Toyota keeps top spot despite strong VW challengeAuto News

Toyota defended its crown as the world's biggest automaker in 2014, keeping a slim lead over Volkswagen. But Toyota forecast sales to slump 1 percent in the current calendar year, on the back of slowing demand in Japan and emerging markets.



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Volvo appoints another U.S. chief amid sales declineAuto News

Volvo is reshuffling its North American management, moving CEO Tony Nicolosi to head of its finance company for the Americas and bringing global corporate product strategy chief Lex Kerssemakers to replace him.



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Tom Kowaleski, PR mastermind for Chrysler, dies at 63 Auto News

Tom Kowaleski, who held key communications jobs for Chrysler, GM, BMW and most recently, Lincoln, died Tuesday. He is best remembered for being one of the masterminds behind the wildly successful Chrysler press conferences in the 1990s.



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Obama seeks authority to negotiate major trade dealsAuto News

In his penultimate State of the Union address, President Barack Obama vowed to seek congressional authority to negotiate big ticket trade deals with European and Asian nations that could have significant implications for the auto industry, but have...



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Acura touts heritage in NSX spotAuto News

Acura has come out swinging in its marketing push for the new NSX.



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Obama to highlight FCA worker in touting auto industry Auto News

A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles employee will be sitting in first lady Michelle Obama's box for the 2015 State of the Union Address tonight as President Obama touts continuing gains in the nation's resurgent auto industry.



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Toyota breaks ground on N.A. headquarters in TexasAuto News

A Toyota Tundra bulldozed through soil today in Plano, Texas, breaking ground on the automaker's new North American headquarters. Toyota in April said it would relocate the headquarters to Plano from Torrance, Calif.



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Four former Chrysler dealers could reopen under U.S. appeals court rulingAuto News

One Las Vegas dealership and three former Detroit area dealerships -- Livonia Chrysler Jeep, Fox Hills Chrysler Jeep and Village Chrysler Jeep -- could get a chance to reopen more than five years after a Chrysler Group LLC decision to close them,...



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With GOP in charge, this could be the year for tradeAuto News

Bradley Hoffman, incoming chairman of the American International Automobile Dealers Association, takes over the trade group as its top issue -- free trade -- could take center stage in the not-so-distant future.



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Google's self-driving car underpinned by Detroit area suppliersAuto News

The fate of Google's self-driving car rests in the hands of Roush Industries and several other Detroit area suppliers.



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Takata airbag review panel members named by SkinnerAuto News

Former Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner said six experts -- including Cerberus Chairman John Snow -- will serve on an independent panel that will oversee Takata's efforts to ensure that its airbag inflators meet federal safety standards.



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Volkswagen mulls VW van, high-performance Golf for U.S.Auto News

Volkswagen has more than just an SUV offensive up its sleeve as the company considers adding -- and deleting -- some models in its U.S. lineup. VW executives indicate that a new VW van and high-performance Golf hatchback may make their way stateside.



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Audi to sit out Super Bowl for first time in 7 yearsAuto News

Volkswagen's Audi brand, for the first time in seven years, isn't advertising during the Super Bowl this year, a spokesman confirmed today. The news comes a day after a Ford spokeswoman said the Ford and Lincoln brands wouldn't participate either.



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GM gets 108 more claims for faulty ignition switch compensationAuto News

General Motors has received 108 claims for compensation for ignition switch defects in its cars in the past week, bringing the total to 2,818, according to the official administering the compensation program.



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Kia challenges you to out-stare NBA star Blake GriffinAuto News

Kia is inviting people to a digital stare-off with NBA star Blake Griffin --- 'Blink Griffin' -- with an interactive site using webcam technology that recognizes and responds to blinks.



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Toyota, Honda in talks to put 6,000 fuel cell cars on road in Tokyo by 2020 OlympicsAuto News

Japan's capital will build 35 stations to fuel hydrogen-based fuel cell vehicles and is in negotiations with Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. to put 6,000 hydrogen cars on its roads by 2020.



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