Honda, at last, previews Civic Type R bound for U.S.Auto News

Years of pining for Honda's Civic Type R in the U.S. are finally coming to an end as the automaker signals what the car will look like.

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VW weighs more models to 'strike back' in U.S.Auto News

Volkswagen is mulling new models to bolster its car-heavy U.S. lineup as it charts a U.S. recovery plan, its global brand chief says.

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Tesla must make viable case to sell directly in Michigan, governor says Auto News

Tesla Motors has yet to make a case for selling cars directly to Michigan consumers, according to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. In 2014, Snyder signed a bill explicitly banning the direct sale of vehicles to consumers.

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Daimler plans hypercar, expanded AMG lineup Auto News

Daimler is working on a new "hypercar" and also plans to expand its range of upmarket AMG Mercedes-Benz performance cars by at least 10 models. The hypercar, due to be produced in about 2.

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FCA&'s labor talks in Canada, like GM&'s, to focus on plants Auto News

Securing investments at key Canadian plants is again Unifor's top priority in the latest round of labor negotiations with the Detroit 3, this time with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

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VW hopeful for emissions deal with U.S. by year end, Mueller saysAuto News

Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller said Wednesday he is hopeful the company can reach agreement by the end of the year with the U.S. government on the size of a fine to settle a criminal investigation of the company's alleged violations of U.S.

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FCA labor talks in Canada, like GM, will focus on plant investmentsAuto News

Securing investments at key Canadian plants is again Unifor's top priority in the latest round of labor negotiations with the Detroit 3, this time with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

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VW sets EV launch for 2020Auto News

Volkswagen will launch a compact electric car in 2020 with a range of up to 370 miles as it seeks to sell 1 million EVs per year by 2025, the automaker said Wednesday. VW revealed a concept car, dubbed the I.D., to hint at the compact EV.

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U.S. dealerships' employee retention slides, study findsAuto News

U.S. car dealerships suffer from rampant employee turnover, an industry study released today found. In fact, the three-year employee retention rate at dealerships reached a new low last year, dropping two percentage points to 45 percent, vs.

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Vinnie Johnson's Piston Group closes on $175 million deal for Takata subsidiary Auto News

U.S. auto supplier Piston Group closed today on the $175 million acquisition of Takata subsidiary Irvin Automotive. The acquisition adds Irvin's interiors manufacturing operations to Piston's assembly and sequencing business

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VW targets 2020 for launch of EVAuto News

Volkswagen will launch a compact electric car in 2020 with a range of up to 370 miles as it seeks to sell 1 million EVs per year by 2025, the automaker said Wednesday. VW revealed a concept car, dubbed the I.D., to hint at the compact EV.

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VW suspends ties with some Indian suppliers after expose of child deaths in mica minesAuto News

German carmaker Volkswagen has stopped buying mica from some suppliers in India, following a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation that found child workers were dying in illegal, unregulated mines, a company official said.

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Land Rover replaces LR4 with lighter, roomier DiscoveryAuto News

Land Rover wants to expand its base of buyers and more aggressively attack the full-size SUV market with the all-new Discovery -- a larger, roomier and more fuel-efficient replacement for the LR4 sold in the U.S. since 2009.

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Focus hatchbacks recalled for latch software fixAuto News

Ford is recalling 64,038 Ford Focus hatchbacks in the U.S. to fix potentially faulty interior latch release software. Ford has recalled 4 million vehicles in North America for various door-latch problems since 2014.

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VW targets a Beetle for the electric-car era Auto News

VW is laying out a bold plan to bring EVs to the masses with dozens of new models and unprecedented driving ranges, challenging other carmakers to keep pace a year after an emissions scandal rocked the company.

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Ford's Fields says Trump accusations about jobs are 'really disappointing'Auto News

Ford CEO Mark Fields said he's disappointed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's accusations that the automaker is moving jobs to Mexico and reiterated that the transfer of small-car production will result in 'zero' job...

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Uber to move freight, target trucking for the long haulAuto News

With its recent acquisition of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber Technologies is plotting its entry into the long-haul trucking business, aiming to establish itself as a freight hauler and a technology partner for the industry.

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Elon Musk outlines Mars colonization planAuto News

SpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars with the ultimate goal of colonizing the planet, company chief and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday.

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Honda reports another Takata airbag rupture in fatal Malaysia crashAuto News

Honda said today that the driver-side airbag inflator ruptured during a fatal crash in Malaysia, in the fourth death this year in the Southeast Asian country linked to airbags from supplier Takata Corp.

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Takata in talks with U.S. to resolve criminal allegations, report saysAuto News

Japan's Takata in talks with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve allegations of criminal wrongdoing related to its faulty airbags, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

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VW's plant in Tenn. becomes epicenter of challenge to 'micro-unions'Auto News

Volkswagen has joined other large companies and a chorus of business groups and Republican lawmakers in challenging a union strategy of organizing splinter groups of workers, but experts say recent court decisions approving the tactic suggest it is...

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