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A group of 101 health-care economists and analysts Thursday strongly urged the U.S. Congress to keep Obamacare's much-loathed "Cadillac tax" in place in the absence of a better alternative, as a new survey suggested that many companies that face the …
Volkswagen's Audi brand — which has just one model, the A3, caught up in the cheating scandal — was mostly unaffected. Audi reported that domestic sales in September increased 16.2% to 17,340 vehicles. “Volkswagen's deception is dominating …
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“People feel like the leadership has insulted them,” said Scott McGinnis, a worker at Chrysler's plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. “Considering the trust people feel has been broken, they really feel questionable about” the possibility of improvements …
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SAN FRANCISCO — The all-new 2016 Chevrolet Volt electric car delivered improved range, quiet operation, responsive handling and comfort in a test drive over the hills and highways of Marin County. The first 2016 Volts just left General Motors' …
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For the environmental black marks they've received, Volkswagen and Audi have been asked to give up the green. The two car companies, embroiled in a widening scandal for their part in cheating on auto diesel emissions tests, have lost the prestigious …
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Today Audi announced which of its models feature the same cheating device used by Volkswagen to pass international diesel emissions standards. Included is none other than the 2010 Green Car of the Year, the Audi A3 TDI. As reported earlier today, the …
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Volkswagen announced today it has prepared a "comprehensive action plan" that will inform customers about refitting their cars. The German automaker said it is creating websites to inform affected customers and submitting its "technical solution" to …
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On the one hand, when opponents of the Cadillac Tax were told that it could help lower overall health-care costs in the United States, 27 percent changed their minds about the levy, "pushing overall support [for the tax] … to 55 percent," Kaiser said.
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Along with the bathwater that was Pontiac, General Motors threw out one of the most exciting vehicles it ever made: the G8 GXP. Not only did the full-size, four-door muscle car come with a 415 hp 6.2-liter V8, but also a six-speed manual transmission …
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Volkswagen subsidiaries Audi and Skoda confirmed on Monday that more than 3 million of their automobiles were equipped with devices to cheat diesel emissions tests, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reports. The disclosure furthers a scandal that has …
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Audi has accused Mercedes of breaking an agreement between DTM manufacturers in orchestrating team orders to aid Pascal Wehrlein's championship bid during Sunday's Nurburgring race. With a slow pitstop, Wehrlein lost places to stablemates …
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Workers at Fiat Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant have resoundingly rejected a four-year tentative agreement between the UAW and the automaker, further jeopardizing chances of approval nationwide. At UAW Local 7, whose workers make the Jeep …
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Some 1.42 million Audi vehicles in Western Europe were fitted with the software that allowed parent group Volkswagen to cheat U.S. emissions tests, Audi said on Monday. Almost 13,000 Audi cars in the U.S. and 577,000 in Germany were also impacted.
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Austin Dillon takes Chevrolet to victory lane in milestone NASCAR truck race. September 26, 2015. Austin Dillon takes Chevrolet to victory lane in milestone NASCAR trucks race. Austin Dillon won Saturday's Camping World Truck Series race in New …
DETROIT (Reuters) — The proposed four-year labor agreement between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and the UAW encountered strong opposition from rank-and-file union members in early ratification voting. Final results of voting at 37 U.S. UAW local union …
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GM released this "preview" image of the all-new 2017 Buick LaCrosse. The new LaCrosse will be unveiled in Los Angeles next month. Source: General Motors. It's no secret that General Motors (NYSE:GM) is in the midst of a massive effort to overhaul its …
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One week after Volkswagen copped to cheating on federal emissions tests of popular VW and Audi “clean-diesel” cars, the Environmental Protection Agency sent a letter to vehicle manufacturers Friday announcing it was toughening its emissions tests.
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The suspect diesel engine used by Volkswagen also was sold to other manufacturers, including Chrysler and Mitsubishi, for use in some of their European models, sources tell TheDetroitBureau.com. It's not clear if the Volkswagen diesels sold to other …
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These models include the diesel Audi A8 tested in Europe, which produced nitrogen oxide emissions 21.9 times over the legal limit on the road, a BMW X3 diesel that was 9.9 times over the limit, an Opel Zafira Tourer (9.5 times) and Citroen C4 Picasso …
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Fallout from the Volkswagen diesel scandal continues to grow, as this morning brings reports that Audi's head of research and development Ulrich Hackenberg and Porsche's engine chief Wolfgang Hatz are both out — two of the top engineering figures in …
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The new 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brings muscular designs and new customer-focused technologies to the most dependable, longest-lasting family of full-size pickups on the road. The new Silverados make their public debut today at the State Fair of …
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When Audi launched the R8, it helped pull the brand up to become just as powerful as the other two German luxury juggernauts. Mercedes has long used AMG for their sportier models, leaving BMW looking like it had a missing link at the top of the range.
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DETROIT — Buick's next-generation LaCrosse sedan will adopt the face of the buzzed-about Avenir concept when it goes on sale in the U.S. next year, a look that will spread across the brand's lineup over the next few years. Buick said in a statement …
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That was Kermit the Frog's lament to comedian Joel McHale in an advertisement during Sunday night's Primetime Emmy Awards which touted Audi's latest innovations in low emissions technology. (See video above, around three-minute mark.) The punchline …
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Building more cars in Mexico. It's a flash point for about 40,000 production employees represented by the United Auto Workers union preparing to vote on a tentative agreement with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, knowing the new four-year pact includes pay …
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"If South Korean authorities find problems in the VW diesel cars, the probe could be expanded to all German diesel cars," he said. Volkswagen Korea declined to comment. German rivals Daimler and BMW have said the accusations against VW did not apply …
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NEW YORK — Matt Russell has owned several BMWs and has raced them for years. He fulfilled a childhood dream by working for the stalwart German automaker for more than a decade — until June, when he left BMW to take a marketing post at Cadillac.
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All of this despite spending his daytime hours turning Conway Farms Golf Club into his personal playground and making the BMW Championship a weekend coronation. It wasn't the tournament title that was leaving him so edgy. He has won enough of these …
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Alright, so maybe that's only if you are Jason Day, but he witnessed a palpable change in theme during Saturday's third round of the BMW Championship. Even though he actually extended his lead, no longer did Day look invincible. He posted four bogeys.
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Soon after Porsche announced at the Frankfurt Auto Show that it will be building an electric sports car, Audi said it has even grander plans. Audi of America's president, Scott Keogh, told Automotive News that it plans to turn its e-tron Quattro SUV …
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday accused Volkswagen of installing software on 482,000 diesel cars in the U.S. to evade federal emission regulations, potentially exposing people to harmful pollutants. The German automaker adopted what the …
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Ford Motor Co. workers in Louisville were cautiously heartened early Wednesday after hearing that the United Autoworkers reached a tentative four-year deal that includes ways to phase out the controversial tiered wage system. The agreement, which will …
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has made a commitment to invest $5.3 billion in its U.S. plants over the next four years as part of its new tentative agreement with the UAW that is sure to be jarring to employees at a number of plants in Michigan and the …
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