GM: December, annual sales slide on carsAuto News

GM said U.S. sales last year were down 1.3 percent to 3 million vehicles sold, including a 3.3 percent decline to 308,539 units in December.

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Ford: Strong truck, SUV sales in 2017 can't overcome car woes Auto News

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. light-vehicle sales rose 1.3 percent in December, driven by strong light-truck sales. But those gains couldn't overcome a rough year for car sales, as Ford's full-year volume fell 0.9 percent from 2016.

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Honda: Third straight annual recordAuto News

American Honda's U.S. sales

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VOLKSWAGEN: VW brand drops 19% in December on plunging sedan sales; Audi rises 16% to extend streakAuto News

Volkswagen's U.S. sales fell 19 percent in December to 30,281 while Audi extended its industry-best streak of year-over-year monthly sales increases to 98 months.

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Toyota, Lexus sales executives switch jobsAuto News

Toyota North America is shuffling two high-profile executive jobs by having its vice president of sales and dealership development at the Toyota division swap roles with his Lexus counterpart.

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FCA: Sales drop 11% as fleet mix falls to post-bankruptcy low of 12%Auto News

DETROIT -- FCA US extended its losing streak to a 16th consecutive month in December as sales fell 11 percent to 171,946 vehicles.

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GM, Toyota, FCA, Honda, Nissan sales decline; Ford gainsAuto News

GM, Toyota, FCA, Nissan and Honda posted U.S. sales declines in December while Ford advanced and the industry finished the year strong despite falling short of 2016's record. GM pegged the December SAAR at 18.

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Ford Dec. sales edge up on SUV, truck volumeAuto News

Ford's U.S. sales edged up in December behind strong light truck deliveries but not enough to seal a second-straight annual decline in overall volume as demand for cars continued to tumble.

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Brain waves will make Nissan's car of the future a better rideAuto News

The world's biggest automakers and technology companies are spending billions of dollars to perfect your ability to drive without thinking.

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Why electric vehicle drivers prefer leasing -- by farAuto News

U.S. drivers now lease almost 80 percent of battery electric vehicles and 55 percent of plug-in hybrids. The lopsided consumer preference for leases is fueled by the meager demand for battery-powered vehicles on the used-vehicle market.

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Nissan returns to a galaxy far, far awayAuto News

Nissan returned to a galaxy far, far away, and back to our viral video list with its latest tie-up with the "Star Wars" franchise.

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33M Robocar Sales Predicted for 2040 (1/2/18)

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The legacy of Mazda's Kenichi Yamamoto Auto News

Kenichi Yamamoto, the former Mazda president and chairman who died in December at 95, was one of Japan's most charismatic executives.

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Lyft, Aptiv to partner on driverless ride-hailing at CES in VegasAuto News

Ride-hailing startup Lyft and self-driving software company Aptiv will show off a fully-automated ride-hailing service at the CES in Las Vegas later this month.

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A look back at 65 years of top storiesAuto News

See what Automotive News staff has chosen as the top news story each year since 1953, from a fire destroying GM's suburban Detroit Hydra-matic plant 64 years ago to 2017's embrace of vehicle electrification by the industry.

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Fed interest rate hikes expected to factor into lower '18 U.S. auto salesAuto News

As automakers seal their first annual U.S. sales decline since 2009, expectations for more interest rate hikes are bolstering the nearly unanimous view that car demand will shrink again in 2018.

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Ford's downshift defect recall could expand, NHTSA saysAuto News

Federal safety regulators are investigating whether to reopen and expand a previous Ford recall by more than a million vehicles for unexpected downshifting.

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Tesla's scant disclosures leave Wall Street guessing on Model 3Auto News

Tesla may have delivered about four times more Model 3 sedans last quarter than in the prior three months, or boosted sales by a factor of 40, depending on which analyst you ask.

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Fed interest rate hikes expected to factor into lower '18 U.S. auto salesAuto News

As automakers seal their first annual U.S. sales decline since 2009, expectations for more interest-rate hikes are bolstering the nearly unanimous view that car demand will shrink again in 2018.

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Maserati to fix some 2018 sedans due to risk of fireAuto News

Maserati North America is recalling more than 1,000 of its newest luxury cars to fix leaky fuel pipes that increase the potential for an engine fire.

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