Copy our apprentice program, says Mac Haik groupAuto News

Houston's Mac Haik group wants the industry to copy its successful technician apprenticeship program, and end the poaching that plagues dealerships and drives up costs.

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Gimme a brake rotor and a Snickers barAuto News

The parts department at Brighton Ford includes a 150-square-foot convenience store for employees and customers, similar to that found on any city corner. The foot and beverages are a profit center for the parts department, and keep employees on site.

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Chrysler Pacifica gets 28 mpg highway EPA ratingAuto News

The new Chrysler Pacifica, which replaces the venerable Town and Country minivan this spring, uses a combination of reduced body weight, a freer-breathing redesigned V-6 engine, and a nine-speed automatic transmission to claim a piece of the minivan...

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Marchionne puts his money where his mouth isAuto News

Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne's holdings in the companies he runs are worth $232 million at recent share prices, making him more invested in his employers than fellow auto bosses, according to Bloomberg.

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Congress will hear from head of Google self-driving car projectAuto News

The director of the Google self-driving car project and auto industry executives will testify before Congress next week on efforts to develop safe and effective autonomous cars.

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Aston, LeEco could expand cooperationAuto News

Aston Martin is cooperating with Chinese technology developer LeEco and could expand their work together. LeEco's founder is also the backer of Faraday Future, the start-up maker of electric cars that intends to build a plant in Nevada.

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Subaru readies new platform, autonomous driving goalsAuto News

Subaru has unveiled a next-generation vehicle platform it says will improve safety and driving performance while keeping the small Japanese automaker competitive through 2025.

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Porsche suspends sponsorship of tennis star Maria SharapovaAuto News

Luxury carmaker Porsche, a division of Volkswagen AG, said today it would suspend tennis player Maria Sharapova as its brand ambassador in light of her admission that she failed a doping test.

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Automakers, facing U.S. fines, try novel ways to reach owners of recalled vehiclesAuto News

Automakers, facing stiff fines for lackluster recall completion rates, are going to new lengths to reach owners of the millions of cars with known safety defects that remain on the road.

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As Takata fights to survive, Chinese company sees 'heaven-sent opportunity' Auto News

A little-known Chinese company has seized on the unprecedented global airbag crisis surrounding Japan's Takata Corp., buying a small American manufacturer in a bet that a shakeup of an oligarchic industry is under way.

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Cadillac dares to reimagine itself Auto News

The latest Cadillac spot to make our viral video rankings features an actual car for just three seconds.

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VW delayed announcing cheating in hope of striking deal, its lawyers sayAuto News

VW's delay in announcing it had cheated U.S. diesel emission tests was a legitimate move aimed at striking a deal with regulators to limit the cost of the scandal, the carmaker's lawyers said in a report to a German court.

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BMW's Century of Mobility (3/7/16)

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Fact-checking Clinton vs. Sanders on 2008 auto industry bailoutAuto News

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said during a heated debate exchange that rival Bernie Sanders would have allowed the U.S. auto industry to collapse if he had his way.

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FCA shutdown of car plant extended by three more weeksAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said it will extend the shutdown of its midsize Chrysler 200 sedan plant by three weeks for a total of a nine-week shutdown that began Feb. 1.

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Experts say pay, perks, career paths can help retentionAuto News

Dealers are finding that turnover - especially on the service side of their store - is one of the single biggest issues they're combating today.

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Game-changing suppliers seek PACE AwardsAuto News

The Automotive News PACE Awards celebrate the innovations and achievements of automotive suppliers in moving the industry forward. This year, the 22nd edition of the PACE Awards highlights 28 innovations that have been named as finalists.

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Subaru unveils new car platform, autonomous driving goalsAuto News

Subaru has unveiled a next-generation vehicle platform it says will improve safety and driving performance while keeping the small Japanese automaker competitive through 2025.

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Porsche tops Lexus in study of online responsesAuto News

Porsche dealerships led other brands in responding to consumers' online queries, a study found.

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Clinton, Sanders spar over auto industry bailoutAuto News

Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over their stances on corporate bailouts and trade deals, with Clinton saying the American auto industry would have collapsed if Sanders had succeeded in blocking its rescue.

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