Nissan gains 6.2% behind trucks, deals; Toyota, Detroit 3 slipAuto News

Nissan Motor Co. reported a 6.2 percent rise in U.S. car and truck sales in January while volume fell at the Detroit 3 and Toyota amid forecasts for a sluggish start to the new year across the industry.

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GM sales fall below 200,000 for first time since Jan. 2014Auto News

Big declines for the Buick brand and the Chevrolet Malibu pushed General Motors' U.S. sales down 3.8 percent in January. It marked the first time that GM sold fewer than 200,000 vehicles in a month since January 2014.

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Tesla drops 'Motors' from its nameAuto News

Tesla Motors Inc. has changed its name to Tesla Inc.

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Nissan gains 6.2% behind trucks, deals; Detroit 3 slipAuto News

Nissan Motor Co. reported a 6.2 percent rise in U.S. car and truck sales in January while volume fell at the Detroit 3 amid forecasts for a sluggish start to the new year across the industry.

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Nissan gains 6.2% behind trucksAuto News

Nissan, behind higher discounts and record light-truck demand, reported a 6.2 percent rise in U.S. car and truck sales in January amid forecasts for a sluggish start to the new year across the industry. Ford deliveries slipped 0.6 percent.

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U.S. protectionism would hurt all sides, says German economy ministerAuto News

U.S. President Donald Trump's policy decisions are going in "a totally wrong direction," German Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries said in a newspaper interview on Wednesday, warning that protectionism would cost growth and jobs in both economies.

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Toyota will run Mirai Super Bowl spot in L.A., San FranciscoAuto News

Toyota isn't running a national Super Bowl spot this year, but the brand plans to showcase the hydrogen-powered Mirai on a smaller stage in California.

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Mercedes-AMG is born to be wildAuto News

In the latest new spot to top our weekly viral video charts, Mercedes-AMG preps for the Super Bowl.

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Tesla Model S, BMW i3 fall short of IIHS Top Safety Pick+ awardAuto News

The Tesla Model S and BMW i3 fell short of earning the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's 2017 Top Safety Pick+ award.

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Buick deploys Cam Newton for Super Bowl spot, leverages Instagram adsAuto News

Carolina Panther quarterback Cam Newton didn't make it back to the big game this year, so he used his talents to help a crew of Pee Wee footballers in Buick's Super Bowl spot to tout the Cascada and hot-selling Encore.

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Toyota asks U.S. dealers to help fight Republican border tax pushAuto News

Days before a group of Republican lawmakers were due to discuss their party's controversial proposal to tax all imports, Toyota sent an urgent message to its U.S. dealers -- tell the politicians the tax would seriously hurt car buyers.

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Senate confirms Elaine Chao to head U.S. Transportation DepartmentAuto News

The full Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Elaine Chao to run the Department of Transportation in a 93-6 vote.

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VW's emissions scandal yields a new cash-for-clunkers programAuto News

VW must buy back or fix as many as 562,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. into 2019. This will lead the German automaker to essentially mimic the U.S.

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Ally's Q4 net income falls 5.7%Auto News

Ally Financial, one of the nation's largest auto-retail lenders, today reported a 5.7 percent decline in fourth-quarter net income, to $248 million, as consumer auto loan and lease originations fell.

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Mel Farr died from concussion-related disease seen in former NFL players, report saysAuto News

Mel Farr, a former Detroit Lions running back and owner of what was once the largest black-owned dealership group in the U.S., reportedly had Stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died in 2015 at age 70.

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Coen brothers, Peter Fonda take AMG on Super Bowl rideAuto News

Mercedes-Benz tapped Academy Award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen to guide the luxury brand's fourth trip to the Super Bowl ad game.

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Daimler, Uber agree to add self-driving Mercedes-Benz to fleetAuto News

Uber Technologies has signed another deal with a major automaker as the popular ride service accelerates efforts to build out one of the world's first fleets of autonomous vehicles.

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Chevrolet's midengine Corvette hits the winter test trackAuto News

There's another round of midengine Chevrolet Corvette spy photos, and they're perhaps the best look at the long-rumored sports car yet.

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FCA lighting unit to invest $35 million, add 362 jobs in suburban DetroitAuto News

Fiat Chrysler unit Automotive Lighting LLC plans to invest $35 million into a new production line in suburban Detroit, creating 362 jobs over five years, the state of Michigan said Monday.

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