GM plans new vehicle family for emerging marketsAuto News

GM plans to spend $5 billion over the next several years to develop a new range of technology-rich small cars, based on a common architecture, that will be built and sold under the Chevrolet name in China, Brazil, India, Mexico and other emerging...

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Toyota goes to the street in latest campaign Auto News

The spot features a group of street musicians jamming and rehearsing in an empty auditorium, conversing about Bob Dylan and how they've been mistaken as professional touring players.

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Honda's Accavitti leaves top post at AcuraAuto News

Mike Accavitti, vice president and general manager of Acura, has abruptly left the company and has been replaced by Jon Ikeda, American Honda Motor said today.

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Honda's Accavitti leaves top post at AcuraAuto News

Mike Accavitti, vice president and general manager of Acura, has abruptly left the company and has been replaced by Jon Ikeda, American Honda Motor said today.

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Fiat Chrysler under tighter scrutiny after record NHTSA penaltyAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles agreed to pay a $70 million fine, accept three years of close oversight by an independent monitor and buy back thousands of pickup trucks as part of a far-reaching consent agreement to settle a U.S.

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FCA To Be Monitored -- on Own Dime (7/27/15)

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Ford wins court appeal over apartheid claims Auto News

Victims of apartheid in South Africa cannot pursue lawsuits seeking to hold Ford liable for conducting business that helped perpetuate the practice decades ago, a federal appeals court ruled today.

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FCA pact gives broad powers to NHTSA monitorAuto News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's consent agreement with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles grants sweeping powers to an independent monitor tasked with overseeing the company's safety operations, deepening the federal government's role in...

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Sonic President Scott Smith named CEOAuto News

Sonic Automotive is shuffling some executive positions, naming its co-founder Scott Smith to the post of CEO, effective immediately, the company said in a statement today.

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GM fund approves 3 more serious-injury claimsAuto News

Three more serious injuries have been linked to General Motors defective ignition switches, the office of attorney Kenneth Feinberg said.

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GM Korea reaches tentative wage deal with unionAuto News

General Motors' South Korean unit tentatively reached an annual wage deal with its labor union today, averting a major strike at one of its key Asian production bases, a union spokesman told Reuters.

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Mercedes-Benz Financial leads in dealer satisfaction, J.D. Power findsAuto News

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services ranks No. 1 among auto lenders in terms of dealerships' satisfaction with lenders' services, according to a study released today by J.D. Power.

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U.S. automakers leery of Pacific trade deal as talks near endAuto News

U.S. automakers typically back trade agreements that open markets for their products, yet they aren't cheering for a pact among 12 Pacific nations that's entering its final negotiations.

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As dealership sales climb, margins slideAuto News

On the surface, second-quarter results from five publicly traded dealership groups last week were solid. But behind the gains lurked a disturbing trend: At all five, profit margins on new-vehicle sales fell.

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Dodge cancels unfilled '15 Hellcat orders, doubles '16 outputAuto News

Dodge will more than double Hellcat Charger and Challenger production for 2016. But about 900 unfilled 2015 orders will be canceled.

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VW: No plans to cut China productionAuto News

Volkswagen has no plans to cut China output even amid slowing vehicle demand in the world's largest auto market, the company said Saturday in response to a media report.

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