GM starts harvesting tech from startupsAuto News

General Motors is starting to harvest technology from the 20-plus startup companies in which it has invested.

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Honda's factory fix: RobotsAuto News

Honda's Alabama assembly plant replaces one of the industry's most innovative engine lines with enough automation to brace for the future.

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Has the Taurus comeback story come to an end?Auto News

The Taurus -- a once-revolutionary nameplate that Ford Motor Co. already killed off once, until Alan Mulally arrived and gave it new life -- again has an uncertain future, at least on this side of the globe.

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Dealer's drone shoots video to stand outAuto News

The Jeff Wyler Automotive Family has purchased a drone to spice up promotions, social-media campaigns and vehicle-delivery celebrations.

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Will U.S. get Buick made in China?Auto News

In 2013, General Motors polled some U.S. Buick dealers about their volume and model-mix expectations for a new vehicle: a compact crossover that has since been launched in China as the Buick Envision. It's two years later and there's no U.S.

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Toyota to embrace online car shoppingAuto News

Toyota plans to unveil its own version of Scion's Pure Process Plus online transaction system within the next six to 12 months.

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Clout or count? NAMAD debates strategiesAuto News

Minority dealers should consider joining forces with other partners to create bigger dealership groups, said the head of the largest black-owned dealership group in the U.S.

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Toyota says 3 China production lines down following explosionAuto News

Toyota said three of its production lines in China will stay shut through Wednesday after last week's explosion in the port city of Tianjin.

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FCA takes guesswork out of dealers' weighty decisionsAuto News

Fiat Chrysler is introducing an online analyzer that allows dealers to forecast potential returns from expanding their service operations.

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Pebble Beach culminates auto-mania weekAuto News

When it began 65 years ago, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance was just a one-day affair. Now the day has become a week. It includes road rallies, races, auctions, displays, seminars, exhibitions, parties and, underpinning it all, marketing.

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Pebble Beach Concours culminates auto-mania weekAuto News

When it began 65 years ago, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance was just a one-day affair. Now the day has become a week. It includes road rallies, races, auctions, displays, seminars, exhibitions, parties and, underpinning it all, marketing.

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Infiniti prepares to enter 2.0-turbo fightAuto News

Infiniti will be able to stand nose-to-nose with some of its bigger competitors in five months with one of the luxury segment's hottest features -- a small turbo-charged engine.

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Shelby to market 50 Daytona re-creationsAuto News

Shelby American has re-created the historic U.S. racecar that knocked Ferrari off its pedestal in 1965 -- the Shelby Daytona Cobra coupe -- for a limited run of 50 cars.

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Henrik Fisker designs exotic convertible for GalpinAuto News

Luxury designer Henrik Fisker has created a convertible variation of the Ford GT Mustang to be sold by Galpin Auto Sports of Los Angeles.

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