into an airbag inflator that ruptured in a BMW, but concluded the problem was an anomaly, the company said on Tuesday, ahead of a second congressional hearing today on dangerous airbags it supplied.



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Dealers offer better hours, but still see high sales turnover, NADA study finds Auto News

U.S. car dealerships are making progress in offering employees a better work-life balance, but continue to face challenges in retaining sales staff and recruiting women.



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Bob Thomas, former U.S. boss of Nissan, dies at 69Auto News

Bob Thomas, who led Nissan's United States sales operations in the 1990s before joining AutoNation and Edmunds, has died in Hawaii. Thomas died November 23 after a brief illness, according to friends and former colleagues. He was 69.



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Chevy Colorado edges Ford F-150 for Motor Trend Truck of the Year honorAuto News

Motor Trend named the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado pickup its Truck of the Year, edging out Ford's aluminum-bodied F-150.



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GM says Opel minicar will cost less than $12,300Auto News

General Motors said Opel will launch its entry-level Karl minicar next summer at a starting price of less than 10,000 euros ($12,300) in Germany. Opel today released pictures and details of the Karl.



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Takata Mexico airbag plant inspection finds safety shortcomingsAuto News

Takata, the airbag supplier at the center of a recall crisis, was told by Mexico's government to take 171 measures to improve health and safety at a plant tasked with making millions of replacement air bags.



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Takata poised for clash in Congress after rejecting U.S. recallAuto News

Airbag supplier Takata's rejection of demands to recall vehicles across the United States sets the stage for a confrontation with members of Congress critical of its response to potentially deadly defects.



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