Ford finds 0% beats 'Friends'Auto News

Ford learned the hard way last month that car shoppers get more excited about no-interest financing than no-haggle pricing, especially during the annual holiday bargain-hunting frenzy.

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Storied Defender due for new-era rewriteAuto News

Land Rover, a brand revered for its ability to climb over obstacles, has a new hurdle in front of it: how to bring its vaunted Defender nameplate into the 21st century.

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GM transforms soldiers into service techsAuto News

General Motors is working with the U.S. Army to train discharged soldiers to serve as service technicians at dealerships. Since the program, Shifting Gears, began in the fall of 2014, 116 people have been trained.

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A serious shift upscale: What people think of Buick's redesigned LaCrosseAuto News

Buick's flagship sedan, the LaCrosse, has been retooled for 2017 with styling cues borrowed from the Avenir sedan concept introduced in January at the 2015 Detroit auto show. Here's what some critics and others are saying about it.

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Icahn buys into Pep Boys, seeks retail sale to his Auto PlusAuto News

Investor Carl Icahn disclosed a new 12.1 percent stake in The Pep Boys-Manny Moe and Jack and said the auto parts and maintenance chain's retail business should be acquired by Auto Plus -- a competitor he controls.

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