Exit at Takata puts crisis in family controlAuto News

Stefan Stocker, the Takata president who was brought in to inject more transparency and openness into the family-controlled auto supplier, is out after less than two years at the company.



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Shifting eyes back to the road aheadAuto News

Interior designers are working to concentrate more of a vehicle's critical information directly in front of the driver and away from center-stack display screens.



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How December broke the ice on salesAuto News

December was once a sleepy month for U.S. auto sales. Now it's one of the top-selling periods, year after year, as consumers and many of the industry's marketing minds have embraced the notion of cars as holiday gifts.



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Lincoln, McConaughey team up again to pitch MKZAuto News

Ford is rolling out a new set of commercials with actor Matthew McConaughey behind the wheel of a Lincoln as the luxury brand extends its most talked-about advertising campaign in years.



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Top stories of 2014Auto News

The U.S. auto industry returned to full-fledged prosperity in 2014, racking up prerecession sales accompanied by rising transaction prices. But the year was punctuated by grim news, as two lethal product defects were linked to dozens of deaths.



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Stores in first-refusal fight finally soldAuto News

After being held up since this summer by a lawsuit involving the manufacturer's right of first refusal, the sale of the five-store Long Island Automotive Group finally closed this month.



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Is Saab defunct? Not at this dealershipAuto News

Nearly all Saab dealers reached a dead end after the Swedish brand's bankruptcy in 2011. But not Park Ave Saab in Maywood, N.J.



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Diesel's premium grows, shuffling fuel economy mathAuto News

Plummeting gasoline prices have shaken up some of the mathematical calculations that made diesel an attractive alternative fuel for efficiency-minded drivers.



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Caddy's pricey ELR and other blunders of 2014Auto News

Not everything went as planned in 2014. Here are some of the auto world's top blunders of the year, from our annual Lists of 10.



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Mexico fuels surge in 2014 N.A. outputAuto News

Driven by surging Mexican factories, North American light-vehicle production in 2014 is headed for the second-highest level on record. Full-year 2014 output for the United States, Mexico and Canada will total 17.



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Mexico fuels 2014 N.A. outputAuto News

Driven by surging Mexican factories, North American light-vehicle production in 2014 is headed for the second-highest level on record. Full-year 2014 output for the United States, Mexico and Canada will total 17.



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Audi earmarks $29 billion through 2019 to chase BMW's crownAuto News

Audi will spend $29 billion to develop technology and expand production, boosting its five-year investment plan by $2.44 billion as it chases BMW for the top spot in luxury-car sales.



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In Cuba's sea of classic cars, the truly valuable are elusiveAuto News

American collectors who envision a wave of classic cars from Cuba coming onto the market will need to temper their expectations.



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Tesla offers Roadster upgrade package to reach a 400-mile rangeAuto News

Tesla Motors is offering a suite of upgrades to its sporty two-seat roadster, which it no longer sells, giving owners as much as a 400-mile range, enough to drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles.



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Tesla to help Chinese buyers trade in their old cars for Model SAuto News

Tesla Motors will help Chinese buyers trade in their old cars if they buy a Model S, part of the automaker's latest efforts to spur sales of its all-electric sedan in the world's biggest vehicle market.



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Hyundai, Kia promote younger execs, with eye on succession planningAuto News

Hyundai Motor and affiliate Kia Motors promoted younger executives Friday in moves analysts said would help smooth an eventual leadership succession at the family-owned conglomerate.



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Subaru scraps plan to shift Crosstrek production to U.S., report saysAuto News

Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru brand cars and SUVs, has scrapped a plan to shift production of the new XV Crosstrek to its plant in the United States and will instead make the SUV in Japan, a source familiar with the company's production...



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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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