How the stars aligned with Chrysler brandsAuto News

How did Chrysler decide which star fit best with which auto brand? Marissa Hunter, director of global brand advertising and head of Ram Truck brand advertising, laid it out like this.



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Chrysler blitzes American Music Awards with Fergie, Imagine Dragons and more Auto News

Chrysler on Sunday night launched an ad blitz during the American Music Awards that linked five of its brands to A-list recording artists in spots that co-promoted both the vehicles and Interscope singles.



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Ford's Farley sees Europe as a lab for learningAuto News

When Jim Farley started his first tour of duty in Europe in 1997, he had a lot to learn. Now he's going back to run Ford's European unit. "I got my PhD in small cars walking through parking lots," in Europe, he says.



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Wilbur Ross steps down as chairman of IAC to take bank board spotAuto News

Wilbur Ross, the billionaire turnaround artist who launched International Components Group in 2006, is stepping down as IAC's board chairman to take a senior position at the Bank of Cyprus.



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Fuel cell vehicles: The only cars with potable exhaust?Auto News

Toyota is pitching the Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car as a godsend for the planet. Heat and water are its only byproducts, not climate-altering carbon dioxide. But just how clean is that exhaust water vapor?



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Retired Ford exec Mascarenas joins ON Semiconductor's boardAuto News

Retired Ford chief technical officer Paul Mascarenas has joined ON Semiconductor's board of directors. Mascarenas, 53, also joined the semiconductor supplier's science and technology committee, the company said Thursday.



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Tesla, BMW in talks over batteries, light-weight parts, Musk saysAuto News

Tesla Motors is in talks with BMW over a possible alliance in battery technology and light-weight components, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told a German weekly magazine.



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Frustrated senators blast Takata, signal more safety legislationAuto News

Senators' frustration with what they see as an inconsistent and disorganized response to the Takata airbag recall crisis boiled over last week, signaling a push for more auto safety regulations.



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Study slams CFPB's proxy methodologyAuto News

The statistical method the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau uses to identify which consumers belong to minority groups correctly identified African-American borrowers only 24 percent of the time.



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ZF CEO: We're not chasing 10-speedsAuto News

ZF Friedrichshafen AG will not follow rivals in pushing for 10-speed transmissions. the German supplier will stop at 9-speed transmissions, says CEO Stefan Sommer.



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Honda in talks with other suppliers for Takata airbag fix, report saysAuto News

Honda is in talks with two airbag suppliers to help it stock replacement parts for defective Takata Corp. airbags, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people aware of the planning.



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Mercedes-Benz's first refusal right upheldAuto News

Mercedes-Benz USA has beaten all claims but one in a lawsuit challenging its use of the right of first refusal to block a dealership buy/sell deal in Fresno, Calif.



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Ford's Farley sees Europe as a lab for learningAuto News

"I got my PhD in small cars walking through parking lots," in Europe. "I learned about homologation and the tax breaks for different engine displacements. I learned the hard way, and we built that product plan from the bottom up."



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Two-car households will decline, KPMG report predictsAuto News

Two-car households may be on the decline as urbanization increases, but they are far from disappearing, a KPMG report said this week.



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Chrysler says it will speed up recall repairs for Jeep SUVsAuto News

Chrysler Group said on Friday it was not satisfied with the speed of repairs of recalled Jeep SUVs that face a heightened fire risk and will enhance dealer communication and owner contact to accelerate the process.



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Ford stamping plant operations suspended after Buffalo snowstormsAuto News

After lake-effect snowstorms this week pounded upstate New York, Ford's Buffalo Stamping Plant has suspended operations until employees are able to travel to work.



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Wilbur Ross steps down as chairman of IAC to take bank board spotAuto News

Wilbur Ross, the billionaire turnaround artist who launched International Components Group in 2006, is stepping down as IAC's board chairman to take a senior position at the Bank of Cyprus.



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Retired Ford exec Mascarenas joins ON Semiconductor's boardAuto News

Retired Ford chief technical officer Paul Mascarenas has joined ON Semiconductor's board of directors. Mascarenas, 53, also joined the semiconductor supplier's science and technology committee, the company said Thursday.



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Fatigue-expert NHTSA nominee could mean more infotainment scrutinyAuto News

The nominee to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an expert in fatigue and pilot alertness, which signals the auto industry's drive to bring more Internet services and infotainment into cars should get intense scrutiny.



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Hertz hires airline veteran Tague to revive companyAuto News

Hertz Global Holdings named John Tague as its new CEO, appointing the manager credited with boosting sales at United Airlines to restore investors' confidence in the car-rental company plagued by an aging fleet and sloppy accounting.



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