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- A $140,000 Jeep? – Detroit Bureau: How much would you be willing to pay for a fully loaded, full-size SUV? Fiat Chrysler is hoping you’ll pay $140,000 for a Jeep.
- Why the Mercedes-Benz Unimog’s 70th birthday is a big deal – Autocar: The latest Unimog evolves a 70-year-old design
- Fiat Chrysler turns to kids to sell Pacifica minivan – Detroitnews: So to help draw attention to the all-new Chrysler Pacifica minivan, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is having kids sell and market the vehicles for them as…
- Volkswagen readies challenge to NLRB ‘micro union’ test – Reuters: Volkswagen Group of America Inc said it would ask a federal appeals court to overturn the National Labor Relations Board’s standard for determining …
- 2017 Mercedes-AMG C 63 R to rival BMW M4 GTS – Autocar: A more performance-focused version of Mercedes’ C 63 will get a big rear wing and an anticipated 577bhp
- Global sales of Tata Motors vehicles cross 1 lakh units in September – Ibtimes: Indian auto giant Tata Motors sold over one lakh vehicles in September globally, up five percent over the sales in September last year. Cumulative…
- VW resumes Brazil production after seat supplier spat – Just-auto: After 30 days of completely halted production at its three carmanufacturing plants and one engine facility, due to a shortage of seats previously supplied by Prevent Group-owned Keiper, Volkswagen Brazil announced it had been gradually restoring production, starting in the second half of September.
- Hyundai Tucson SUV to be launched in India in November – Ibtimes: South Korean auto major Hyundai’s Tucson was due for launch in the country on October 24 and the company recently said that due to unavoidable…
- Ford ends Australia vehicle production – Just-auto: Ford brought the shutters down on its Broadmeadows vehicle plant in Australia’s Victoria state after the last Falcon model left the assembly line on Friday.
- Four-door Mahindra e2o Plus electric model confirmed in official images – Autocar: Mahindra’s all-electric e2o will gain a four-door variant, badged e2o Plus; styling has been partially revealed in images released by the Indian car manufacturer
- Lithium Frenzy Seen Ending in Tears as Bernstein Warns of Supply – Bloomberg: By 2040, 35% of U.S. vehicle fleet will run on electricity … cars and about 90 times the amount last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
- BRIEF-SAIC Motor’s vehicle sales up 15.4 pct in Sept – Reuters: Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing …
- Tesla drops Model X 60D – Autocar: The Tesla Model X range now starts with the 75D, priced from £76,500, up from the 60D’s £64,100
- World Squeezing More From Energy It Uses Despite Oil Supply Glut – Bloomberg: Improving power plants and vehicles to burn less fuel and revamping power grids to transmit electricity can be cheaper than increasing supply.