Audi's race to the top; Nissan channels TarantinoAuto News

Audi pits an RS 7 in a test for the best against ... an elevator.

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Tesla offers less powerful Model X for $80,000Auto News

Tesla plans 90D and 70D variants of the Model X crossover, the latter of which will include a 70 kilowatt-hour battery pack and a sticker price of $80,000, plus a $1,200 shipping charge.

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Chip Perry, TrueCar's new CEO, seeks to rebuild dealers' trustAuto News

Chip Perry said his goal as the new CEO of TrueCar will be to win back the trust of auto dealers. Perry, 62, who helped build AutoTrader from a start-up venture into a $1 billion shopping site, was named CEO of TrueCar earlier today.

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Audi to revise emissions control software in U.S. vehicles with 3.0-liter enginesAuto News

Audi said today that it will revise emissions control software used on more than 85,000 Volkswagen Group vehicles with 3.0-liter diesel engines that U.S regulators said earlier this month violated U.S. clean air laws.

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7 years' worth of VW diesels now under scrutinyAuto News

Last week was supposed to bring some measure of clarity to Volkswagen's emissions fiasco.

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JLR won't attend Detroit auto showAuto News

Jaguar Land Rover of North America says it will skip the next year's Detroit auto show in January to concentrate on other international shows.

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Chronicler of VW slave labor diesAuto News

Hans Mommsen's name was not widely known in the English-speaking world, but the German historian exhaustively chronicled a sordid chapter in automotive history: Volkswagen's use of slave labor during Hitler's Third Reich.

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VW CEO says diesel engine refits 'manageable'Auto News

The steps needed to fix about 8.5 million Volkswagen cars in Europe fitted with illegal emissions-control software are technically and financially manageable, the German automaker's CEO said today.

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Ford latest automaker to stop using Takata airbag inflatorsAuto News

Ford will become the fourth automaker to stop using certain Takata airbag inflators.

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TrueCar names AutoTrader veteran Chip Perry as CEOAuto News

Chip Perry, who helped build AutoTrader from a start-up venture into a $1 billion shopping site, has been named the new CEO of TrueCar. Perry, 62, replaces Scott Painter, who announced his resignation as CEO in August.

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Ford recalls 451,865 Fusions, Mercury Milans for potential fuel tank problemAuto News

Ford is recalling 451,865 Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans from the 2010 and 2011 model years to fix a potential fuel tank problem that could lead to a fire.

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Nissan accuses store owned by ex-dealer council chair of fraudAuto News

Nissan is suing a California dealership and several of its employees, alleging that they filed 3.74 million in improper warranty claims.

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How Toyota channeled Lady Gaga in primping the PriusAuto News

Shunsaku Kodama, chief designer of the next-generation Toyota Prius, embarked on a risky mission: Spice up Toyota's flagship hybrid so it's no longer just a frumpy, fuel-efficiency play. Give it emotion, make it sexy.

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GM turns to KBB website for targeted incentivesAuto News

General Motors is using Kelley Blue Book's website to offer consumers targeted incentives, the latest sign that carmakers are keen to integrate their marketing efforts with third-party lead providers.

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Lincoln's mission: 'Core segments first'Auto News

In 2016, Lincoln will have a new face, its most powerful car ever, a revived Continental and a chance to top 100,000 U.S. sales for the first time since 2008. What it apparently won't have, at least anytime soon, is a rear-wheel-drive sports car.

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VW sinks, Detroit 3 rise in buy-sell reportsAuto News

The value of a Volkswagen dealership, already dismal due to low sales in the U.S., has plummeted further following the diesel-emissions scandal, said two buy-sell advisory firms' reports released last week.

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U.S. escapes unscathed in this round of VW cutsAuto News

Scandal-plagued Volkswagen Group has cut its global spending plan next year by more than $1 billion, but it spared the ax at its U.S. operations.

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Technology upgrades zoom into small carsAuto News

High-end technology is quickly making its way into compact cars that were long conceived as cheap, basic transportation.

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Dealer's retirement shows trendAuto News

A Michigan deal exemplifies a trend in the buy-sell market.

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