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Luxury Car Boom Evades Cadillac
8/5/2014Sales of General Motors Co.'s Cadillac luxury vehicles slid 3% to 15,200 units in the U.S. last month, figures from Autodata Corp. show.
Light Vehicle Output in North America to Grow 4%
8/5/2014Output of cars and light trucks in North America will expand 4% to 16.8 million units in 2014, according to London-based research firm LMC Automotive.
Toyota’s Quarterly Income Grows 4%
8/5/2014Toyota Motor Corp.'s operating income in its April-June first quarter rose 4% to 693 billion yen ($6.8 billion), as revenue climbed 2% to 6.4 trillion yen ($62.6 billion).
Honda Sales Plunge 23% in China
8/5/2014Honda Motor Co. reports its new-car sales in China dropped to 39,500 units last month from 51,200 in July 2013.
Used-Car Prices Poised to Drop
8/5/2014America's shortage of used cars is finally easing as new-car sales boom, according to TrueCar Inc.'s ALG market research unit.
ZF Could Sell Steering Business to Ease TRW Deal
8/5/2014ZF Friedrichshafen AG may dispose of its steering business to avoid antitrust problems in its bid to acquire TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., sources tell Reuters.
Replacing Traffic Signs with In-Car Warnings
8/5/2014Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute are assessing the viability of using in-car alerts to tell drivers when they do and don't need to stop at a cross street.
Tata Unveils High-Strength Steel for Crash Structures
8/5/2014Tata Steel Ltd. says its new ultra-high-strength automotive steel can reduce component weight 15% without requiring changes to the manufacturer's existing production equipment.
VIEWPOINT | PUTTING YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THE CLOUD
8/5/2014Many automotive manufacturers continue to manage their own IT systems on site.
American Axle Plans Tech Center in Detroit
8/5/2014American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. plans to invest about $20 million to build a research center adjoining its headquarters in Detroit.