GM Tech Center employee stabbed on campus

A General Motors employee was in critical condition today after she was stabbed multiple times on the campus of the automaker's Technical Center in Warren, Mich.

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Cadillac prices XT5 below rivals, but aims high

The new 2017 Cadillac XT5 will have a base sticker price of $39,990, including shipping, when it hits showrooms in April -- about $1,400 more than its predecessor, the SRX, but considerably less than key competitors in the luxury midsize crossover...

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VW, Audi, BMW recall 1.7 million U.S. cars with Takata airbags

The Volkswagen Group of America is recalling about 850,000 vehicles due to potentially faulty airbags made by Japanese supplier Takata -- the company at the center of a long-running global safety crisis.

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GM ignition-switch deal will not be reviewed, U.S. judge rules

A U.S. judge today rejected a request to reconsider his approval of a settlement fund to resolve more than a thousand lawsuits over deaths and injuries blamed on an ignition-switch defect that prompted GM to recall 2.6 million vehicles.

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VW, Audi recall 850,000 U.S. cars with Takata airbags

The Volkswagen Group of America is recalling about 850,000 vehicles due to potentially faulty airbags made by Japanese supplier Takata -- the company at the center of a long-running global safety crisis.

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Will Japan's auto industry consolidate?

Japan's crowded auto industry is poised to look more like other major markets, with three or fewer carmakers left by the end of the decade. That's more than car-loving Germany or the far bigger U.S. market.

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VW recalls 680,000 U.S. cars with Takata airbags

Volkswagen is recalling 680,000 cars of its namesake brand in the United States because Takata-made airbags in them could be defective.

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Self-driving cars succumb to snow blindness as driving lanes disappear

As automakers race to get robot cars on the road, they're encountering an obstacle very familiar to humans: Old Man Winter. Simple snow can render the most advanced computing power useless and leave vehicles dead on the highway.

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BMW drops to 3rd place in global luxury sales race during January

BMW lost ground in the luxury-car sales race in January, dropping to third place as Mercedes-Benz moved closer to a goal of unseating its rival this year.

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BMW drops to 3rd place in luxury sales race during January

BMW lost ground in the luxury-car sales race in January, dropping to third place as Mercedes-Benz moved closer to a goal of unseating its rival this year.

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Mercedes jumps ahead of BMW in global luxury sales race in January

Mercedes-Benz outsold BMW at the start of the year to move closer to a goal of unseating its rival as the biggest luxury-car maker by sales.

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Nissan profit boosted by strong U.S. demand

Nissan reported a 24 percent increase in operating profit in the latest quarter on the back of booming North American sales and cost cutting.

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Strong U.S. demand boosts Nissan profit

Nissan today reported a 24 percent increase in operating profit in the latest quarter on the back of booming North American sales and cost cutting.

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Camaro 1LE performance version will offer V-6

The Chevrolet Camaro 1LE track-ready performance model that debuts this week at the Chicago Auto Show will for the first time be offered with a V-6 engine under the hood.

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Chevy freshens Trax as crossover competition multiplies

The Chevrolet Trax will get a new face and freshened interior for the 2017 model year, an effort to stay ahead of a slew of newcomers in the burgeoning market for subcompact crossovers.

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Google's autonomous tech can be considered driver under federal law, NHTSA says

U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver under federal law, a major step toward ultimately winning approval for autonomous vehicles on the roads.

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EPA, SEMA at odds over proposed racecar rule

A potential EPA ban on many road-to-racecar conversions has touched off a battle with the aftermarket industry, whose trade group says the move would reverse decades of agency policy and deal a blow to auto racing and the parts market.

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GM recalling 473,000 SUVs, pickups in N.A. for brake pedal problems

General Motors said it is recalling 473,000 pickups and SUVs in North America because brake pedals could fail due to a faulty nut.

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GM mobilizes to build more small pickups

General Motors will increase production of the Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup, which has been in tight supply since its debut 18 months ago, a company executive said today.

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Applied Acoustics International names industry veteran Larry Hagood as CEO

Applied Acoustics International, the sound barrier and noise dampening supplier created last week when UGN Inc. sold its automotive acoustics business, today named Larry Hagood, 56, as its CEO.

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