Inside the hush-hush competitive world of concept carsAuto News

Protecting the secrets of industry rivals while simultaneously working with them to outshine one another can be a peculiar position.



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Porsche bullish on plug-in hybridsAuto News

Bernhard Maier, Porsche's global sales and marketing boss, commutes daily to company headquarters near Stuttgart using a Porsche Cayenne plug-in hybrid or a Panamera with a low-carbon dioxide powertrain.



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Where is Google's car going?Auto News

With its dream of self-driving shuttles for public use, Google is diverging more sharply than ever before from automakers, which intend to gradually roll out autonomous-driving features in personal cars while keeping the driver in control.



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Hyundai, Kia forecast slowest global sales growth in 9 yearsAuto News

Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors forecast their weakest sales growth in nine years as they run out of capacity to increase output and competition intensifies in major markets.



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General Motors issues 3 new recalls, citing ignition systemsAuto News

General Motors announced three new recalls affecting nearly 84,000 SUVs and pickup trucks, saying their ignition systems may have problems that could affect engine power and airbag deployment.



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GM to record $800 million charge after redeeming preferred sharesAuto News

GM said it will record a charge of about $800 million in the fourth quarter to redeem all 156.1 million of its outstanding Series A preferred shares.



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Edward Herrmann, longtime voice of Dodge and car enthusiast, dies at 71Auto News

Edward Herrmann, a prolific character actor on the stage and screen, classic car collector and the popular voice of Dodge advertising through most of the 1990s and for Hyundai in 2006, died Wednesday. He was 71.



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Lincoln MKC recalled to move push-button start from near touchscreenAuto News

Ford is recalling all Lincoln MKCs built through September to resolve one or two issues that can cause the engine to shut off while driving.



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Lincoln MKC recalled to move push-button start from touchscreenAuto News

Ford is recalling all Lincoln MKCs built through September to resolve one or two issues that can cause the engine to shut off while driving.



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Ford seeks trademark for 'Ecobeast'Auto News

Ford filed two applications to register 'Ecobeast' as a trademark, according to the database of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.



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U.S. sales forecast to rise 10% in Dec. on deals, falling gas prices Auto News

Forecasters say U.S. new-vehicle sales likely jumped 10 percent in December, bringing the total for 2014 to 16.5 million, beating even the most optimistic projections from early in the year.



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Explosions at auto-parts plant in China kills 17Auto News

An explosion at an auto-parts factory in southern China's Guangdong province killed 17 people and injured 20 others, the official Xinhua News Agency said.



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Explosion at auto-parts plant in China kills 17Auto News

An explosion at an auto-parts factory in southern China's Guangdong province killed 17 people and injured 20 others, the official Xinhua News Agency said.



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Across Europe, custom cars make a comebackAuto News

Advances in computer design and safety testing have helped improve the feasibility of custom coachbuilding specialized in creating one-off cars for wealthy buyers, helping collectors achieve what had been a distant dream.



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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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