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    Justice Department Drops Antitrust Probe into Honda, BMW, Ford, and VW

    The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly dropped an inquiry that had launched last September, soon after BMW, Ford, Honda, and Volkswagen announced their decision to side with California’s emissions rules. When the federal Clean Air Act went into effect in 1970, California was allowed to set its own emissions standards, and they have historically […] More

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    Hey Ford, Just Show Us the Bronco Already

    We spied a 2021 Ford Bronco two-door mobbing through the snow and getting some air. It’s camouflaged, but we can see that it’ll look exactly like the four-door version, just with two fewer doors. We expect that the 2021 Bronco will make its actual debut at the 2020 Detroit auto show in June. From the […] More

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    New Audi A3 Coming Soon, and Here's a First Look

    Audi is sharing some information about the next-generation A3 ahead of its debut at the Geneva auto show in March. The car pictured here is a prototype for the Europe-market Sportback model. We expect a sedan version of this new A3 to arrive in the U.S. sometime later this year. The smallest Audi is getting […] More

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    Ford Names Strategist Jim Farley Its New Chief Operating Officer

    Bill PuglianoGetty Images Ford announced this morning that Jim Farley, currently head of the New Businesses, Technology & Strategy team, will become chief operating officer, reporting directly to CEO Jim Hackett. The move, in which Automotive president Joe Hinrichs retires, is part of the automaker’s declared aim of “moving with urgency . . . to […] More