Hyundai to build Santa Fe Sport at Alabama plantAuto News

Hyundai will begin production of the Santa Fe Sport at its Montgomery, Ala., plant in early summer to increase supplies of the 5-passenger crossover amid a rise in light-truck demand across the industry.

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Penske enters Japan with equity buy into luxury dealership groupAuto News

Penske Automotive Group, making a foray into Japan, acquired a 49 percent equity stake in the Nicole Group, a luxury dealership group with operations in Tokyo and Kanagawa.

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Penske enters Asia with equity buy into Japan luxury dealershipAuto News

Penske Automotive Group, making a foray into Asia, acquired a 49 percent equity stake in the Nicole Group, a luxury dealership group with operations in Tokyo and Kanagawa, Japan.

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Manheim Canada acquires 100% of partnership auction siteAuto News

Cox Automotive Canada, through its Manheim Canada operation, has acquired 100 percent ownership of Manheim Source Edmonton, in Edmonton, Alberta. The auction site has been renamed Manheim Edmonton.

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Panasonic says windfall from autonomous cars still years awayAuto News

Panasonic President Kazuhiro Tsuga says it will be years before autonomous systems contribute meaningfully to the company's bottom line.

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Renault-Nissan to offer 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technologyAuto News

The Renault-Nissan Alliance said today it plans to offer 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology in four years.

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Renault-Nissan to offer 10 vehicles with autonomous driveAuto News

The Renault-Nissan Alliance said today it plans to offer 10 vehicles with autonomous drive in four years.

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Chevy drops wrap off Cruze hatchbackAuto News

Chevrolet will add a hatchback Cruze to its lineup this fall, an effort to expand the appeal of the brand's top-selling car. Chevy confirmed today that it will unveil the 2017 Cruze hatch at the Detroit auto show next week.

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New Ford Fusion spied before show introductionAuto News

The 2017 Ford Fusion's new front end was spotted in full view today, four days before the freshened sedan is expected to be revealed at the Detroit auto show.

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Mercedes working on a range of EVs, E-class self-driving upgradesAuto News

Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG is developing plans to produce a family of new battery-powered luxury vehicles, the automaker's research chief said.

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Volkswagen CEO to hold high-level talks in Washington on emissions scandalAuto News

Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller will meet with the top U.S. environmental regulator next week, the highest-level talks since the German automaker admitted to using software to evade emissions requirements in 580,000 U.S. vehicles.

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U.S. average new-vehicle fuel economy drops below 25 mpgAuto News

While the U.S. auto industry set a sales record in 2015, the average fuel economy of light vehicles purchased last year fell below 25 mpg for the first time in nearly two years, a monthly report said.

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In a record year, what was hot (and cold)Auto News

Last year's record U.S. light-vehicle sales were powered by booming crossover, pickup and SUV demand while consumers gave a cold shoulder to most cars.

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Mobileye wants automakers to share maps for autonomous carsAuto News

Tech supplier Mobileye wants to convince automakers that join its project to create crowd-sourced maps to share their data, creating a constantly updated, global digital map to guide self-driving cars, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Amnon...

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Ford expects $1.5 billion profit gain for '15 on pension accounting shiftAuto News

Ford said today it expects its 2015 earnings to be about $1.5 billion higher than it previously estimated, due to a change in how it will report pension gains and losses.

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Ford expects $1.5 billion gain for 2015 on pension accounting shiftAuto News

Ford said today it expects its 2015 earnings to be about $1.5 billion higher than it previously estimated, due to a change in how it will report pension gains and losses.

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Mitsubishi abandons effort to sell U.S. plant to rival automakerAuto News

Mitsubishi Motors said today it has given up trying to find an automotive buyer for its sole assembly plant in the U.S.

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Buick plans to run Super Bowl ad for CascadaAuto News

Buick will air its first-ever Super Bowl commercial during next month's broadcast, a bid to raise the brand's profile ahead of a big product-launch year.

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Chevy to bring hatchback Cruze to U.S. lineupAuto News

Chevrolet will add a hatchback Cruze to its lineup this fall, an effort to expand the appeal of the brand's top-selling car. Chevy confirmed today that it will unveil the 2017 Cruze hatch at the Detroit auto show next week.

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Mitsubishi to close U.S. auto plant after failing to find buyerAuto News

Mitsubishi Motors said today it has given up trying to find an automotive buyer for its sole assembly plant in the U.S.

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