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<title><![CDATA[A good GM diesel car ... has hell frozen over?]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HELL, Mich. -- General Motors' passenger-car diesel program has, quite literally, been to Hell and back. Chevrolet chose this out-of-the-way and ironically named destination for journalists to test drive its Cruze diesel , which began arriving in dealerships this week. Of course, GM soured the U.S. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrysler Versus Tesla (5/24/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 15:47:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Automakers engage in war of words over repaying Uncle Sam; Can 'Fast and Furious' tie-in aid Dart?; Lapham: Beater danger.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Executive Shakeup at Volvo (5/24/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 09:04:57 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Marketing head Doug Speck, purchasing chief leaving; Nissan taxi obstacle; Marchionne honored; Chrysler keeps theme going.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Audi plans 90% local sourcing in Mexico, says purchasing boss Martens]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Audi purchasing chief Bernd Martens says the automaker aims to buy 90 percent of its components for its Mexico factory from local sources. So far no other Audi location has done that. The 150,000-capacity plant, southeast of Mexico City, will build the Q5 crossover for the Americas, Europe and ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LaSorda, Penske launch venture fund for tech startups]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:29 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Tom LaSorda, the former CEO of Chrysler Corp. and Fisker Automotive Inc. , has started a new limited partnership private venture capital fund for startup companies in health care, clean energy, transportation, information technology, software and applications. LaSorda, 58, who has named ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Chevy EV for $20K (5/23/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spark to lease for $199 a month; Ford closing Aussie sites; probe reaches ex-Saab chair Muller; Snyder: Mixing cars, politics.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lamborghini's Egoista concept highlights edgy design]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[(Bloomberg) -- Lamborghini's Egoista concept, unveiled earlier this month at the company's 50th anniversary celebration in Bologna, Italy, isn't planned for production, but it does have a purpose: countering critics who think the automaker has lost some of its design edginess. The one-seat ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Small BMW team rethought electric cars for huge cities]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BMW's Project i began nearly six years ago as the carmaker began to position itself for the motoring challenges of the future. Later this year its first model, the i3 city car, will go on sale in Europe. In an interview with Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche , Project i chief ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Michael Stanton, longtime D.C. advocate for automakers, to retire in 2014]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Stanton, a longtime lobbyist and a driving force for automakers in public policy, will retire as president and CEO of the Association of Global Automakers in early 2014. Stanton, 68, has represented automakers in Washington and state capitals across the country for more than 35 years, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Heating Up Ford Production (5/22/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 08:30:36 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Detroit automaker joins rivals in scaling back summer shutdowns; VW tackles diesel goofs; Hyundai markets to 'second screen.']]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM engineer on Chevy, VW diesel war]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:51 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Front & Center With GM's Mike Siegrist]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. and Brazil bright spots for Fiat-Chrysler as Europe declines]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Global April sales for Fiat-Chrysler show how much the Americas, especially the United States and Brazil, are supporting the automaker. Fiat-Chrysler's global vehicle sales were 394,100 units last month, up 10.8 percent compared with the same month a year before, according to Fiat's investor ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chevy joins 'Mad Men' buzz on Twitter]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:11:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chevrolet brought some more attention to its role in "Mad Men" on Twitter after last night's episode. AMC's television drama "Mad Men" follows a fictional New York advertising agency in the late 1960s, which currently is working on a campaign for the Chevrolet Vega. Chevy sent two tweets last night ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrysler's Toyota Chase (5/20/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 15:50:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. automaker says it's catching in quality; Ford 4-banger forecast; Chevy plays along with 'Mad Men' plot.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cruze Diesel a Jetta Fighter (5/20/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 08:25:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GM: Chevy better in horsepower, torque, MPG; GM wants back in 'club'; Hellcat for Chrysler; Nissan-Mitsubishi minicar.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Toyota streamlines decision-making for North America]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda restructured the company's management this year to give more authority and autonomy to local regions. Nowhere was this more evident than in North America, where Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., was placed in charge of all Toyota sales and ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A tech triumph for the S class?]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HAMBURG, Germany -- With a technology-rich S-class redesign arriving this fall and several derivatives to be added by 2015, Mercedes-Benz aims to boost stalled sales of its flagship. Still, Mercedes executives do not expect the new S class unveiled here last week to approach the peak volume of the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM seeks clean launch, regular updates for pickups]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mark Reuss, president of General Motors North America, says GM is staying vigilant on the June launch of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-sized pickups, its most important rollout since the company's 2009 bankruptcy. He says GM is closely monitoring suppliers to avoid bottlenecks that ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Old-school Rizza roars into the digital age]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In an age when auto dealers are plunging into digital tools for marketing, store management and customer retention, Chicago's Rizza Cars has become a star practitioner. The six-store retailer with Ford, Lincoln, Acura, Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Kia and Porsche brands is a case study of a traditional ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Auto marketers want TV viewers to reach for another device]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- TV promotions still reach the biggest audiences, but auto marketers say the greatest untapped potential lies with consumers poised to use other devices to respond quickly to what they see on screen. Marketing executives see a gold mine in viewers who turn to their laptops, tablets or ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Most FandI managers aren't forgers]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To the Editor: This is regarding an interview with FandI trainer Gil Van Over, "Signing a customer's name is forgery. Period" (Finance and Insurance newsletter, April 24). It opens with a statement attributed to Van Over that "most FandI managers probably don't think of it as forgery when they ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Goofy ads, variants help Mini rule its own little world]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Editor's note: An earlier version of this story, which also appeared on Page 3 of the May 20 print edition, gave the incorrect base price for the 2013 Mini Cooper hardtop. It is $20,495, including shipping. WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- In 2005, three years after the Mini Cooper's surprisingly strong ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[COMMENTARY: You can't mandate human behavior]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[They are at it again in California. The mandates for zero-emission vehicles mean that to sell any volume there, you will need to have some sort of electric car for that market. Several other states likely will enforce the same ZEV requirements, making it even more challenging for manufacturers. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hinrichs: Quality is 'of the highest priority' at Ford]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After three frenetic years overseeing Ford's ambitious Asia Pacific expansion plans, including the construction of nine plants, Joe Hinrichs returned to the Dearborn, Mich., world headquarters in December to take over as president of the company's most profitable region: the Americas. Hinrichs ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Online video has changed how auto marketers connect with customers]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Chrysler-Fiat marketing chief Olivier Francois hopes he has this summer's pop-music hit in his back pocket, the thumping soundtrack to a Fiat 500 commercial that has evolved into a full-length, party-themed video for a song with "Fiat" in its title. "If it works, we will have written ...]]></description>
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