Cars parked at Acura store in Chicago buried by salt when wall collapsesAuto News

Several parked vehicles at an Acura dealership on Chicago's north side were damaged Tuesday when the wall of an adjacent Morton Salt building collapsed, spilling hundreds of pounds of salt.



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China sacks senior officials for deadly factory blastAuto News

China's government sacked two senior officials and will prosecute 18 others following an explosion in August at a car parts factory that killed 146, the country's worst industrial accident this year, state media reported.



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China extends green vehicle subsidies until 2020Auto News

China will extend subsidies for new energy "green" vehicles to 2020, according to draft rules published on Tuesday, extending the current incentive plan, which expires at the end of 2015.



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VW recalls 2015 Jettas for headlight glitchAuto News

Volkswagen Group of America is recalling 25,007 Jetta models from the 2015 model year to fix a software glitch that can affect the operation of the low-beam headlights.



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Toyota Dealer Group in China warns up to 10% may quit as losses mountAuto News

As many as 10 percent of dealers for one of Toyota's China ventures are poised to drop out of the network because they can't make money on the cars they're told to sell, a dealer's group warned.



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Hyundai to build 2 factories in China to better compete with VW, GMAuto News

Hyundai said today it would build two factories in China, its first new manufacturing plants since 2012 as the South Korean automaker bets on growth in the world's biggest car market even as the economy slows.



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Connected cars overtake video games at CESAuto News

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas -- once known for cutting-edge phones and video games -- now has a new main attraction: cars and light trucks.



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Ford will tout F-150 capability in College Football PlayoffAuto News

Ford will use the first-ever College Football Playoff to launch the advertising campaign for the redesigned F-150, but viewers won't hear a word about how the truck's lighter aluminum body helps improve fuel efficiency.



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Hyundai's big sci-fi hitAuto News

What's the best way to describe a car's newest technology without sounding cliché? By comparing it to a super baby that derives his power from a robotic suit, of course.



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Ally sale leaves U.S. taxpayers with $9.3 billion loss on auto rescuesAuto News

American taxpayers lost $9.3 billion on the government's bailout of auto companies following the Treasury Department's sale of its remaining stake in Ally Financial. The Treasury took in $70.



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FCA recalls 66,819 older pickups for clutch problem after 1 fatality reportedAuto News

FCA US, the former Chrysler Group, said on today it is recalling almost 67,000 older-model pickups equipped with manual transmissions globally for possible clutch problems that have been linked to one death.



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Takata N.A. unit hires new general counsel amid airbag crisisAuto News

Takata -- the Japanese supplier at the center of a global airbag recall scandal -- named a new general counsel for its North American operations today.



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China's Shenzhen caps new-vehicle plates to control smog, congestionAuto News

China's southern city of Shenzhen capped new car license plates at 100,000 a year, becoming the latest city to curb vehicle purchases to control smog and traffic congestion in the world's most populous country.



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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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