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Redesigned ’16 Chevy Cruze Geared for Global Stage
“We’ve optimized Chevrolet on a global scale,” GM North America President Alan Batey tells WardsAuto. “This is a demonstration of that.”
By James M. Amend • June 24, 2015 -
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Lotus Cars Relocating U.S. Headquarters to Michigan
The U.K.-headquartered sports car maker says the move from Lawrenceville, GA, to share facilities with Lotus Engineering in Ann Arbor, MI, puts it at the heart of the U.S. auto industry.
By Alan Harman • June 24, 2015 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineAutomotive Manufacturing
Production strategies are changing rapidly as tariffs and shifts in consumer buying patterns affect the industry.
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Scion xB Calling It Quits
The first-generation xB is near-iconic and became the face of the Scion brand in its early years, but the second-generation model didn’t have the same acceptance.
June 24, 2015 -
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Malaysia’s May Sales Dip; Proton, Suzuki Do R&D Deal
The May result saw new-car sales drop 8.0% to 45,874 units for a 5-month total down 3.7% at 235,838. The much smaller commercial-vehicle segment fell 11.5% to 5,380 units for a year-to-date total off 2.7% at 28,909.
By Alan Harman • June 23, 2015 -
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Mirage Success Surprising Even to Mitsubishi
The Japanese automaker delivered roughly 12,000 Mirages through May, higher than the year-to-date volume of the Tesla Model S, BMW i3 and all Land Rovers.
June 22, 2015 -
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North America-Built LV Sales Will Lag Capacity Increases
As Mexico lures more manufacturing, its market also is opening up to more overseas-built vehicles with import offerings doubling since 2001.
By Haig Stoddard • June 22, 2015 -
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JLR Researchers Getting Inside Drivers’ Heads
The automaker’s JLR Sixth Sense research borrows advanced sports, medicine and aerospace technology to monitor the driver’s heart rate, respiration and levels of brain activity to identify stress, fatigue and lack of concentration.
By Alan Harman • June 19, 2015 -
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Jatco Grows Global Presence as CVT Standard Bearer
Jatco and rival Aisin AW both look to grow their customer bases, Jatco will concentrate its major facilities investments in China and the U.S. over the next five years.
By Roger Schreffler • June 19, 2015 -
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Russia’s AvtoVAZ Plans $3 Billion Investment
Money will be spent to improve manufacturing, increase local content and bring Lada’s Vesta concept to production. Also on tap is a new-gen Chevy Niva with partner GM.
By Eugene Gerden • June 17, 2015 -
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Smartphone Remote Control Belies ‘Hang Up and Drive’
Future possibilities for the JLR technology could include greater autonomous functionality where the driver gives a command from the handset to traverse an obstacle or exit a parking space, and the car does the rest.
By Alan Harman • June 17, 2015 -
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FCA Could Be Wild Card in UAW-Detroit Three Talks
UAW President Dennis Williams believes auto workers deserve a raise this year and that profit sharing, while valuable, is not a substitute for increases in hourly wages. Sergio Marchionne, CEO of FCA US, holds the opposite view.
By Joseph Szczesny • June 15, 2015 -
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JLR Technology ‘Reads’ Roads to Spot Potholes
JLR’s Mike Bell says the Range Rover Evoque research vehicle can identify the location and severity of road hazards and adjust the suspension in milliseconds. The automaker believes the information could be shared with other road users.
By Alan Harman • June 12, 2015 -
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Medium- and Heavy-Duty Truck Sales Rose 16.5% in May
Class 8 led all segments and continued to drive the overall market, jumping 24.1% on sales of 21,501 units vs. 17,990 year-ago as all companies posted gains.
By Paul Zajac • June 11, 2015 -
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WardsAuto Flashback – June 2015
Arms-Building Increases; GM Contract Approved; Post-War car Allotment; More Trucks Sought; Dealer Earnings Up; Ford Averts Strike; Car Sales Post Record; AMA Asks Smog Delay; Ford to Build GT; GM EV Detailed; Iacocca to Stay; Chrysler-Fiat Deal Possible
June 11, 2015 -
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Today’s Car Shoppers Expect Marketers to Read Their Minds
Because most auto consumers know their online behavior is tracked, they in effect say: “Show us what we want.” Analytics help there.
By Katie Troutman Johnson • June 11, 2015 -
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Australians Safer Thanks to ANCAP, Group Says
About 40% of the distance traveled in vehicles this year in Australia will be in 5-star cars, the safety agency says, predicting this will increase to nearly 70% by 2020.
By Alan Harman • June 11, 2015 -
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Merger Mania, Marchionne Style
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.Sergio Marchionne is telling anyone who will listen that the auto industry needs more mergers. Maybe he’s right, but history shows us that i...
By John McElroy 1 • June 10, 2015 -
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All-New Sports Car to Revive U.K.’s TVR Marque
The company says the car will feature the traditional TVR DNA of a front engine with rear-wheel drive and manual transmission, powered by a normally aspirated, dry-sumped V-8 engine developed and engineered by Cosworth.
By Alan Harman • June 5, 2015 -
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AWD Genesis Lures Equus Buyers
The second-most-expensive Hyundai car is cannibalizing sales of the most-expensive Hyundai car, as all-wheel drive proves alluring to buyers in cold-weather markets.
June 3, 2015 -
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Tata Plots Comeback With Reinvented Nano City Car
“This is a make-or-break opportunity for Tata,” Girish Wagh, senior vice president-product planning and the original Nano’s chief engineer, says of the extensively upgraded Nano GenX.
By Sudhakar Shah • June 2, 2015 -
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Car Sharing Same as Bed Sharing?
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.Sharing cars with people you don’t know is like sharing beds with strangers.That’s how Robin Chase described it to doubters in the startup d...
By Steve Finlay 2 • May 26, 2015 -
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Striptease and Hype
It used to be no one got to see the new model before its big reveal. Now automakers are leaking early glimpses of future cars and trucks through spy photographers and other means. Is this a good thing?
By Theo Nissim • May 22, 2015 -
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Chevy Corvette Plant Gets $439 Million Paint Shop
Sprucing up Bowling Green likely indicates GM plans to keep building the Corvette there for many years to come in a future of tightening fuel-economy rules.
By James M. Amend • May 21, 2015 -
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Heirs of Italian Tradition to Unveil Supercars at Turin Show
Both limited-run models will feature high-powered V-12 engines.
By Giancarlo Perini • May 18, 2015 -
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UAW Takes Lear Organizing Demands to Shareholders
Protesters voiced UAW demands for better wages and respect for workers’ right to join a union, particularly in the South, where anti-union sentiment is high. The Lear plants at the center of the protest are located in Alabama and are non-union.
By Joseph R. Szcezsny • May 18, 2015
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