Honda to resume Civic sedan output in Japan; weighs U.S. exports Auto News

Allocating manufacturing capacity for the Civic in Japan may enable Honda to free up production capacity in the United States, where the market for sedans is shrinking in favor of crossovers.

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Ford expands Takata airbag recall, now affects 3 million vehiclesAuto News

Ford will recall about 816,000 vehicles as it widened previous actions affecting models with Takata airbags.

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U.S. judge orders VW executive detainedAuto News

A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered a Volkswagen executive charged in the Justice Department's diesel emissions investigation held without bail pending trial.

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FCA accused by EPA of failing to disclose software allowing excess diesel emissionsAuto News

The EPA has accused Fiat Chrysler Automobiles of failing to disclose software in 104,000 diesel pickups and SUVs that allows them to exceed pollution limits.

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U.S. pursues unindicted VW co-conspiratorsAuto News

Justice Department officials confirmed that unindicted co-conspirators remain in their ongoing investigation of Volkswagen AG's diesel emissions scandal and that three of the six VW executives already publicly charged are still employed by the...

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Ford owes suppliers payouts after Mexico car plant abortedAuto News

Ford is working on a plan to compensate parts makers that were preparing to supply the plant the company canceled last week and will return the land to the government of Mexico, an executive said.

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Takata to plead guilty, pay victims and automakers in $1 billion deal, reports sayAuto News

Takata is expected to agree to plead guilty to fraud charges as early as Friday as part of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve the government's investigation into deadly air bag ruptures, sources said.

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Takata to plead guilty, settle for $1 billion soon, reports sayAuto News

Takata is expected to agree to plead guilty to fraud charges as early as Friday as part of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve the government's investigation into deadly air bag ruptures, sources said.

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VW dropped from U.S. trusted-cargo program over emissions cheatingAuto News

The emissions-cheating scandal that will eventually cost Volkswagen $23 billion in North America has also made it harder to import its cars to the U.S.

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Gulf States Toyota connects TV ads to dealer visitsAuto News

In June and July, 652,000 households in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas saw at least twice as many TV ads promoting summertime deals on the Toyota Camry as others in the region.

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Volkswagen's long road to a U.S. criminal settlementAuto News

Sixteen months after admitting in September 2015 that it cheated U.S. diesel emissions tests, Volkswagen is still battling regulatory investigations, investor and consumer lawsuits, and striving to rebuild its reputation.

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Fiat Chrysler accused by EPA of excess diesel emissionsAuto News

The EPA has accused Fiat Chrysler Automobiles of using software that allowed excess diesel emissions in just over 104,000 U.S. pickups and SUVs sold since 2014.

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Fiat Chrysler accused by EPA of excess diesel emissions, report saysAuto News

The EPA is accusing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles of using software that allowed excess diesel emissions in just over 100,000 U.S. pickups and SUVs sold since 2014, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.

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Ford expands Takata air bag recall, now affects 3 million vehiclesAuto News

Ford Motor said on Thursday it will recall about 816,000 vehicles as it widened previous actions affecting models with Takata airbags.

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VW executives safe from U.S. extradition in home countryAuto News

Five German Volkswagen AG executives facing U.S. charges linked to the diesel emissions scandal may be able to avoid jail, but they may never be able to travel beyond the Black Forest again.

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Fiat Chrysler to be accused by EPA of excess diesel emissions, report saysAuto News

The EPA plans to accuse Fiat Chrysler Automobiles of using software that allowed excess diesel emissions in just over 100,000 U.S. trucks and SUVs sold since 2014, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.

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Ford contract worker dies following accident at Dearborn plantAuto News

A 55-year-old contract worker for Ford Motor has died following an accident Wednesday at the automaker's Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Plant.

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VW shareholders call for reforms in wake of U.S. settlement, indictmentsAuto News

Volkswagen investors demanded greater transparency and reforms at the carmaker after it admitted to criminal offences in rigging U.S. emissions tests and U.S. prosecutors indicted six current and former managers over the scandal.

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