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It may be the worst of times for new-vehicle sales, but in a nondescript office building on a busy highway in suburban Philadelphia, executives at Subaru of America have pulled off a miracle.

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Volkswagen of America said today it tapped Interpublic Group of Cos.’ Deutsch, Los Angeles, as its new national and regional creative agency of record in a closely-watched review.

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Mazda will enter America’s rapidly expanding small-car segment when it launches the Mazda2 here in fall 2010.

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President Barack Obama on Monday named a top Treasury Department official, Ron Bloom, to lead an effort aimed at revitalizing America’s hard-hit manufacturing industry. The U.S.

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Ron Bloom, the Obama administration’s point man overseeing the U.S. auto industry, on Monday was named to lead an effort aimed at revitalizing America’s hard-hit manufacturing industry.

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Ron Bloom, the Obama administration’s point man overseeing the U.S. auto industry, on Monday was named to lead an effort aimed at revitalizing America’s hard-hit manufacturing industry.

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President Barack Obama today named a top Treasury Department official, Ron Bloom, to lead an effort aimed at revitalizing America’s hard-hit manufacturing industry. The U.S.

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Toyota Motor Corp. plans to close its oldest U.S. auto plant, New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., a venture that once symbolized Toyota’s zeal to learn the art of automaking in America. Several media outlets reported Toyota’s plans this afternoon.

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Toyota Motor Corp. plans to close its oldest U.S. auto plant, New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., a venture that once symbolized Toyota’s zeal to learn the art of automaking in America.

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Toyota Motor Corp. plans to close its oldest U.S. auto plant, New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., a venture that once symbolized Toyota’s zeal to learn the art of automaking in America.

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General Motors and the U.S. government finalized plans Sunday for the company to reorganize, setting the stage for America’s largest-ever industrial bankruptcy and heralding a new and uncertain era for the No. 1 U.S. automaker.

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Subaru of America, the only automaker to boost U.S. sales last year, promoted its top American executive to the reinstated post of COO.

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Subaru of America, the only automaker to boost U.S. sales last year, promoted its top American executive to the reinstated post of COO.

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Subaru of America is promoting Tomohiko Ikeda, who steered the automaker to the industry’s only U.S. sales gain last year, to a senior post in Japan.

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When sales fall, the hawks predicted, Japan’s auto industry would favor that nation’s interests over America’s. Japanese automakers would idle U.S. factories and workers while keeping their plants at home humming to build exports. Today, U.S.

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Mexican auto production and exports nosedived by more than 50 percent in January in the latest sign of how the U.S. recession is slamming America’s trading partners around the world.

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Subaru of America expects to post a sales increase, albeit a small one, in 2008, and will set records for three of its vehicles, says Tom Doll, executive vice president. Subaru sales were up 1.2 percent for the first 11 months. Total U.S.

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Toyota is on track to finish 2008 as the best-selling brand in America for the first time, topping both Ford and Chevrolet. But the outlook for 2009 is grim. Inventories are rising, and dealer orders are down drastically.

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If Chrysler LLC can survive its financial crisis, it will emerge as a boutique enterprise along the lines of Germany’s premium carmakers, co-President Jim Press said in an interview last week.

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Audi of America today announced prices for its updated A6 family, which goes on sale in U.S. dealerships early next month.

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