Dodge sees Charger powered by personality

While overall sedan sales have dipped, Dodge brand manager Kevin Hellman says the muscle car is still finding traction.

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Infiniti design veteran stepping out of the shadows

The stylist behind Infiniti's QX Inspiration and Prototype 10 concept vehicles will be the premium brand's new global design chief, following the departure of Karim Habib.

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What is fueling Toyota's interest in Suzuki? India

Toyota and Suzuki might seem like an odd couple. But Suzuki gives Japan's biggest carmaker a badly needed foothold in India and helps deliver ever-bigger scale.

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Dealers across southeast brace as Hurricane Dorian nears

In Florida, where it's more common to see a hurricane season with a storm than without one, CarMax closed ten stores while AutoNation said its stories would remain open Saturday and Sunday as Dorian, a Category 4 storm, approaches.

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UAW president among subjects of corruption probe, report says

Sources told the Detroit News the federal investigation is looking into whether UAW President Gary Jones or other UAW officials spent member dues on junkets to California and other potential financial crimes involving union officials' charitable organizations.

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GMC's new pickup focus: Luxury that's down to earth

The customer feedback "really led to the way I describe AT4, and that's premium off-road," say GMC designer Carl Zipfel. "And it's something that really doesn't exist in the segment."

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August sales gain threatened by Dorian

Dorian could take a bite out of the month's U.S. auto sales, which were projected to rise in part due to the holiday weekend. Labor Day weekend sales count toward August results.

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VW agrees to settle mileage-overstatement claims for $96.5 million

The fuel economy ratings on approximately 98,000 vehicles sold or leased in the United States will be restated fix a discrepancy of 1 mpg.

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Florida dealers brace as Hurricane Dorian approaches

Earl Stewart, whose Earl Stewart Toyota is but 1,000 yards from the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, reflected the experience of a state where it's more common to see a Hurricane season with a storm than without one. AutoNation and CarMax are monitoring the situation closely.

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UAW president among subjects of corruption investigation, report says

Sources told the Detroit News the federal investigation is looking into whether UAW President Gary Jones or other UAW officials spent member dues on junkets to California and other potential financial crimes involving union officials' charitable organizations.

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Ford recalls nearly 650,000 vehicles in N.A., including 2020 Explorer, Lincoln Aviator

The automaker has already issued two recalls on the redesigned Explorer and new Aviator since they arrived in dealerships this summer

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Trump prods GM over its plants in China

President Donald Trump's tweet comes amid a U.S.-China trade war and after GM has made cutbacks that have left it with the smallest UAW membership among the Detroit 3.

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Tesla gets exemption from China’s 10 percent tax on car sales

The exemption, which previously applied only to domestic makers of electric vehicles, affects all Tesla models sold in China, the nation’s industry ministry said.

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Firefighters respond to small fire at Toyota’s global r&d center

Smoke was detected in an eighth-floor office space of the massive Toyota technical center around 4:40 p.m. local time, and all employees were evacuated, a spokesman said. There were no reports of injuries.

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Toyota, other automakers expand in Africa

Faced with stagnant sales in developed economies, automakers including Toyota, Volkswagen, BMW, and Nissan are seeking to break into Africa, considered one of the world's last untapped markets for new cars.

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August U.S. sales expected to get jolt from Labor Day holiday

Labor Day lands in the August U.S. sales reporting period this year instead of September, as it did in 2018. August also features five weekends, a key driver of showroom traffic and sales.

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Firefighters respond to smoke at Toyota’s global r&d center

Smoke was detected in an eighth-floor office space of the massive Toyota technical center around 4:40 p.m. local time, and all employees were evacuated, a spokesman said. There were no reports of injuries.

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Waymo urges U.S. to 'promptly' remove barriers to AV's

NHTSA is grappling with how to address nearly 75 safety standards for self-driving cars, many of them written under the assumption that a licensed driver is in command of the vehicle using traditional controls. In addition to Waymo's latest plea, major automakers this week acknowledged complex issues surrounding testing, acquiring and evaluating fully autonomous vehicles, suggesting final safety rules are years away.

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Uber CEO says it 'sure looked like' Levandowski took Google's files

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said: "I wasn’t here when we brought Anthony on board but what I do know is that we went to incredible depths to make sure that any information that Anthony might have acquired from Google -- and it sure looked like he did -- didn’t make it over to our company."

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Volkswagen to invest $577 million in Brazil plant

Sao Paulo state said in a statement that Volkswagen would create 1,000 jobs and invest in its Sao Bernardo do Campo plant.

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India woos foreign automakers, suppliers to cash in on U.S.-China trade war

Amid suggestions that India is late to capitalize on the trade battle between the world's two biggest economies, Indian officials this week met local officials from automakers including Volkswagen, Hyundai and Honda to see if they would consider moving some supply chain operations from China to India, according to a source and an industry official who attended the meeting.

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Toyota recalls defective airbags that replaced Takata units

The recall involves airbags installed in certain Corolla and Matrix cars that replaced faulty Takata airbags linked to at least 24 fatalities and about 290 injuries worldwide.

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Toyota recalls 135,000 vehicles for defective airbags

The recall involves airbags installed in certain Corolla and Matrix cars that replaced faulty Takata airbags linked to at least 24 fatalities and about 290 injuries worldwide.

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Tesla solar panels catch fire, and the lawsuits start flying

Lawsuits about solar panel fires threaten to deepen the woes at the Tesla solar unit, which in turn would only add to the recent struggles for the automaker.

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Frankfurt show tightens security after anti-car vandalism

Entrance controls will be tightened at this year's Frankfurt show because there may be "spontaneous rioting" by anti-car protesters, said the organizers.

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