GM victims' lawyer says Feinberg to offer uncapped payment fundAuto News

Kenneth Feinberg, who's creating a fund to compensate victims of GM's faulty ignition switch, is expected to offer payments for all drivers, passengers and bystanders killed or hurt in collisions related to the defect, according to a lawyer who said...



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Suzuki's 84-year-old CEO causes concern over lack of succession planAuto News

Suzuki's investors are becoming increasingly concerned over who will succeed the carmaker's 84-year-old boss, Osamu Suzuki, who has spent almost three decades as head of the company.



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Ex-Toyota, Dana exec Gary Convis: 'I failed' ... at retiringAuto News

Gary Convis called it a career when he turned 65 in 2007 as head of Toyota engineering and manufacturing in North America in Erlanger, Ky. A couple of failed retirements later, Convis is still at it.



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Hyundai fields a more athletic Sonata for '15Auto News

After shaking up the industry with the previous Sonata's swoopy sheet metal, Hyundai engineers focused most on improving driving dynamics for the mid-sized sedan's seventh generation.



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In Japan, no airbags are better than hazardous onesAuto News

The massive recall of airbags made by Japan's Takata presents a global fix-it fiasco. With millions of cars needing new airbag inflators, it will take months to remedy all the vehicles on the road.



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Honda trips in China with 'mistake' AccordAuto News

Honda was so confident the new Accord would be a superstar in China last year that it released an exclusive 3-liter version with a flashy grille and a price tag to rival Audi's A4. The results weren't so stellar.



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GM recalls 392,459 big pickups, SUVs to update transfer case softwareAuto News

GM is calling back 392,459 of its newest pickups and SUVs in the United States for a problem that could allow the trucks to slip into neutral unexpectedly, as the automaker continues a sweeping safety review in the wake of its bungled handling of a...



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Cadillac Elmiraj concept hits streets of MotownAuto News

The Cadillac Elmiraj concept, continuing a global tour that began in California last summer, made an appearance in metro Detroit late Friday, drawing admirers and sparking yet another round of speculation about whether GM will build the big coupe.



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Latest recall hits GM's newest pickups, SUVsAuto News

General Motors is calling back 392,459 of its newest pickups and SUVs in the United States for a problem that could allow the trucks to slip into neutral unexpectedly, as the automaker continues a sweeping safety review in the wake of its bungled...



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Fiat 500 Abarth with automatic transmission should broaden appeal, exec saysAuto News

The North American head of the Fiat brand said that adding an optional automatic transmission to its performance Fiat 500 Abarth would open up the sporty minicar to a much wider number of potential customers.



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Fiat 500 Abrath with automatic transmission should broaden appeal, exec saysAuto News

The North American head of the Fiat brand said that adding an optional automatic transmission to its performance Fiat 500 Abarth would open up the sporty minicar to a much wider number of potential customers.



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Hitachi completes construction of largest plant at Georgia complexAuto News

The U.S. unit of Japanese supplier Hitachi Automotive Systems completed construction of its third and largest plant at its Monroe, Ga., operations.



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Fiat Chrysler, Marchionne prepare to sell Wall Street on 'Cinderella' storyAuto News

Sergio Marchionne needs a New York stock market listing to bring in the investors required to fund future growth at Fiat Chrysler, but a lukewarm response to the CEO's most recent Wall Street launch suggests he has a bumpy journey ahead.



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Quiz: New Edge, fancy toys and airbag recallsAuto News

How well did you follow the news this week? Take our weekly quiz.



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Krafcik's 'Cool' Opportunity (6/27/14)

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Part of Corvette-swallowing sinkhole will be preserved, museum saysAuto News

The National Corvette Museum will preserve a piece of the 60-foot-wide hole that opened underneath the museum and sunk eight of its historical models in February, the museum's board of directors decided.



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Delphi now part of 2 federal investigationsAuto News

Parts supplier Delphi Automotive plc is now part of two federal investigations -- one of them tied to the ongoing General Motors recall crisis and the other a potential challenge by the IRS to its tax domicile.



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GM was urged in 2004 report to study Cobalt's ignition-airbag linkAuto News

A General Motors supplier studying an "anomaly" in a crash test on a preproduction Chevrolet Cobalt urged the company in 2004 to take a closer look at the connection between the ignition system and airbag deployment -- a link that eluded engineers...



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Renault-Nissan, Daimler plan $1.4 billion small-car plant in MexicoAuto News

Global technology partners Daimler AG and the Renault-Nissan Alliance will spend 1 billion euros ($1.36 billion) to produce 300,000 compact Infiniti and Mercedes vehicles a year at a Nissan factory in Mexico, starting in 2017.



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Ford, Mercedes, Toyota tops in brand loyalty in 1st quarter, IHS saysAuto News

The Ford brand had the auto industry's highest loyalty rate among new-vehicle buyers in the first quarter, followed by Mercedes-Benz and Toyota.



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