Opel was once the little engine that couldAuto News

Europe has been a drain on General Motors for a long time, but Opel did have its glory days and at least once helped keep GM afloat. Automotive News Print Editor RIck Johnson was there when it happened.

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Toyota sees wider window for TRDAuto News

Toyota's expansion of Toyota Racing Development trims across its truck line opens the door for a sporty subbrand that could find its way onto higher-volume products such as the RAV4 and Camry as the automaker chases younger and more affluent buyers.

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Nissan Leaf finds its fan baseAuto News

Nissan's bold move into electric vehicles with the Leaf earlier this decade looks like a sales flop to many. But there are pockets of the U.S. market where EVs are in demand.

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Why leave Europe's car market? So many reasons.Auto News

Why is General Motors looking for a way out of Europe? That's easy.

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When driverless cars call for backupAuto News

Technology suppliers see redundant systems as the most logical answer to the driverless car dilemma - what happens if an autonomous drive function fails?

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What my subconscious saw at the Detroit showAuto News

As I walked through the Ford exhibit at the Detroit auto show, experts at a division of the company called Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience had me outfitted with biometric sensors and a pair of glasses that tracked the movement of my eyes as they...

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Autotrader, Kia capitalize on NBA All-Star Weekend festivitiesAuto News

Autotrader is using NBA All-Star Weekend as a springboard for its latest ad campaign. Kia, meanwhile, has been capitalizing on the All-Star hype this week by giving people in New Orleans free rides through a promotion with Uber.

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Restoring jobs at Canadian GM plant key to new contract, union saysAuto News

GM must restore hundreds of jobs being cut at a southern Ontario assembly plant or risk failing to reach a new contract with the factory's workers this fall, the president of Canada's largest auto workers union said on Friday.

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Ford's Self-Driving Wake-up Call (2/17/17)

Dozing engineers give Ford wake-up call on self-driving cars; Loan delinquencies up; ‘Kill...
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GM plans to build, test thousands of self-driving Bolts in 2018, report saysAuto News

General Motors plans to deploy thousands of self-driving electric cars in test fleets in partnership with ride-sharing affiliate Lyft Inc, beginning in 2018, two sources familiar with the automaker's plans told Reuters.

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SUV discounts signal flagging demand, eroding auto profitsAuto News

SUVs, overtaking sedans as the new American family car, have been so hot that automakers raced to supply the market. With inventory now piling up, profit-sapping rebates are on the rise.

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LotLinx names Dataium founder as president and chief product officerAuto News

Digital marketing company LotLinx has named Dataium founder Eric Brown its president and chief product officer.

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CarMax opens first four-lane auction on West CoastAuto News

CarMax opened a vehicle reconditioning and four-lane auction center in Murrieta, Calif., on Thursday, making it CarMax's largest multipurpose location on the West Coast, the used-vehicle mega-retailer said.

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Senate confirms Pruitt, giving EPA foe control of agencyAuto News

The Senate narrowly confirmed Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, positioning the fierce critic of Obama-era climate rules to immediately begin undoing them.

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Bill Baker, who 'put Land Rover on the map,' dies at 72Auto News

Bill Baker, the legendary PR man who played a key role in Land Rover's successful return to the U.S. market in 1986, died Thursday. He was 72.

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Once Buick's lifeline, Opel isn't so crucial anymoreAuto News

GM has already gotten more out of Opel for Buick than many ever would have imagined eight years ago -- the last time the automaker nearly sold the German carmaker.

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Cooper-Standard says Q4 net income rises 43%Auto News

Cooper-Standard Holdings said fourth-quarter net income rose 43 percent to $31.1 million. Sales improved 2.4 percent to $875.4 million.

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Ford found recipe for profits in EuropeAuto News

Ford was unprofitable in Europe from 2011 to 2014. During that time, the company lost $3.1 billion there.

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New delinquent U.S. car loans at 8-year peakAuto News

More Americans fell behind on their car loan payments in the fourth quarter, bringing auto delinquencies to their highest since the height of the financial crisis, Federal Reserve Bank of New York data released on Thursday showed.

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Auto lenders' kill switches being probed by U.S. regulatorAuto News

A U.S. regulator is looking at whether auto finance companies that use sophisticated technology like ignition kill switches are illegally harassing subprime borrowers that have fallen behind on their payments.

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