Shad Khad's Flex-n-Gate opens parts plant in Detroit to supply FordAuto News

Longtime Ford supplier Flex-n-Gate has opened its $160 million parts plant in Detroit.

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Miami AutoNation store settles gender discrimination lawsuit for $150,000Auto News

A Miami AutoNation dealership has agreed to pay $150,000 to a former assistant parts manager to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit brought against the store by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Ford switches creative ad agency work to BBDO from WPPAuto News

Ford, following a five-month review of its advertising efforts, said BBDO will replace longtime partner WPP as its lead creative ad agency. WPP will retain a role in what Ford calls a new multi-agency advertising model.

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Why Jaguar Land Rover is idling its UK assembly plantAuto News

Jaguar Land Rover will close its plant in Solihull, England, for two weeks after the company reported a major fall in sales to China as import duties and a trade war with the U.S. hurt demand.

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Paris auto show hits and missesAuto News

The Gallic rooster rounded up enough debuts to manage a strut of sorts, with a little help from the Germans. Our Nick Gibbs inspected the newcomers to separate the exquisite from the execrable.

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Florida dealership group fights EEOC lawsuitAuto News

A lawyer representing a Florida dealership group accused of gender discrimination by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is blasting the complaint as having no "factual or legal basis."

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Fla. dealership group contests gender discrimination lawsuitAuto News

A lawyer representing a Florida dealership group accused of gender discrimination by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is blasting the complaint as having no "factual or legal basis."

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Fla. dealership group argues gender discrimination lawsuit has no legal basisAuto News

Fighting a gender discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of a former female employee by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an attorney representing the owners of a Tampa, Fla.

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Hybrid Jeep Renegade production preparations begin in ItalyAuto News

Fiat Chrysler said it launched preparations for the production of a plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Renegade as the carmaker pushes ahead with its electrification drive to meet tougher emissions rules.

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Faraday Future hits funding snagAuto News

A dispute between entrepreneur Jia Yueting and China's third-richest man, investor Hui Ka Yan, raises more questions about Faraday's financial footing just as the startup prepares to bring out its first model after years of work.

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Daimler will start building EV battery plant in U.S.Auto News

Daimler will start building a battery plant as part of its planned $1 billion investment to upgrade its U.S. factory in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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GM's China sales slip into reverse, dropping 15% as market stallsAuto News

General Motors' quarterly sales in China fell for the first time in over a year, hit by faltering economic growth and a wider slowdown in the world's biggest auto market amid a whipsawing trade war with the United States.

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Daimler CFO to leave following Kallenius' appointment as next CEOAuto News

Daimler CFO Bodo Uebber will leave the company, marking the first top-level departure after the automaker picked Ola Kallenius to take over as CEO from Dieter Zetsche.

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VW top-sellers now WLTP compliant, automaker saysAuto News

The best-selling versions of all VW models now conform to WLTP rules, easing a delivery bottleneck that has hit sales.

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Jason Stein: A new era for auto showsAuto News

Was this Paris show good? Was it too quiet? Does this mean shows are dead? The arguments around auto show relevance were endless last week, and the jury is still very much out.

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Ten years later, Dodge dealer tells his storyAuto News

Doug Wilson's survival plan in 2009 called for a massive sale that would liquidate six months' worth of Dodge inventory within three weeks. Before he knew it, the sale was under way.

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