Stars and cars, Jeeps and sheep: Super Bowl auto ad roundupAuto News

Beneath the glamour of 2016's star-filled auto Super Bowl ads sits a group of vehicles that will be pawns crucial to each brand's product lineup.

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Fiat Chrysler rollaway reports draw more NHTSA scrutinyAuto News

Federal regulators are escalating an inquiry over complaints that certain Fiat Chrysler Automobiles vehicles can roll away when a driver thinks the transmission has been set to park.

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Christopher Walken was the only choice for Kia's Super Bowl adAuto News

Only one person could've done Kia's 'Walken Closet' Super Bowl spot. Christopher Walken was the lone option. There was no Plan B.

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Dealers pay high price with latest recall waveAuto News

Honda's order that U.S. dealers stop selling some 2.2 million popular models is compounding financial and regulatory headaches for car dealers stuck with millions of vehicles that have potentially hazardous airbags or other safety defects.

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Here's your auto ad lineup for Super Bowl SundayAuto News

Beneath the glamour of 2016's star-filled auto Super Bowl ads sits a group of vehicles that will be pawns crucial to each brand's product lineup.

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GM sacrifices rental sales to nab higher-margin businessAuto News

GM is in the midst of a big cutback in sales to rental fleets, an effort that executives say is aimed at improving the bottom line, even if it stunts revenue or market-share growth in the short term.

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Toyota's youth brand fulfilled its purpose, if not its potentialAuto News

Fourteen years after Scion's introduction, Toyota has decided to shutter the brand. But within the failed experiment are crucial successes that Toyota will draw on long after Scion fades to a footnote on Wikipedia.

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For game day, Nissan changes the channelAuto News

Nissan's new college sports marketing campaign is its top priority this year. And that meant no Super Bowl ad.

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VW sued by N.J. over excess diesel emissionsAuto News

New Jersey filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen AG and its luxury units over the German automaker's excess diesel emissions, becoming the fourth U.S. state to take legal action.

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Auto brands hope famous faces pay off in Super Bowl adsAuto News

A buzzworthy celebrity appearance is often the price of admission for advertising on gameday, but not any celebrity will do.

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Auto brands hope celebrity faces pay off in Super Bowl adsAuto News

A buzzworthy celebrity appearance is often the price of admission for advertising on gameday, but not any celebrity will do.

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Army marches forward with self-driving trucksAuto News

The U.S. Army is developing driverless trucks and could end up operating the largest fleet of autonomous vehicles. A key test comes this summer when the Army conducts road tests in Michigan.

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Volume sellers they are not, but two-door cars keep comingAuto News

A wave of coupes is appearing in showrooms and at auto shows this year, even though the segment is declining in popularity.

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Chrysler readies Alloy Edition trims for 200, 300Auto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, looking to spark interest in two key Chrysler cars, plans special editions for the 200S and 300S that sport hints of Detroit's industrial might.

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Group 1 buys U.K. dealership group, sells 3 U.S. stores Auto News

Group 1 Automotive has acquired the Spire Automotive Group of 12 dealerships in the Greater London area. It also has divested three dealerships in the U.S.

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Rise in traffic deaths last year raises alarm at NHTSAAuto News

U.S. Transportation Department officials are mounting an effort to tackle the human causes behind traffic deaths, which after years of steady declines, increased sharply last year.

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UAW was unprepared for social media influence on talks, Williams saysAuto News

UAW President Dennis Williams said the union took away several lessons from its rocky 2015 negotiations with Detroit automakers -- chief among them being the influence of social media on members.

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Chrissy Taylor named Enterprise COOAuto News

Christine "Chrissy" Taylor has been promoted to Enterprise Holdings Inc.'s COO, the company said today.

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Honda will recall 341,000 Accord sedans in U.S. over restraint systemAuto News

Honda said it will recall 341,000 Accord sedans in the United States to replace an electric control unit used in its restraint system after confirming two injuries linked to the units.

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