Cox-Dealertrack deal to create full-service dealer software powerhouseAuto News

Cox Automotive's $4 billion blockbuster acquisition of Dealertrack Technologies brings together software giants with complementary strengths and little product overlap, the CEOs of the two companies said today.

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GM ignition-switch death toll rises to 114Auto News

General Motors' faulty ignition switches are now linked to 114 deaths, three more than a week ago, the office of attorney Kenneth Feinberg said.

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GM returns to medium-duty truck market, partners with IsuzuAuto News

General Motors is returning to the medium-duty commercial truck business in the U.S. next year after a seven-year hiatus, a move that GM believes will lead to more sales of pickups, vans and other trucks to fleet buyers.

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GM partners returns to medium-duty truck market, partners with IsuzuAuto News

General Motors is returning to the medium-duty commercial truck business in the U.S. next year after a seven-year hiatus, a move that GM believes will lead to more sales of pickups, vans and other trucks to fleet buyers.

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Nissan Sentra to be 'almost all new' after midcycle refresh Auto News

Nissan plans significant enhancements to the 2016 Sentra beyond the typical mid-cycle freshen.

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Cox Automotive to buy Dealertrack in $4 billion cash dealAuto News

Cox Automotive is buying Dealertrack Technologies, adding the software and online services company to a stable of automotive entities that includes Kelley Blue Book, Autotrader and auction company Manheim, the two companies said today.

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Beijing angered by U.S. duties on Chinese tiresAuto News

China's Commerce Ministry today blasted the U.S. for imposing duties on certain automobile and light truck tires imported from China, calling the move "unreasonable" and damaging to world trade.

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GM to source medium-duty trucks from Isuzu, reports say Auto News

GM will re-enter the U.S. medium-duty truck market next year with Chevrolet-branded vehicles supplied by Isuzu, people familiar with the matter said today.

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Honda, reeling from recalls, hands reins to insiderAuto News

Honda is turning to an insider who's spent his entire career at the company to navigate out of a global auto safety crisis, after seven people died in its cars.

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Waiting for a Volvo XC90? Rent an XC60 cheapAuto News

Committed buyers of the 7-passenger Volvo XC90 can ease their wait for delivery by choosing a new 5-seat XC60 from their Volvo dealer's inventory and renting it from Enterprise at a rate subsidized by Volvo.

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Why the seat king wants out of the seat businessAuto News

Johnson Controls is the world's biggest producer of complete seats. So why is CEO Alex Molinaroli putting the company's seating operation and interiors unit up for sale?

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'Do or die' time as FCA's Brampton plant awaits investmentAuto News

The future of Canada's struggling auto industry may hinge on whether FCA can be persuaded to overhaul its outdated plant in Brampton, Ontario.

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Equipment disparity on Ford F-150 prompts new crash testAuto News

Last week, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety conducted an unprecedented follow-up crash test, on a 2015 Ford F-150 Supercab.

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Tech-laden 7 series must prove it's a driver's BMW Auto News

For all its new whiz-bang gadgetry, the 7 series will still have to prove its worth as a driver's car, not a technological showcase.

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Nissan Sentra to be 'almost all new' after midcycle refresh Auto News

Nissan plans significant enhancements to the 2016 Sentra beyond the typical mid-cycle freshen.

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Tesla takes on industry in CaliforniaAuto News

Three years after California imposed rules requiring the sale of zero-emission vehicles, automakers are asking for deep changes, including permission to use plug-in hybrids to comply. But Tesla won't let that happen without a fight.

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A Ford randd center for this centuryAuto News

As Ford Motor Co. tries to instill some Silicon Valley attitude into its ranks, the automaker is planning a major overhaul to bring its aging research and engineering campus out of the 1960s.

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Rising stock prices push up CEO payAuto News

Charles Bunch topped the list of the 35 highest-paid CEOs at publicly traded North America-based automotive companies for the second year in a row in 2014. The list reflects rising industry fortunes and stock prices.

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Dealer's wine shop spawns bar/service laneAuto News

Building on the success of its in-house Cadillac Wines shop, Frank Kent Cadillac opened a downtown wine bar that also serves as a satellite service lane.

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Buy-sells are strong, but what's ahead?Auto News

A new report predicts a cooling off of the buy-sell market this year after years of robust growth. But another says it all depends on how many sellers come to market.

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