In which we bring you motoring news from around the Web:
- On Tuesday, Audi announced its plan to build its North American production plant in San José de Chiapa, in the central Mexican state of Puebla. The German automaker committed to Mexico in April, but said it reviewed over a dozen potential sites before settling on the municipality. Volkswagen, Audi's corporate parent, maintains a large plant outside Puebla, the state's capital city, where it builds the Beetle and Jetta for the United States market. Audi said the new plant would produce the successor to the Q5 crossover beginning in 2016. (Audi)
- A week after unveiling its redesigned 6 sedan at the Moscow motor show, Mazda previewed t he wagon variant on Wednesday, ahead of its official debut at the Paris motor show this month. Mazda, which sold a 6 wagon in the United States until the current generation of the model, has not indicated that the wagon would be sold outside of Europe and Asia. (Mazda)
- In a lawsuit filed last month, Ford Motor was accused of infringing on a patent relating to the fuel-injection system used on the F-150 pickup truck. T.M.C. Fuel Injection System, the company that brought the suit, claimed Ford began using the company's system in the F-150 despite breaking off discussions to license the technology for the truck. (Bloomberg)
- Ahead of the Paris motor show, Ford previewed the 2014 Fiesta subcompact, which underwent a midcycle refresh. The styling changes are most evident in the nose, where the Fiesta wears what J Mays, the Ford vice president of global design, calls the new face of the brand. This consists of a stretched hexagonal grille and smoothed fender featur es. The 2014 Fiesta is expected to be shown for the first time in North America at the Los Angeles auto show in November. (Motor Trend)
- The District of Columbia intends to expand its traffic-camera initiative from stoplight-governed intersections to those with stop signs. The expansion is intended to prevent motorists from rolling through the intersections or failing to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. Pending approval by a City Council task force, the cameras are expected to be installed this fall. (The Washington Post)
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