STEC, affiliate of China's SAIC, to open North American headquarters in MichiganAuto News

Supplier STEC USA, an affiliate of China's SAIC Motor, will establish a new headquarters and a plant in an existing facility near Detroit that has been used mainly for sales and marketing.



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Black Friday deals could siphon some auto sales from DecemberAuto News

Black Friday, once associated with big-box retailers and shopping malls, has become a crucial day on the automotive sales calendar.



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BMW to roll out plug-in hybrid versions of top modelsAuto News

BMW plans to offer plug-in hybrid versions of all its main models, including the best-selling 3-series sedan, as the world's largest maker of luxury vehicles reacts to tighter emissions regulations.



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'Investors do not want to have anything to do with Takata shares'Auto News

Investors are piling into bets against Takata as the U.S. pushes for nationwide recalls to replace its faulty airbags and members of Congress prepare to renew their scrutiny of defects linked to five deaths.



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France wants to phase out diesel-powered passenger carsAuto News

France wants to gradually phase out the use of diesel fuel for passenger cars and will put in place a system to identify the most polluting vehicles, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said.



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Why Takata rescue would be costly, slowAuto News

Some lawmakers want competing airbag suppliers to help Takata produce enough inflators to repair millions of recalled U.S. vehicles.



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Toyota: Active safety for allAuto News

Toyota Motor Corp. will step closer to autonomous vehicles when it begins rolling out a range of advanced active safety systems across its mass-market lineup in early 2015.



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No letup in pickup wars among Big 3Auto News

Officially, Ford's two fiercest truck competitors had little to say about the fuel economy ratings for the new aluminum-body F-150 that underwhelmed some pundits. But behind the scenes, rivals' wheels are in motion.



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Longing for the days of Hummer?Auto News

Cheap gasoline, Jeep's rise and surging demand for pricey SUVs have some Hummer dealers and loyalists thinking about what might have been, and have rekindled talk about a new Wrangler fighter from GM.



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Mini store wants customers singing its praisesAuto News

Surprising and treating customers to extras is part of a program Mini USA started in July to boost its image as a premium brand.



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Buy-sells skyrocket, in dollars and dealsAuto News

This year's buy-sell market is on track to be the most active since 2004, in both number of deals and total dollars, two reports released this week said.



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GM Financial CEO sees big growth aheadAuto News

It has taken four years, but GM Financial is finally offering a full range of products to General Motors dealers, prompting the captive lender's CEO to predict a "tremendous amount of growth" in 2015. says CEO Dan Berce.



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TLX delivering on sales and image, Acura saysAuto News

With two full months of sales data behind it, Acura says the new TLX midsize sedan is beginning to fulfill its promise of reviving the luxury brand, whose U.S. sales and image have sagged in recent years.



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For mpg gains, tiremakers deliver -- consumers shrugAuto News

The auto industry is putting improved tires onto cars these days, but consumers aren't so sure they like the results.



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Tire tech keeps eye on distance and pressureAuto News

Under pressure to help automakers hit higher fuel economy targets, tire companies are championing new technologies. Those technologies are taking many different forms.



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Diesel Mazda6 still on the mapAuto News

Despite engineering delays, Mazda still plans to launch a diesel engine in its Mazda6 midsize sedan, the company's top North American executive said.



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Hendrick aims to keep legacies rollingAuto News

Taking care of legacy employees is critical for closing the acquisition of a dealership, buy-sell advisers say.



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Inside Takata, tantrums, but little sense of crisis over airbag recallsAuto News

Shigehisa Takada, the third-generation head of Takata, shows little sense of the crisis engulfing the Japanese airbag maker at the center of one of the auto industry's biggest safety recalls, say people who have met him recently.



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Why Takata rescue would be costly, slowAuto News

Congressional lawmakers have suggested that rival airbag suppliers could help Takata produce enough inflators to repair 10 million U.S. vehicles recalled since 2008.



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Is NHTSA nominee up to the task?Auto News

As an expert on human fatigue, Mark Rosekind is well-suited to steer NHTSA toward the era of autonomous driving and connected-car technologies.



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