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Domestic brands score well in owner-perception survey
8:00 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
Volkswagen Group and Ford fared well among automakers in an annual study released today measuring quality and how deeply consumers feel about a new car or light-truck purchase after several months of ownership.... Read More » Comments [0] | Recommendations [0]
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Audi Q7 will shed weight
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
The redesigned Audi Q7 that debuts next summer in Europe will weigh about 800 pounds less than the current model, company insiders tell German sibling publication Automobilwoche.... Read More »| Related topics: | Automakers and Suppliers | Regulation and Safety | Auto Shows | Concept Cars | Cutaways | Final Assembly | Green Car | Future Product | Vehicle Technology | New Product |
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Next Corolla gets CVT, 2 engine choices
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
The redesigned 2014 Toyota Corolla that debuts here on June 6 will have a continuously variable transmission and will be offered with a choice of two engines, company officials have told dealers.... Read More »CARS & CONCEPTS
Albaisa leads Infiniti design
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
Alfonso Albaisa, the Cuban-American designer who has led Nissan's worldwide passenger car design strategy for a year, has been named global design chief for Infiniti.... Read More »'14 Silverado: More brawn, quieter ride
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
Chevrolet packs more power and torque, better fuel economy and a much improved interior into the first redesign of its Silverado full-sized pickup in seven years.... Read More »Infiniti picks veteran Nissan stylist Albaisa for new global design post
4:01 pm U.S. ET | May 8, 2013
Infiniti has named a global design chief as part of the luxury brand's ongoing effort to distance itself from parent company Nissan's mass-market Nissan marque.... Read More »Reuss: Buick earns product pizazz
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
There's little chance that the flashy Buick Riviera concept will ever grace a Buick showroom. But dealers should view the Riviera as a signal that GM is serious about adding pizazz to the Buick lineup.... Read More »AKIO TAKES THE WHEEL
Toyota's car-buff president makes Lexus his pet project
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
By Akio Toyoda's own admission, his beloved Lexus luxury brand has a big problem. Unlike its German rivals, Lexus has no heritage, no narrative. Now the Toyota Motor Corp. president is investing himself personally in the brand by taking direct control of all things Lexus.... Read More »How Ferrari created its fastest, most advanced road car
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Here is an in-depth look at some of the challenges faced en route to delivering the LaFerrari, the company's fastest, most technologically advanced road car.... Read More »Ford's latest high-tech twist: Granddad's old-school knobs
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Joe Hinrichs, Ford Motor Co.'s president of the Americas, won't say directly how the company plans to fix its troubled MyFord Touch control system, which has hurt Ford's ratings in quality surveys. But here's a hint: knobs.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Back from the grave
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Frank Stranah, co-founder of Champion Spark Plugs, once owned this 1940 Packard Super 8 Formal sedan -- which spent 44 years welded inside an old gasoline storage tank before it was liberated in 2011.... Read More »ATS coupe is on the way, Cadillac tells its dealers
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
General Motors plans to introduce a coupe version of its Cadillac ATS compact next year, one in a spate of vehicle introductions for the luxury brand. Several dealers told Automotive News they were shown an ATS coupe at a national dealer meeting in Las Vegas this month.... Read More »Production Data
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Is Cherokee the global Jeep?
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
The Cherokee is starting to look like Jeep's global SUV. Jeep President Mike Manley called the Cherokee "an obvious choice" for production in China.... Read More »SHANGHAI AUTO SHOW
Ford weighs compact for China
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
With an eye to growth in China's booming compact car market, Ford has revived an old nameplate for a new concept car. The Ford Escort Concept is an extended-wheelbase version of the Focus.... Read More »SHANGHAI AUTO SHOW
Audi and Caddy target young Chinese buyers
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
More retail owners of luxury cars in China drive their own vehicles, so automakers give more attention to driving performance, cockpit design and front-seat amenities.... Read More »SHANGHAI AUTO SHOW
Volvo CEO: Luxury car clashes with image
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
Volvo will not develop a flagship sedan to challenge the BMW 7 series, Mercedes-Benz S class or Audi A8. Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said such a flagship doesn't fit Volvo's green image.... Read More »Ford charity commits $1 million gift to CCS programs
3:29 pm U.S. ET | April 26, 2013
The Ford Motor Company Fund, the charitable arm of Ford Motor, said today it will be donating $1 million to the College for Creative Studies in Detroit over the next five years.... Read More »Mercedes GLA concept previews compact crossover
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 22, 2013
Mercedes-Benz will enter the growing compact crossover segment next year with the GLA, a five-door that was scheduled to debut as a concept model at the Shanghai auto show this past weekend.... Read More »FINAL ASSEMBLY
Report: Daimler is thinking small
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 22, 2013
A German press report last week revived speculation that Daimler is thinking small, planning to position a Mercedes model above the Smart in 2016, with technology to be based on the flexible A-class architecture and with engines from Renault.... Read More »Ford targets Chinese buyers with Focus-based concept
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 22, 2013
Ford Motor Co. was to have unveiled a Focus-based concept car last week at the Shanghai auto show that targets local tastes with a stretched wheelbase and larger rear doors.... Read More »Jeep dilemma: Keep SUV guts, add comfort
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 15, 2013
With the help of key suppliers -- ZF Friedrichshafen and American Axle & Manufacturing -- that developed two major innovations, the Cherokee is Jeep's best hope to compete with today's Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and Ford Escape.... Read More »
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