Ford's China route: Latecomer, contender, EV embracerAuto News

In the next phase of its Chinese evolution, Ford plans to introduce electrified cars, as well as to bring in its first pickup and GT super sports car.

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Porsche speeds ahead with 911 turbo; purists fretAuto News

Porsche's U.S. leader thinks sales of the iconic 911 can go higher. Potential buyers nervous about the nameplate's move to turbocharged engines who to test out the cars will be won over by its improvements, he says.

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Mazda combats sales damage with redesigned CX-9 flagshipAuto News

Mazda executives expect the redesigned CX-9 crossover to reverse the automaker's U.S. market share slump and pull the brand back from the incentives it once vowed to avoid.

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Porsche to sell Panamera wagon in U.S.Auto News

Porsche continues to expand its product offering outside traditional sports cars. The brand's U.S. CEO confirms Porsche will begin selling a wagon variant of its Panamera sports sedan in the U.S.

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Fast growth for a showroom ghostAuto News

U.S. sales of full-size vans are increasing eight times faster than the industry average. The growth has commercial vans on track to top half a million sales for the first time ever this year.

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Nissan's less-is-more plan on pickup variationsAuto News

Nissan's new Titan will be available with only a fraction of the configurations that are possible on the big-selling Detroit 3 pickups. But Nissan hopes that will actually please its customers.

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Joe Hinrichs has Ford hummingAuto News

Since 2011, Ford Motor Co. has earned pretax profits totaling $45 billion in North America. It lost $1.8 billion in the rest of the world. And North America's position as Ford's profit driver keeps getting stronger.

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Attempted murder? How store struck backAuto News

When an online review falsely accused Huntington Beach Mazda's staff of attempted murder and elderly abuse, dealer John Patterson went into action to mitigate the damage.

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In Texas: 'Everyone is in hail mode'Auto News

Texas auto dealers are turning to 'hail sales' to try and make the best of a bad situation: the Lone Star state's worst run of hail damage in years.

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Jeep's push to produce in China is paying offAuto News

Jeep is moving ahead in China, thanks to investments in local crossover production. But in a market haunted by factory overcapacity, premium brand Lexus is also pulling ahead purely as an importer.

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Stop-sale backlog hits public groups' earningsAuto News

Several publicly traded dealership groups noted that cars and truck languishing for months on their lots under stop-sale orders due to recalls hurt their first-quarter earnings. The problem could linger into 2017.

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Why Michigan wants to stay in the driver's seat on autonomous vehicle legislationAuto News

Attorneys who specialize in connected car technology and autonomous vehicles say the industry is creating new and unique legal issues around everything from cybersecurity and data protection to product liability.

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Why Tesla's long waiting list for Model 3 needed a caveatAuto News

It is certainly possible Tesla had 400,000 reservations from people who intend to buy a Model 3. But we at Automotive News had reservations of our own before CEO Elon Musk clarified the situation.

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