VW poised for SUV go-ahead as U.S. slide threatens goals | Reuters - 0 views
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needs more models designed for U.S. consumers and manufactured competitively in the region, analysts say
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VW's U.S. deliveries fell 7 percent in 2013 as a push into competitive midsize cars lost traction, with the brand languishing in the bottom third of quality rankings - a mirror image of its European standing that puzzles German bosses.
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The Passat, Golf and imported Tiguan and Touareg SUVs lost ground to fresher models from U.S. and Japanese rivals, which increased sales in a market that grew 7.6 percent overall.
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VW to Spend $7 Billion to Revive U.S. Growth With New SUV - Bloomberg - 0 views
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Demand for its namesake brand fell 6.9 percent to 407,700 autos last year on declining demand for the U.S. version of the Passat
Subaru's latest record: a 26% jump in 2013 - 0 views
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best December in Subaru's history
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Subaru said more than 60 percent of its customers last year were new to the brand.
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The redesigned Forester crossover was a major factor in Subaru's performance, with a 62 percent increase in 2013 to 123,592 units.
New capacity helps Nissan roll to records - 0 views
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December was the first full month of sales for U.S.-built Rogues from Smyrna, Tenn. Rogue sales rose 28 percent to 14,676 for the month. Retailers are also now receiving a flow of Sentras from a new plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, that opened in November.
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The Maxima, a Smyrna-built sedan that is nearing the end of its model life, benefitted from an incentives campaign of short-term bonus cash in December. Maxima sales rose 57 percent to 6,509 for the month.
What was hot, cold in 2013 - 0 views
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Small crossovers and big pickups soared in 2013, as the two segments combined to account for one of every four vehicles sold. But growth in the compact and mid-sized car segments slowed significantly, and minivan sales declined.
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car sales rose 4 percent, and light-truck sales increased 11 percent
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In contrast to all of the segments that grew, minivan sales fell 2 percent, after rising 14 percent a year ago. It was an especially tight race among the four major minivan nameplates, with the three runners-up each falling fewer than 8,000 units short of the Honda Odyssey.
Toyota weighs adding truck capacity - 0 views
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Toyota can produce a combined 250,000 Tundra full-sized and Tacoma compact pickups in San Antonio, running two shifts plus overtime and Saturdays, Fay said. Toyota's knockdown assembly plant in Tijuana, Mexico, can add another 50,000 Tacomas, but many of those trucks go to Mexico and Canada.
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Assembly line tweaks could add about 7,000 units at each plant, Fay said. But that might not be enough.
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Even if Tacoma sales were to stay flat next year, the combined pickup sales would exceed what San Antonio and Tijuana could produce for the United States. The quick rebound in pickup sales has caught Toyota by surprise.
Subaru, Toyota discuss ending production of Camry in Indiana - 0 views
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Toyota owns 16.5 percent of the small Japanese automaker
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But it poses a big headache for Toyota, which is also strapped for capacity in North America as the market quickly accelerates.
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SIA has annual capacity for 100,000 Camrys, and it may be tough for Toyota to absorb that at another North American plant.
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Toyota begins production of 2014 Highlander in Indiana - 0 views
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The popularity of the Highlander led Toyota to invest $430 million in the Princeton plant, creating an additional 600 jobs,
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The company said it will export Highlanders from Indiana for the first time, shipping vehicles to Russia and Australia.
VW Group targets 10 million sales this year on model expansion - 0 views
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Volkswagen Group may sell more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, four years earlier than planned, as Europe's largest automaker accelerates model introductions in a strategy to overtake Toyota Motor Corp. as the global sales leader.
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Volkswagen, which has budgeted 84.2 billion euros ($117 billion) in investments through 2018 to pursue a goal of taking the No. 1 spot from Toyota, said it will introduce more than 100 models this year and next, including vehicles for the mass-market VW nameplate and the Audi and Porsche premium marques
Jeep will put next Wrangler on a diet - 0 views
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Chrysler-Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne worries that Chrysler can't build enough Wranglers to meet demand. Wrangler's U.S. sales rose 10 percent in 2013 to 155,502 units. "The problem we have with Wrangler is that we are at capacity," he said.
