What consitutes a luxury car? A luxury car is one that is expensive and presumably high-quality. There are a number of auto makers that build luxury cars.
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11/13/2006 01:00 AM
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Industry navigates political sea change
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The political shakeup caused by last week's election is reshaping the national debate on the auto industry's top issues: health care, energy, trade and taxes.
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11/13/2006 01:00 AM
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Detroit's struggles aren't unique
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Last week Bernd Pischetsrieder bowed out as CEO of Volkswagen AG. It was a shock to everyone except the company's supervisory board. That undoubtedly will precipitate several more management changes.
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11/13/2006 01:00 AM
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The new General Motors: Try this lineup
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I joined Automotive News in 1955, and GM has been an important part of my working day ever since. From 1960 to 1984, I directed this newspaper's coverage of GM.
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11/13/2006 11:12 AM
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Former Toyota, Chrysler sales exec Bob McCurry dies
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Bob McCurry, the hard-charging sales executive who pushed Toyota to new sales highs in the United States and set up the Lexus dealership network, died today in his sleep. He was 83. McCurry had a long career at the former Chrysler Corp.
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11/13/2006 10:00 AM
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DaimlerChrysler suspends bus executives amid probe
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- DaimlerChrysler has suspended some senior managers in its bus business after a probe uncovered unspecified "irregularities," the automaker said today.
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11/13/2006 08:00 AM
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Report: Toyota considers new plants in U.S., India, China
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TOKYO (Reuters) -- Toyota Motor Corp. will likely add car factories in the United States, India and China as early as in 2009, with combined annual output capacity of 450,000 units, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
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11/13/2006 01:00 AM
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Chinese automaker halts Smart look-alike
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A small Chinese automaker stopped production last month of a two-person electric car after DaimlerChrysler AG complained that it looked too much like its Smart car.
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11/13/2006 01:00 AM
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Mulally tweaks product plan
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Six weeks into his full-time stint as Ford Motor Co. CEO, Alan Mulally already has tweaked the automaker's product plan with a focus on improving fuel-efficiency, reliability and quality.
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11/13/2006 01:00 AM
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Impala goes back to rwd in '09
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Chevrolet's Impala is going rear-wheel drive in 2009. General Motors sources say the next Impala will share a rwd platform with the upcoming Chevrolet Camaro, which will be built late in 2008 in Oshawa, Ontario.
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11/13/2006 01:00 AM
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Gamma: GM small cars go global
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General Motors is a global company, but so far it has had trouble creating truly global platforms that use huge volumes to cut costs. That's starting to change.
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