Toyota plots Prius comeback Auto News

As Toyota prepares to introduce a redesigned Prius later this year, both car and company are at turning points. First introduced in 1997, the hybrid is no longer the green-car darling of the Hollywood set.



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Subaru aims to expand STI performance lineAuto News

Subaru aims to further boost profits on booming U.S. sales by expanding its STI performance line.



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GM loses bid to dismiss racial bias suitAuto News

GM lost its bid to dismiss a suit accusing it of racial discrimination for refusing to let qualified white applicants acquire an available Chevrolet franchise in Georgia that instead went to a black dealer. U.S. District Judge William Moore Jr.



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How an oddball Chevy transformed a Houston dealershipAuto News

More than a decade after General Motors launched the Chevrolet SSR, most people still aren't sure what to make of the retro-styled, high-performance roadster pickup. Paul Peebles has managed to make a thriving business out of it.



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Ford to spend $2.5 billion on new Mexico engine, transmission operationsAuto News

Ford, confirming reports from earlier this week, said it will spend $2.5 billion to build a new generation of fuel-efficient engines and transmissions in Mexico, creating 3,800 jobs.



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GM counting on high-speed Internet services in car to drive profitsAuto News

Buyers of GM vehicles will increasingly be able to use in-car mobile broadband systems to book hotel rooms, cut deals on driver insurance, pay for data usage and conduct a host of other transactions.



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Volvo narrows choices for U.S. plant to S. Carolina, 2nd state, report saysAuto News

Volvo Cars is weighing a site in South Carolina against another southern state as it prepares to invest $500 million in its first US plant, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters today.



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Lotus forms joint venture to build cars, engines in ChinaAuto News

Lotus plans to build cars and engines in China in a joint venture, DRB-Hicom, the U.K. sports car maker's Malaysian parent company, said.



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South Korea steps up price-fixing crackdown on auto suppliersAuto News

South Korea, supporting a global police action against auto-parts price fixing, has hit Japanese and German suppliers with a string of fines in recent weeks.



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U.S. bill would streamline passage of 2 key trade dealsAuto News

US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to move trade deals quickly through Congress, opening the door to sealing a major Pacific trade pact with major implications for the auto industry.



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Ford eyes 'high volume' use of carbon fiber Auto News

Ford today said it has signed a deal with a carbon-fiber manufacturer to jointly explore 'high-volume' automotive uses for the lightweight material.



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New Jeep Renegade ad campaign has an indie-rock youth vibeAuto News

In its new Renegade campaign, Jeep wanted up-and-coming artists to lay a soundtrack aimed at millennials instead of more established acts.



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Nissan to expand U.S. recalls tied to Takata airbag flawAuto News

Nissan plans to expand a regional recall of cars in the United States with potentially defective Takata airbags after a woman said she was injured last month by shrapnel from the device in her 2006 Sentra sedan.



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VW's top board group backs Winterkorn as 'best possible' CEOAuto News

Volkswagen AG's supervisory board leadership panel backed CEO Martin Winterkorn amid a power struggle with Chairman Ferdinand Piech, saying Winterkorn is the "best possible" CEO for the German automaker.



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VW supervisory board backs Winterkorn as 'best possible' CEOAuto News

Volkswagen AG's supervisory board leadership panel backed CEO Martin Winterkorn amid a power struggle with Chairman Ferdinand Piech, saying Winterkorn is the "best possible" CEO for the German automaker.



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