Author: Automotive News Breaking News Feed
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2020 Porsche 911 redesigned
The redesigned 2020 911 retains Porsche’s venerable styling DNA but receives upgrades in horsepower, a new interior layout inspired by 1970s models, and 21st century driving conveniences.
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High-tech Mazda3 packs 5 engines, new styling, bevy of safety features
As GM and Ford bail out of small cars and replace them with crossovers, Mazda is betting big that a technically advanced upscale version of the compact Mazda3, including a diesel engine, can defy the odds.
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BMW weighs U.S. engine, transmission plant
BMW is considering a second U.S. manufacturing plant that could produce engines and transmissions, CEO Harald Krueger said Tuesday, shortly after a report that President Trump will impose tariffs on light-vehicle imports starting next week.
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Honda seeks off-road chops with revived Passport
Honda is waging a big bet Americans will continue embracing light trucks by reviving the Passport and is packing the crossover with a 280-hp engine and off-road capabilities the company says will make it just as comfortable on sandy trails as city…
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Aston Martin sees recent non-automotive concepts as brand extensions
In the past year, Aston Martin has unveiled two unique concepts that go beyond hand built, ultraluxury cars: a small personal aircraft and a small personal submersible.
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Electric Rivian R1S SUV debuts at Los Angeles Auto Show
Rivian Automotive’s R1S, an electric SUV, won’t stray too far from the vehicle the startup company showed on Monday, the R1T pickup.
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Ohio’s GM workers want Trump to step up
President Trump said he expects GM to keep an Ohio assembly complex open after it ends production next year. Bryan Keeley said he wants to believe it, but he’s heard talk like that before.
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Trump, Kudlow play hardball with Barra and GM over planned cuts
Larry Kudlow, Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, said he had conveyed to GM CEO Mary Barra the president’s anger over her plans to close U.S. factories and lay off thousands of workers.
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Google’s Waymo hires safety advocate, Alibaba executive
Google’s self-driving car affiliate Waymo said it hired Deborah Hersman to the new position of chief safety officer and Amee Chande as its first chief commercial officer,
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End of GM’s Oshawa plant to be a $2.3B blow to Canadian supply industry
General Motors’ Oshawa Assembly Plant buys about $2.26 billion a year in auto parts and tools from Canadian suppliers, which in turn supports about 10,000 jobs, APMA President Flavio Volpe estimated.