How automakers, suppliers are preparing for tougher emissions rulesAuto News

The EPA's stricter Tier 3 emissions standards that take effect in 2017. To meet the standards in the early years, automakers will adopt well-known technology to increase engine efficiency. Then the hard work starts.



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Lawyers reaching for in-car dataAuto News

Information gathered by vehicle telematics systems is garnering increased attention from lawyers who see the data as a puzzle piece in building court cases.



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New Navigator rolls up to challenge EscaladeAuto News

The new Navigator's role is to reclaim a piece of a segment Lincoln pioneered in the 1990s and then ceded to the Cadillac Escalade.



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Up-to-the-minute maps will be critical for autonomous carsAuto News

Autonomous vehicles will sport sophisticated sensors and radar systems to read and react to their surroundings, but their robotic drivers still will require vivid and current roadmaps to put the various inputs into context.



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U.S. Treasury trims Ally stake furtherAuto News

The Treasury started a second trading plan to cut its stake in Ally Financial. After completing its first plan, it now holds 66.2 million shares of Ally's common stock, a statement said on Friday. That's 13.



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U.S. charges former dealership salesman, other man in California with odometer fraudAuto News

Two California men, one a former salesman at a Los Angeles Ford dealership, were charged with rolling back odometers, the Justice Department said today.



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Ferrari to launch a 10-unit limited-edition model for the U.S.Auto News

Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo's last public act at the helm of the Italian supercar maker will be the unveiling of a limited-edition model destined for the U.S. market only.



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Smart dealers can make big bucks through smartphonesAuto News

Car dealers are sitting on a gold mine: their idle inventories. The tool to turn that goldmine into gold is the smartphone.



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Porsche SE does first post-VW deal, buying 10% stake in U.S. traffic tracker InrixAuto News

Porsche Automobil Holding bought a 10 percent stake in Washington-based traffic information provider Inrix for $55 million, its first move to expand its assets beyond a controlling stake in Volkswagen.



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Porsche SE does first post-VW deal, buying U.S. traffic tracker InrixAuto News

Porsche Automobil Holding bought a 10 percent stake in Washington-based traffic information provider Inrix for $55 million, its first move to expand its assets beyond a controlling stake in Volkswagen.



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NADA backs renewed effort to curb CFPB oversightAuto News

Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are taking another run at curbing the bureau's regulatory tactics of issuing industry 'guidance' and entering into consent orders with individual auto lenders.



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Manheim rolls out program that lets dealers return vehiclesAuto News

Dealers who buy almost any vehicle at a Manheim auction location also can purchase the right to return those vehicles for any reason for up 21 days or 500 miles, whichever comes first.



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Ford recalls 74,000 older Escape, Mercury Mariner hybridsAuto News

Ford is recalling about 74,000 older-model Escape and Mercury Mariner crossover vehicles because the electronic hybrid system may overheat.



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JLR will build Range Rover Evoque in ChinaAuto News

Jaguar Land Rover says the Range Rover Evoque will be the first model built at the company's new China factory. The automaker also said that it may add production of its new Land Rover Discovery Sport at a later date.



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Tesla's $1.3 billion incentive deal with Nevada includes direct salesAuto News

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed tax breaks worth as much as $1.3 billion and a measure allowing Tesla Motors to sell directly to state residents, the final steps to bring the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory to Reno.



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GM issues 2 recalls, stop-sale orders for 2015 CorvettesAuto News

General Motors is issuing two more recalls, both on the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette, according to stop-delivery orders sent to dealers today. The recalls, GM's first in more than a month, bring its total number for the year to 67.



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Chrysler minivans receive over 100 complaints of engine stalls in U.S.Auto News

Federal auto safety regulators have received more than 100 complaints about engine stalling from owners of Chrysler minivans from model years 2004-2007, according to a Reuters analysis.



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Hertz reaches pact with Icahn to replace 3 directorsAuto News

Hertz Global Holdings reached an agreement in principle with billionaire investor Carl Icahn to appoint three directors to the board of the rental-car company in place of current members.



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Tesla's Musk named Vanity Fair's top 'disrupter'Auto News

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk can add another accomplishment to his resume today: Vanity Fair has named him the top disrupter in its New Establishment list of influential players in technology, entertainment, finance and politics.



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