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In the latest new spot to top our weekly viral video charts, Mercedes-AMG preps for the Super Bowl.

In FandI, use emotion, then logic, suggests Rick McCormick of Reahard and Associates. “The only people that master the FandI craft are the people who use emotion at a very high level. Logic is only used to wrap up the sale,” he said.

Carolina Panther quarterback Cam Newton didn’t make it back to the big game this year, so he used his talents to help a crew of Pee Wee footballers in Buick’s Super Bowl spot to tout the Cascada and hot-selling Encore.

Toyota urges dealers to battle import tax; Waymo weighs in on ban; Analyst warns of unhealthy trends; Mel Farr’s battle; Uber to get autonomous Benzes; Mid-engine Vette spied?

PSA Group will pull its DS cars out of Citroen showrooms as the automaker builds a smaller, distinct sales network in an effort to revive the upscale brand’s sliding sales.

VW Group’s Seat unit said its new Ibiza is a major step forward for the brand in safety, design, performance and comfort because of its new platform. The improvements have made the fifth generation of the subcompact the “best Ibiza ever,” Seat said.

Daimler, the owner Mercedes-Benz, has struck an agreement with Uber to include the automaker’s self-driving vehicles on Uber’s ride-hailing network.

Volkswagen has found a solution to foggy windows that does not require tiny wires implanted in the glass.

A fire at Recticel International’s factory in Most, Czech Republic, has forced PSA to halt the production of the Peugeot 3008 at its plant in Sochaux, France.

Germany’s auto industry is losing hope that trade tariffs with the UK can be avoided after the country quits the EU. BMW, along with the Germany-based European arms of GM and Ford know trade barriers would bring large, currently incalculable costs.