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The Jeep Compass and Patriot are the "weakest links" in Chrysler's North American lineup, but those deficiencies will be partially addressed when Jeep introduces its new subcompact SUV this year.
Marchionne insists Jeep can hit 1 million sales in 2014 - 0 views
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Jeep will achieve its goal this year of selling 1 million SUVs around the world.
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Marchionne reiterated that the Wrangler and the Grand Cherokee will not be built outside the United States.
Chevy sees gains from new models, fleets - 0 views
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GM has said there is pent-up demand for the redesigned 2015 Silverado heavy-duty pickups, which are expected to begin arriving in showrooms by the end of January. In
Ford plans to add thousands of jobs, 3 plants and 23 vehicles - 0 views
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A confident Ford Motor Co. said today that it plans to add 5,000 U.S. jobs in 2014, open two plants in Asia Pacific and one in South America, and launch 23 vehicles globally.
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Ford plans 16 launches in North America. They include the Ford Mustang, Ford Transit Connect, Ford Transit and Lincoln MKC.
VW preps reworked diesel engine for '15 - 0 views
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diesel
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went into about 22 percent of the cars that VW sold in the United States in 2013.
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It will also be more efficient, VW says, though the company has not released estimates for city and highway
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Honda's U.S. light-vehicle output hits 20 million - 0 views
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Honda Motor Co. hit a U.S. milestone today by producing its 20 millionth vehicle since it began making cars in Ohio more than 30 years ago, the company said.
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Honda’s plant in Marysville, Ohio, churned out its 10 millionth Accord sedan today, bringing cumulative production from Honda’s four U.S. vehicle assembly sites to 20 million units since it began producing cars in the United States in 1982
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Honda also exported more vehicles from its U.S. factories in 2013 than it imported into America from Japan -- a first for the automaker. Honda exported 108,705 U.S.-made Honda and Acura vehicles, compared with the 88,537 it brought in from Japan last year.
GM's new head of powertrain 'loves' diesels - 0 views
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GM introduced one of the biggest engine programs in its history. Later this spring GM will debut the first of a new family of small Ecotec engines, 11 in all, that will be built around the world in five plants by 2017. The new three- and four-cylinder engines will eventually account for nearly 25 percent of GM’s total engine production and produced at the rate of 10,000 engines a day.
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GM and Ford are collaborating on a new generation of 9- and 10-speed transmissions. The 10-speed gearboxes will be used in both company’s pickups in about two years. The F-150 and the GM twins, Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, lag far behind Chrysler’s Ram 1500 Ecodiesel in the fuel economy race.
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for the time being, both trucks use six-speed transmissions, while the Ram has 8-speeds.
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'15 Genesis is worthy of premium label - 0 views
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the Genesis will help Hyundai continue its so-called intercept strategy.
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If you think about Lexus in 1989, most of their customers came out of nonluxury products," O'Brien explains. "They were customers that were on their way to a German manufacturer, but they were intercepted with a better value and a better product. We're basically in that mode now."
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Hyundai considers the Genesis' main competitors to be the Lexus GS, Cadillac CTS and Mercedes E class.
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Tesla's push to replace side-view mirrors sparks safety fears - 0 views
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Tesla Motors and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
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filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seeking permission to replace side mirrors with cameras.
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Cameras are smaller than side mirror assemblies, so they could help aerodynamics and fuel economy. They also can be placed just about anywhere on the vehicle, whereas mirrors have to be installed in the driver's line of sight.
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Toyota's North America chief seeks fuel cell sedan supply boost - 0 views
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Toyota Motor Corp.’s North American chief, preparing to sell Camry-sized hydrogen sedans next year
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wants more U.S. supply of the Japan-built cars.
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Toyota, the world’s largest seller of hybrid-electric autos, is to sell the as-yet unnamed four-door model in California in 2015, as well as in Japan and Europe
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