Toledo spurs hometown industrial resurgenceAuto News

Toledo's port authority is using spec building to stimulate the city's historic automotive manufacturing presence.

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Subaru Executive VP Tom Esterday to retire December 31Auto News

Tom Easterday, Subaru of Indiana Automotive's executive vice president, has worked at Subaru Corp.'s lone manufacturing plant outside of Japan from its beginning, but after a nearly 30-year career, he'll retire on Dec. 31.

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Hyundai sharpens social media tools to target buyers for 2018 SonataAuto News

For a video campaign to promote the 2018 Sonata, Hyundai couldn't go in with a goal of reaching broad groups like millennials. It had to go hunting specifically for in-market sedan buyers, a pool that becomes shallower by the year.

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Dealers want sales and data skills in used-car managersAuto News

Data is increasingly king in used-car sales, but there is still a place for auction-hardened experience, dealers say.

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BMW, Volvo on Trade Tiffs, Effect on U.S. Plants (11/9/18)

BMW, Volvo on trade tiffs, effect on U.S. plants; Study: All things considered, we’d rather...
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Adient suspends cash dividend after $1.35B loss in fiscal Q4Auto News

Automotive seat maker Adient, which has struggled to maintain consistent profitability since its spinoff from Johnson Controls in 2016, suspended its dividend as it reported a quarterly net loss of $1.35 billion.

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The 'rational' businesswoman picked to temper Tesla's mercurial CEOAuto News

In picking Robyn Denholm to keep Elon Musk in check, Tesla's board is going with a numbers-first executive who climbed up the ranks of multinationals' finance departments.

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CarGurus shares customer shopping data with other vendorsAuto News

CarGurus, an online automotive marketplace for consumers, is now allowing third-party vendors access to data about how customers are using the shopping platform.

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VW may invest in Ford-backed Argo as alliance talks advanceAuto News

The two automakers are nearing a framework agreement to join forces on electric and self-driving vehicles -- capital-intensive areas that are reshaping the auto industry and straining carmakers' finances across the globe -- people...

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Subaru recalls nearly 229,000 Legacy, Outback models for gas gauge glitchAuto News

Subaru recalls close to 229,000 vehicles for an inaccurate fuel display, the second recall the automaker has made this month.

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For Ford, echos of 2005 as debt, outlook weigh on investorsAuto News

Ford's debt is trading like it's speculative grade as investors worry about how higher steel tariffs and slowing sales will weigh on the automaker's profits and credit rating.

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Outback, Legacy May Run Out of Gas Unexpectedly (11/9/18)

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Fiat Chrysler should mull selling Europe business, spin off Maserati, Alfa, investor saysAuto News

Fiat Chrysler's board is being urged by a small investor to consider selling its European business and eventually spin-off the Maserati and Alfa Romeo brands to focus on more profitable U.S. brands.

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VW, Daimler agree to pay for diesel retrofits in GermanyAuto News

Volkswagen and Daimler have agreed to spend up to 3,000 euros ($3,430) per vehicle to offer hardware retrofits to clean up older diesel vehicles at their own cost, but rival BMW is still refusing to do so, Germany's Transport Minister said.

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VW plans $21,000 electric crossover to challenge Tesla, report saysAuto News

Volkswagen plans to add a subcompact crossover priced at about $21,000 to its all-electric I.D.

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White House, California to meet over emissions rulesAuto News

California clean air regulators will hold talks on Tuesday with their federal counterparts and the White House over Trump administration efforts to stop Sacramento from adopting tighter vehicle emissions rules than Washington, a spokesman for the...

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Brazil approves tax breaks for Ford, Fiat, other automakersAuto News

Brazilian President Michel Temer signed into law hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives for automakers such as GM and Volkswagen to produce locally and continue developing engines that run on both gasoline and ethanol.

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Hyundai Palisade 3-row crossover set for L.A. debutAuto News

Hyundai will unveil the Palisade crossover, its big-bodied, three-row answer to the Ford Explorer, Toyota Highlander and Chevrolet Traverse, at this month's Los Angeles Auto Show.

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White House, California to meet over emissions rules next weekAuto News

California clean air regulators will hold talks next week with their federal counterparts and the White House over Trump administration efforts to stop Sacramento from adopting tighter vehicle emissions rules than Washington, a spokesman for the...

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Volvo XC40 Luring Younger Buyers, N.A. Chief Says (11/8/18)

Volvo XC40 luring younger buyers, N.A. chief says; Hyundai-Kia hearing on hold; German official:...
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