Exit at Takata puts crisis in family controlAuto News

Stefan Stocker, the Takata president who was brought in to inject more transparency and openness into the family-controlled auto supplier, is out after less than two years at the company.



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Shifting eyes back to the road aheadAuto News

Interior designers are working to concentrate more of a vehicle's critical information directly in front of the driver and away from center-stack display screens.



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How December broke the ice on salesAuto News

December was once a sleepy month for U.S. auto sales. Now it's one of the top-selling periods, year after year, as consumers and many of the industry's marketing minds have embraced the notion of cars as holiday gifts.



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Lincoln, McConaughey team up again to pitch MKZAuto News

Ford is rolling out a new set of commercials with actor Matthew McConaughey behind the wheel of a Lincoln as the luxury brand extends its most talked-about advertising campaign in years.



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Top stories of 2014Auto News

The U.S. auto industry returned to full-fledged prosperity in 2014, racking up prerecession sales accompanied by rising transaction prices. But the year was punctuated by grim news, as two lethal product defects were linked to dozens of deaths.



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Stores in first-refusal fight finally soldAuto News

After being held up since this summer by a lawsuit involving the manufacturer's right of first refusal, the sale of the five-store Long Island Automotive Group finally closed this month.



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Is Saab defunct? Not at this dealershipAuto News

Nearly all Saab dealers reached a dead end after the Swedish brand's bankruptcy in 2011. But not Park Ave Saab in Maywood, N.J.



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Diesel's premium grows, shuffling fuel economy mathAuto News

Plummeting gasoline prices have shaken up some of the mathematical calculations that made diesel an attractive alternative fuel for efficiency-minded drivers.



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