Chevy Traverse adds brawn, upscale trim, more mpg for 2018Auto News

Chevrolet is giving its largest crossover, the Traverse, a more trucklike appearance and feel, while improving handling and fuel economy by dropping 362 pounds.

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Nissan feeds Rogue demand with smaller SportAuto News

Nissan will offer a smaller version of the popular Rogue crossover -- dubbed the Rogue Sport -- in a bid to capture shoppers now considering compact sedans. The Sport is a Nissan Qashqai imported from Japan, and 12 inches shorter than the U.S.

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Ford system lets phone handle the navigatingAuto News

With declining interest in automaker-installed navigation systems, Ford Motor Co. has opted to let drivers use the technology most have been using all along: their own phones.

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Is the industry zooming toward a battery shortage?Auto News

Automakers are under increasing pressure to electrify their powertrains to meet toughening global emissions regulations.

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2016 sales scoreboardAuto News

The U.S. auto industry has chalked up seven straight annual sales increases, a streak of success (kept alive by a strong December) that hasn't been seen in a century. Here are some notable numbers from another notable year.

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Will last year's binge lead to a sales hangover?Auto News

The frenzied last weeks of a record 2016 could mean a bigger U.S. sales slowdown than usual in January, which has been the weakest month in each of the past eight years.

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CES showcases auto suppliers and startupsAuto News

CES has become the show where startups and suppliers come to convince the world -- and the rest of the auto industry -- that they are on the cutting edge.

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How Ford's hybrid push might play outAuto News

It's rare when an automaker reveals product plans three years in advance. But that's what Ford Motor Co. did last week when CEO Mark Fields explained how the company will spend some of the $4.

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What was cool at CESAuto News

The trade show formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show is arguably one of the most important auto shows of the year, with suppliers and automakers convening in this city of glitz to show off their most forward-thinking ideas.

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BEST PRACTICES: Lexus dealership cultivates wrap artistsAuto News

JM Lexus began its own wrapping business, JM Custom Creations, with a Lexus LS wrapped in a chrome-like design. Now it takes personal requests from car buyers and commercial orders from outside companies.

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Trump attacks on Mexico plants set ominous toneAuto News

President-elect Donald Trump's barbs against GM and Toyota herald an era in which no company in today's highly globalized auto industry is safe from at least the rhetorical arrows of the incoming president.

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Faraday will take your money nowAuto News

Faraday Future ended a spotty car reveal last week asking for $5,000 deposits on a vehicle with no announced price or release date.

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Crowd-sourced maps to guide autonomous carsAuto News

Tech players and BMW team up to develop cloud-based maps to help driverless cars navigate the roads.

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Toyota plants stronger roots in Latin AmericaAuto News

Despite the heavy clouds of economic recession and political upheaval hanging over South American auto markets, Toyota sees rays of hope.

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A polar bear on ice. What could go wrong?Auto News

White Bear Mitsubishi General Manager Richard Herod IIIcq was supposed to take a leisurely stroll on a hockey rink, along with the dealership's polar bear mascot, to pitch the Outlander crossover.

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Is it finally EVs' time? Predictions vary widelyAuto News

EV predictions still vary widely. Financial analysts at Exane BNP Paribas bullishly forecast that EVs will have a 16 percent share of global vehicle sales by 2025 while IHS Markit believes that figure will be 3.4 percent.

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The German godfathers behind Kia's 'game changer'Auto News

It's the Korean car with the German godfathers.

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VW's 2018 Tiguan gets 11 more inches on wheelbase, third row optionAuto News

Volkswagen plans to offer a new extended-wheelbase Tiguan for the 2018 model year, adding almost 11 inches in length from the current model and offering available third-row seating to the formerly compact crossover.

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GMC Terrain slims down, adds turbo power for 2018Auto News

The GMC Terrain, for its first redesign since arriving eight years ago, is dropping more than 400 pounds and getting a trio of smaller, turbocharged engines, including a diesel.

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Kia sees Stinger as turning point for the brandAuto News

Kia is flying even farther from its roots with the new Stinger, a midsize four-door hatchback that's aimed at adding more thrill to the brand's car offerings and challenging European luxury automakers for performance and refinement.

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VW juices famed Microbus for the autonomous eraAuto News

VW's latest conceptual take on its historic Microbus uses a powerful battery pack and two electric motors to transform the once anemically powered hippie-mobile into an all-wheel-drive, high-capacity autonomous minivan.

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U.S. sales plateau has arrived, analysts sayAuto News

The U.S. sales plateau is here. That's the consensus of several auto analysts who spoke at automotive conferences Sunday ahead of press previews for the Detroit auto show. U.S.

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FCA commits $1 billion to two plant retoolingsAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will spend a combined $1 billion retooling its decades-old Warren Truck Assembly plant to build Jeep Wagoneers and Grand Wagoneers as well as its Toledo Supplier Park to one day build Wrangler-based Jeep pickups.

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Waymo cutting lidar costs by 90%, building up hardware suiteAuto News

Waymo, the standalone company formerly known as the Google self-driving car project, said Sunday it is has dramatically lowered the cost of lidar by 90 percent, and is building a suite of hardware that can be integrated as a unit into an existing...

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Bentley hikes hp on Continental with SS variantAuto News

Bentley's latest addition to its revered Supersports nameplate is the automaker's fastest production vehicle yet. The 2017 Bentley Continental Supersports builds off of the 2009 Supersports model and adds even more power.

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Google's Waymo plans to expand self-driving Chrysler van fleet, report saysAuto News

Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are doubling down on their self-driving partnership, adding about 100 more Pacifica Hybrid minivans to an autonomous fleet first announced in May, people familiar with the decision told Bloomberg.

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