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LOUISVILLE, KY—Incentives offered by Kentucky enabled Ford and Toyota to make major investments in their assembly plants.

LAFAYETTE, IN—Tier 1 supplier Heartland Automotive will expand its assembly plant and create more than 220 jobs by 2016.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Eight workers at Volkswagen’s assembly plant here have filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming that the UAW misled or coerced them into signing cards requesting union representation at the plant.

TUNICA, MS—Feuer Powertrain GmbH has begun constructing a $140 million assembly plant here, with plans to create 300 new jobs. The factory will begin producing automotive crankshafts in late 2014.

DETROIT—GM is seeking a tax abatement of about $1.8 million over 15 years from the city of Detroit as it considers building a $121 million logistics center at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant.

NORTHBROOK, IL—Although 84 percent of manufacturers believe that consumer confidence in product safety is increasing, 58 percent of consumers believe manufacturers value sales over product safety, according to a new study by United Laboratories.

CHARLESTON, SC—Daimler Vans Manufacturing plans to invest $4.6 million to expand its assembly plant here, creating at least 60 new jobs.

SPRING HILL, TN—GM will add a second shift at its assembly plant here to boost production of its Ecotec four-cylinder engine. Approximately 100 jobs will be added to the workforce.

SAO PAULO, Brazil—It carried hippies through the 1960s, hauled surfers in search of killer waves during endless summers, and serves as a workhorse across the developing world, but the long, strange trip of the Volkswagen van is ending. VW will end production of the iconic vehicle here Dec. 31.

TOKYO—Eiji Toyoda, a member of Toyota’s founding family who helped create the super-efficient “Toyota Way” production method, has died. He was 100.