Tire makers roll into South CarolinaAuto News

South Carolina became the nation's leading tire producer in the fourth quarter last year with estimated daily output of 89,000 tires, edging Oklahoma's 88,000 units.



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E-Golf marks VW's flexible product pathAuto News

Volkswagen's e-Golf has all the makings of a "compliance car" -- a vehicle whose sole purpose is to satisfy clean-air regulations in California and other states mandating the sale of zero-emission vehicles.



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Top lawyer keeps pall over GMAuto News

The changing perception among some of GM CEO Mary Barra's toughest critics suggests that she is maneuvering GM out of the worst of the crisis. But the praise came with a scorching indictment of her decision not to fire chief counsel Michael Millikin.



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Chrysler tells supplier to boost hitch outputAuto News

Chrysler Group ordered a supplier of trailer hitches to boost production dramatically a day after the company was accused by federal safety regulators of dragging its feet on the recall of older Jeeps.



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Nick Scheele, former President and COO of Ford, dies at age 70Auto News

Former Ford Motor Co. President and COO Nick Scheele died today at age 70. The affable, British-born Scheele spent nearly four decades at Ford.



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GM's stealth redesign of switches kept old parts in circulationAuto News

New documents reveal GM redesigned faulty ignition switches without changing the part number in more than the 2.59 million small cars at the center of its recall crisis.



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Mustang Ready to Rumble? (7/18/14)

Pony car prepares to merge onto Autobahn, and face the likes of BMW, Porsche; Wanted: 200-mile EVs;...

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Tesla makes the shopping list as U.K. eyes greener government fleetAuto News

Tesla Motors, a month after starting Model S deliveries in the United Kingdom, said its flagship electric sedan is among the cars being considered for purchase by the government there to transport officials.



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Mitsubishi to recall some 2004-05 Lancer sedans in U.S. with defective Takata airbagsAuto News

Mitsubishi Motors is recalling older model Lancer sedans made with Takata airbags, increasing to nine the number of automakers that have said they will recall vehicles with Takata airbags sold in the United States.



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Continental Structural Plastics to buy 5 plants from MagnaAuto News

Continental Structural Plastics signed a definitive agreement to acquire five North American plants from Magna International.



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JCI profits fall on restructuring chargesAuto News

Johnson Controls' fiscal third-quarter earnings slid 68 percent as restructuring and other charges offset a modest rise in revenue.



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Maserati to cap global sales at 75,000 vehicles a year Auto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobile's luxury Maserati unit will not sell more than 75,000 vehicles globally a year to retain the exclusivity of the Italian brand.



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Takata to book $440 million special loss for wave of recalls Auto News

Takata will book a special loss of around $440 million in the April-June quarter after several automakers recalled vehicles due to potential problems with the supplier's airbags. The cost of the recalls could increase if a U.



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Barra defends GM's top lawyer as senators press for more legal staff changesAuto News

GM has not done enough to overhaul its legal department in the wake of its recall crisis, several U.S. senators said today as they pressed GM CEO Mary Barra to fire the automaker's top lawyer.



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GM Lawyer Scolded in D.C. (7/17/14)

Chief counsel under fire in recall hearing; Delphi CEO’s defense; more Mustangs in Africa;...

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'15 Ford Mustang V-8 to pump out 435 hpAuto News

The 5.0-liter V-8 engine in the 2015 Ford Mustang will crank out 435 hp, up from 390 hp, and proved torque of 400 pounds-feet, up from 395 on the current model, the company said today.



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Senator says GM's top lawyer should have been fired over recallsAuto News

GM should have fired its top lawyer and the attorney who now is working with its top safety official to better identify and track defects, the senator chairing an often heated hearing today into the company's ignition-switch recalls said.



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GM provided extra compensation to some employees fired over recallsAuto News

GM gave additional compensation packages to some of the 15 employees it dismissed for their role in the company's handling of faulty ignition switches, general counsel Mike Millikin said today.



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Delphi CEO: GM approved faulty switch design Auto News

Delphi Automotive CEO Rodney O'Neal plans to tell a Senate panel today that GM was responsible for approving a faulty ignition switch that has been linked to at least 13 deaths.



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Fiat, VW deny report that they are in merger talksAuto News

VW has approached rival Fiat about a possible merger, Germany's Manager Magazin reported today, citing unnamed company sources.



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