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Auto News For July 29, 2015 – 2016 Audi A4 Review

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Here are the six must-read, must-watch auto news stories, reviews and videos for Wednesday, July 29, 2015.

INSIDE THE AUTO INDUSTRY
“I was simply left blindsided on this issue.” So says Lisa Raitt, the Minister of Transport in Canada, where Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is the nation’s top-selling automobile manufacturer; north of a country which was just fined FCA $105,000,000 and enacted a deal which will result in FCA paying consumers to have their vehicles recalled and other vehicles selling their vehicles back to FCA.

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