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What scandal? VW closing in on title as world’s top carmaker

FRANKFURT, Germany — It's ironic: Volkswagen spent 2016 battling a huge scandal over cars it rigged to cheat on emissions tests.…

Fast & Furious 7: Campy, crowd-pleasing escape


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Fast moving fight scenes, outrageous auto antics and a sprinkling of ridiculous one-liners make “Fast & Furious 7” a campy, crowd-pleasing escape. Never mind that the film repeatedly presents the impossible (a muscle car attacks an airborne…

Nissan teams up with NASA for self-driving cars


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TOKYO — Japanese automaker Nissan and NASA are teaming up to advance the technology behind cars that drive themselves. Yokohama-based Nissan Motor Co. and NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, announced Thursday a five-year research-and-development…

Toyota to start sales of fuel cell car next month


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TOKYO — There will only be a few hundred, and they won’t be cheap, but Toyota is about to take its first small step into the unproven market for emissions-free, hydrogen-powered vehicles. The world’s largest automaker announced…

Electric-car drivers trading gas for solar power


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DETROIT— Owners of electric vehicles have already gone gas-free. Now, a growing number of drivers in the U.S. are powering their cars with sunlight.   Solar panels installed on the roof of a home or garage can…

Toyota tells dealers to stop selling 6 models

Toyota has told North American dealers to stop selling six popular models with heated seats because the fabric doesn't comply with U.S. safety codes and potentially could catch fire.…

Subcompact cars fare poorly in new crash tests


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DETROIT, Michigan—Subcompact cars fared poorly in new crash tests performed by an insurance industry group. None of the 12 minicars tested got the highest rating of “good” from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Chevrolet Spark…

Detroit 2014: Mercedes upgrades C-Class to widen gap with CLA


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DETROIT – Mercedes-Benz knows its midsize C-Class is feeling the heat from competitors, including one model within its very own showroom. An update should take some of the pressure off. The 2015 C-Class, which debuted Sunday ahead…

Detroit 2014: Volkswagen says new SUV coming to US in 2016


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DETROIT – Volkswagen’s new seven-passenger SUV will go on sale in the U.S. in 2016. The German automaker’s CEO, Martin Winterkorn, confirmed the timing of the new vehicle Sunday on the eve of the Detroit auto show.…

Pope invites friend for spin in St. Peter’s Square


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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis broke with papal protocol once again Wednesday, inviting an old friend for a spin in his panoramic white car during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. The Rev. Fabian Baez,…


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