Faurecia expects tech to fuel growth; CEO sees benefits from megasupplier trendAuto News

Faurecia CEO Yann Delabriere, 64, is counting on the French supplier to provide high-tech products to meet customer demands anywhere in the world.



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Hertz raises U.S. prices as fleet costs increaseAuto News

Hertz Global Holdings raised prices for rental cars to be picked up January 1 or later. The stock had its biggest gain of the year, and Avis shares soared, too.



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Automakers' efforts to cut costs damages supplier relations, survey saysAuto News

Relations between automakers and suppliers are deteriorating largely because of intensifying cost-cutting demands, according to a survey.



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Zetsche may feel pressure to give up Mercedes roleAuto News

Daimler insiders in Germany want the promotion of global sales director Ola Kaellenius to the management board this month to be seen as a routine personnel decision -- and nothing more.



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Manheim aims to get auctions done fasterAuto News

In October, Manheim began requiring sellers to set the starting bid on their vehicles no lower than three bids below their floor price.



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Takata president steps down from role, CEO to reclaim titleAuto News

Takata, the auto supplier embroiled in a global safety crisis, said today its president, Stefan Stocker, would step down and CEO Shigehisa Takada would once again assume the role to unify the company's response to the recall of millions of vehicles...



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Dodge flexes muscle, sheds family-car imageAuto News

Chrysler bills the Hellcat as the fastest production sedan on earth, and this isn't simply about bragging rights.



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Hertz raises U.S. prices, stock surgesAuto News

Hertz Global Holdings raised prices for rental cars to be picked up January 1 or later. The stock had its biggest gain of the year, and Avis shares soared, too.



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Porsche recalls 918 Spyder to replace faulty chassis partsAuto News

Porsche is recalling 205 of the limited-edition 918 Spyder, the German carmaker's most expensive model, to replace defective chassis parts.



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Faurecia vows to appeal $2.4M fine for market breachesAuto News

French auto parts maker Faurecia said today it would appeal against a 2 million euro ($2.44 million) fine imposed by the country's AMF stock market regulator for alleged selective disclosure of financial information to stock analysts in 2012.



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Aluminum wave could boost dent-repair policiesAuto News

Automakers' growing use of aluminum body parts to save weight and fuel could create an opportunity for dealership FandI departments to sell more paintless dent removal policies, some FandI experts say.



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Opportunity, Obstacles in Cuba (12/23/14)

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Faurecia vows to appeal fine for market breachesAuto News

French auto parts maker Faurecia said today it would appeal against a 2 million euro ($2.44 million) fine imposed by the country's AMF stock market regulator for alleged selective disclosure of financial information to stock analysts in 2012.



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There's no one way to connect in Silicon ValleyAuto News

Here are the different models automakers and suppliers are using in Silicon Valley.



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Biggest changes for 2015 Chrysler 300 are insideAuto News

The most noticeable changes to the refreshed 2015 Chrysler 300 are inside, with the addition of a 7-inch information screen in the instrument cluster and a switch to a rotary dial shifter.



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Growing list of safe cars belies fears in record recallsAuto News

The insurance industry's list of cars and trucks that do the best job of keeping owners alive in a crash jumped 82 percent this year against a backdrop of US recalls of older models that were killing their passengers.



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Ford's 'Go Further' campaign features Tina's storyAuto News

Seven new videos make their debut on our Viral Video list this week, but the No. 3 video of the week -- a new entrant from Ford -- doesn't feature a vehicle at all.



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Industry Sets Unwanted Record (12/22/14)

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BMW expands NHTSA-ordered Takata airbag recall Auto News

BMW AG today expanded its recall nationally to include another 140,000 vehicles that have potentially faulty driver-side airbags, in cooperation with NHTSA.



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Hot-selling trucks mean holiday overtime for some N.A. plantsAuto News

Several automakers, led by Chrysler Group, will be working overtime during the Christmas and New Year's holiday period at North American plants that build SUVs, crossovers and pickups, signaling confidence that the U.S.



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