Author: Automotive News Breaking News Feed
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BMW, after 10-year wait, rolls out 3-row monster SUV
In the X7, BMW now has its own three-row luxury cruiser to challenge the likes of the Mercedes-Benz GLS, Cadillac Escalade and Lexus LX, and it only took the German carmaker a decade.
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Audi e-tron GT concept features fast charging, supercar-like handling
The Audi e-tron GT concept is a performance electric sportback sedan capable of recharging its battery up to 80 percent in as little as 20 minutes.
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Michael Cook, former Triumph and Jaguar PR man, dies at 85
Triumph sold its last sports car in the U.S. in the summer of 1982. On Tuesday, the brand lost its PR man, Michael Cook, who never stopped promoting the fun-to-drive brand of budget roadsters.
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Two Ford plants losing shifts, but no layoffs planned
Ford said it will eliminate shifts at assembly plants in Michigan and Kentucky but give all affected workers jobs at other locations nearby.
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BMW’s latest marketing stunt comes to L.A.
To promote its American-made X5 crossover, BMW filmed a road trip from the car’s birthplace in its Spartanburg, S.C., plant directly to a stage at this week’s L.A. auto show.
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VW expands electric lineup with big, small cargo haulers
Volkswagen is signaling the broad range of its coming electric vehicle portfolio with a pair of production-intent commercial concepts aimed at delivering cargo under battery power.
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2020 Jeep Gladiator pickup becomes reality after years of teasing
Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep, after a nearly 14-year tease of just-over-the-horizon promises and someday-soon product plans, showed the first production pickup to carry the brand’s name in a generation: the 2020 Gladiator.
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Nine vehicles named 2019 North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year finalists
Three Detroit pickups, a sport sedan from Hyundai’s Genesis brand and a new electric vehicle from Jaguar have been named finalists for the 2019 North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year Awards.
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Trump raises prospect of import car tariff amid GM cutback plan
President Donald Trump raised the prospect of slapping a 25 percent tariff on imported cars to boost domestic auto assembly, pointing to a longstanding U.S. tariff on imported pickup trucks.
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Martinrea to close Ontario plant in wake of GM cuts, report says
Martinrea’s factory in nearby Ajax, Ont., supplies GM’s Oshawa plant with parts for the Cadillac XTS and the Chevrolet Impala, according to The Globe and Mail. Neither car will be made beyond 2019.