Oh, and the app is built to auto-scale the interface to play nice with hi-res Retina displays, too.

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Since the series nearly fizzled with 2006's third entry, "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, " Universal has consistently upped the budget and the scale of the auto racing stunts in each movie, drawing larger audiences along the way.

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And is that something that, as this restructured and turned-around auto industry looks at the future a lower wage scale, one that does bring some concerns to those who are on the line now and are anticipating or trying to plan for their future -- is that the new normal in the American auto industry?

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On a smaller scale, this can be a neighborhood restauranteur or auto repair shop.

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Meanwhile Fiat Auto, which will remain in the holding company, will be free to gain scale from mergers or partnerships with other car firms and to raise capital.

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This may eventually lead to a merger of Ifil with Fiat, opening the door to an outside investor being brought in to rescue the Fiat Auto division, which is labouring under a heavy dependence on the Italian market, a lack of scale and earlier diversification into difficult emerging markets such as Brazil.

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