Are automakers addicted to in-car features overload?Auto News

Automakers are confusing customers by overloading vehicles with an array of infotainment features, many of which are never used.

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China's cheap car strategy for the U.S.Auto News

Wu Song, boss of China's Guangzhou Automobile, says his cars need to be 30 percent cheaper than rivals to make it in America. If everything goes his way, GAC will test his pricing strategy with the U.S. launch of its GS4 crossover in 2017.

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Ford's Sync 3 debut, vehicle launches are out of syncAuto News

The 2015 Ford Edge has been on sale for only a month, but it's already about to be out-of-date. Ford Motor Co. plans to start rolling out Sync 3, its replacement for the MyFord Touch infotainment system, starting this summer.

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Small VW store delivers top customer ratingsAuto News

Attention to detail and personal contact by the owners of a small, 50-year-old Volkswagen dealership in rural Pennsylvania helped it earn the brand's top scores for customer satisfaction in 2014.

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Industry revels in good times but manages to avoid overdoing itAuto News

There are many signs suggesting the U.S. auto industry is on a positive, sustainable track, but perhaps the most reassuring sign is the kind of caution that dealers and manufacturers are showing amid the boom.

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Public dealerships plan for growthAuto News

AutoNation, Sonic, Asbury and Lithia gave updates on their new projects as they reported generally robust first-quarter earnings. Here's what they said.

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Audi tests 2 car-sharing concepts in U.S.Auto News

Audi On Demand is a car sharing pilot in San Francisco where consumers book an Audi rental from a smart phone app, and a concierge delivers and picks up the car.

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To EV or not to EV: The China questionAuto News

As automakers race to comply with China's increasingly stringent emissions rules, they are conflicted about the best electric-vehicle strategy and about whether the Beijing government is sufficiently supporting its avowed desire to see more EV sales.

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Recalled program cars vex GM, hurt profitsAuto News

Late last year, General Motors decided to hold off on auctioning many of its retired rental vehicles because of depressed prices.

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How Hummer maker, Mercedes came togetherAuto News

Production of the Mercedes-Benz R class will begin on the line that once made Hummer H2s for General Motors, just a stone's throw from where AM General builds light tactical military vehicles for the U.S. and other governments.

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VW board demanded Piech go after learning of secret plotAuto News

Ferdinand Piech, who resigned as chairman of Volkswagen over the weekend, sowed the seeds of his own demise by reneging on a deal to support CEO Martin Winterkorn and secretly plotting to oust him instead, according to sources close to the VW board.

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Driverless cars and the big conundrumAuto News

If autonomous driving is Megatrend No. 1 in the global industry, the matter of how to handle the human interface may be Conundrum No. 1.

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Piech's reign ends after 500-mile trek to German city that once honored himAuto News

Ferdinand Piech's two decades of unyielding authority over Volkswagen ended after a 500-mile journey to Braunschweig, a small city in central Germany where just last year he was feted as a savior of jobs.

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