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Subaru Adds Jobs, Cars to Indiana Factory
KickingTiresIn three years, the Subaru Impreza will hail from Indiana. Subaru imports today's Impreza, which competes with the Honda Civic, Ford Focus and other compact cars, from Japan. Its sole U.S. plant in Lafayette, Ind., builds the larger Legacy sedan,......Tags: Tribeca, Plant Openings, Japan, Fuji Heavy Industries
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Fisker Lays Off 75% of Workforce as Bankruptcy Looms
KickingTiresLeonardo DiCaprio may love his Fisker Karma, but the California automaker is listing like the Titanic. Less than a month after founder Henrik Fisker quit, the boutique car company laid off some 160 employees, the Detroit News reports, as it......Tags: Career and Workplace, Manufacturing and Engineering, Bankruptcy, Financially Distressed Companies, Employees
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Toyota Camry Discounts Remain Amid February Sales Drop
KickingTiresToyota is staying the course on incentives to keep its popular Camry atop the family-car sales pile. The automaker sold 31,270 Camry sedans in February, marking the nameplate's 16th consecutive month as the No. 1 family sedan. But the lead......Tags: Dodge, Manufacturing and Engineering, Services and Shopping, Nissan, Chrysler
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Lincoln Expects 2013 MKZ Supply to Hit Full Speed by April
KickingTiresLooking for Lincoln's redesigned 2013 MKZ or MKZ Hybrid that you saw advertised during the Super Bowl? You might have to wait a while. Cars.com national inventory has just 781 new 2013 MKZs in stock. That???s a drought compared to......Tags: Acura, Mercedes-Benz, Manufacturing and Engineering, Services and Shopping, North American International Auto Show
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Toyota Reclaims Global Sales Crown
KickingTiresThanks to a 23% gain over an inventory-bedraggled 2011, Toyota overtook GM for 2012's global sales crown. Bloomberg News reports the Japanese automaker sold 9.75 million vehicles worldwide last year, including subsidiary brands Lexus, Scion, commercial-...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Services and Shopping, Vehicles, Inventories, Automotive Equipment
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VW to Debut New, Lighter Golf on Sept. 4
KickingTiresWe've praised the quality and drivability of Volkswagen's smallest U.S. offering, the Golf hatchback, but the gas version???s fuel economy still underwhelms ??? 26 mpg combined with Volkswagen's inline-five-cylinder, versus 28 to 32 mpg combined in the...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Toyota, Volkswagen, Ford, Passenger Cars
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New Volkswagen Golf Gets Early Reveal
KickingTiresVolkswagen already said it would be releasing a new Golf today, and now we???re getting a first look of the model. The carmaker posted some photos of the new vehicle on its Facebook page. The Golf gets narrower headlights and......Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Luxury Vehicles, Volkswagen, Audi, Automotive Equipment
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New Gas Mileage Rules Delayed
KickingTiresRemember the federal government???s corporate average fuel economy rules? They were supposed to raise industry-wide gas mileage to 54.5 mpg by CAFE standards, or the high 30s in combined EPA gas mileage on window stickers, by the 2025 model year.......Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Starbucks Corp., Petroleum Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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U.S. Auto Sales Propelled the Economy in 2012
KickingTiresAs Congress hammered out an overdue budget deal that averted the much-discussed fiscal cliff ??? but kicked the can down the street on larger reforms ??? it's important to note that auto sales played a huge role in propelling the......Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Manufacturing and Engineering, Services and Shopping, Nissan
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Suzuki Demand Rises After Bankruptcy Announcement
KickingTiresWe???ll take shameless credit. Following Suzuki's bankruptcy announcement of its U.S. arm, shoppers are responding to our endorsement of the nimble Kizashi. Or maybe all that Christmas eggnog is going to our heads. Still, Bloomberg News reports Suzuki...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Bankruptcy, Financially Distressed Companies, Scion, Chevrolet
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Volkswagen Routan Still Hangs by a Thread
KickingTiresVolkswagen's Routan minivan ??? yes, the one originally touted by actress Brooke Shields ??? is on life support. Production of the Chrysler Town & Country-based minivan, which is assembled through a joint partnership between the two automakers since mid-...Tags: Dodge, Celebrities, Manufacturing and Engineering, Chrysler, Brooke Shields
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Automakers to Scrap Thousands of Sandy-Damaged Cars
KickingTiresAs East Coast dealerships continue to regroup after Hurricane Sandy, Bloomberg News is reporting that automakers will have to scrap around 15,000 storm-damaged new vehicles. Hurricane Sandy was the biggest Atlantic storm in U.S. history, causing at...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Acura, Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Chrysler
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