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The suit was filed by car owners who declined to join a $10 billion settlement. The outcome could serve as a bellwether for lawyers on both sides to gauge the strength of other pending cases against the automaker.

Annual capacity at the Corvette plant in Kentucky is about 80,000, and GM – after a delay caused by last year’s UAW strike -- is expected to build about 40,000 of the cars this year, according to LMC Automotive.

The system, developed by a chief Continental engineer, can alert other drivers on the road of the impending risk.

Neither Honda nor Henio Arcangeli Jr. have gone public with the details of their split, but analysts said a contributing factor likely is the responsibility now on top executives to steer legacy automakers through increasingly uncertain terrain.

Capacity at the Corvette plant in Kentucky is about 80,000 per year, and Chevy is expected to build about 40,000 of the cars this year, according to LMC Automotive.

An industry outsider, he was something of a surprise choice two and a half years ago to run the automobile division of American Honda. His departure, announced last week, also was a surprise.