Senate to hold hearing on Takata airbag recalls; company subpoenaed by U.S. grand juryAuto News

A Senate Committee hearing into the recalls of defective Takata airbags that have so far been linked to five deaths is slated for next Thursday, according to a GOP committee aide.



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TIMELINE -- Takata airbag recallsAuto News

Following are some key events leading to the recall of several million cars fitted with potentially defective air bags made by Japanese supplier Takata.



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Mercedes, Mini top J.D. Power sales satisfaction rankingsAuto News

Mercedes-Benz ranked highest in sales satisfaction among luxury brands in the J.D. Power 2014 U.S. Sales Satisfaction Index Study released today. For a fifth consecutive year, Mini ranks highest among mass-market brands, with a score of 727.



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Aisin Seiki to plead guilty, pay $35.8 million fine in U.S. antitrust probeAuto News

Japanese auto parts giant Aisin Seiki has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $36 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to allocate customers of variable valve timing devices, the Department of Justice said today.



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Subaru to hit North America sales target ahead of planAuto News

The parent of Subaru said it will reach its mid-term sales target in North America at least three years ahead of plan, helped by demand for the Forester crossover and Legacy sedan.



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Honda discloses 5th Takata-linked airbag fatality, issues recallAuto News

The death toll linked to defective Takata airbags grew to five today with Honda disclosing the first fatality outside the United States and calling back more cars.



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Takata subpoenaed by U.S. grand jury as chairman apologizesAuto News

The Japanese airbag maker at the center of a global recall crisis has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury to explain the defects with its safety devices.



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Automakers adopt protocols to handle, protect consumer data in connected car eraAuto News

Hoping to harness customer data to offer more services without eliciting an outcry over the misuse of personal information, major automakers today agreed to industry-wide principles to handle consumer data and safeguard individual privacy going...



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Barra to sit out award ceremony following protestsAuto News

General Motors said Wednesday that CEO Mary Barra will sit out an award ceremony in her honor next week following protests from a group of family and friends of people killed in defective GM vehicles.



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Takata disputes report it hid airbag tests before recall crisisAuto News

Takata said it tested airbags in 2004 for an issue separate from the flaw at the center of an auto-safety crisis, disputing a report by the New York Times last week.



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Carlyle's Axalta auto-paint company rises in trading debutAuto News

Axalta Coating Systems, the former DuPont auto-paint unit now backed by Carlyle Group LP, rose in its first day of trading after raising $975 million in an initial public stock offering.



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VW to add autonomous driving proving ground at test track in GermanyAuto News

The Volkswagen Group plans to add a proving ground for autonomous driving to its test track in Ehra-Lessien in Lower Saxony, Germany, Automobilwoche, a sibling publication of Automotive News, has learned from company sources.



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Mercedes-AMG GT targets Porsche 911Auto News

Mercedes-Benz is using the tag line 'Handcrafted by Racers: a sports car in its purest form,' for the new GT sports car, emphasizing the car's development by Mercedes' AMG performance unit.



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AutoNation plans mid-December rollout of digital storefront in FloridaAuto News

Customers of 30 AutoNation stores in south Florida next month will be able to use their credit cards to reserve a car they want to buy, as part of a purchase process that is largely online.



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Feinberg may seek GM switch-related cases in regulator filesAuto News

The lawyer handling General Motors' compensation for victims of accidents tied to its faulty ignition switches said he'll consider an auto safety advocate's suggestion that he comb regulators' files for relevant accidents.



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Takata says it modified compound involved in airbag recallsAuto News

Takata has modified the composition of an airbag propellant that contains a volatile chemical at the center of a recall of millions of cars worldwide, the company told Reuters.



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GM claims czar may seek switch-related cases in regulator filesAuto News

The lawyer handling General Motors' compensation for victims of accidents tied to its faulty ignition switches said he'll consider an auto safety advocate's suggestion that he comb regulators' files for relevant accidents.



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VW details new labor policy for Tenn. plantAuto News

A new policy at Volkswagen's assembly plant in Chattanooga would let organized labor groups hold regular meetings at the plant and engage with plant executives but stops short of extending collective bargaining rights to any particular labor union.



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Former Honda executives chide CEO Ito over quality, recallsAuto News

Two former Honda Motor chiefs have called on CEO Takanobu Ito this year, urging him to focus more on quality issues, increasing the pressure he's already under from federal regulators and politicians over mass airbag recalls.



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