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The FIA has announced on Wednesday that additional bonus points will be awarded to the three fastest drivers of a televised, special stage held at each event, starting next season. Full story...

Spanish car manufacturer Seat could officially be back in the World Touring Car Championship next season. BMW has yet confirmed their involvement in the series. Full story...

The World Motor Sport Council of the FIA has released Wednesday in Paris the provisional race calendar for the 2011 Formula 1 season. Full story...

At 51-years of age most star athletes are comfortably resting on their laurels. Mark Martin isn't one of them. Full story...

As the 'team orders hearing' broke in Paris on Wednesday evening, it emerged that Ferrari has escaped further penalty. Full story...

Point standings' leader Will Power will have to up his game if he wants to maintain his lead atop the IZOD IndyCar Series championship in view of his main rival Dario Franchitti's oval experience. Full story...

Team Red Bull has confirmed that DTM star, Mattias Ekström, will race the No. 83 Toyota at Richmond this weekend taking over the seat formerly occupied by Reed Sorenson. Full story...

There is no shortage of world firsts for Chevrolet at the forthcoming Paris Motor Show, and joining the Orlando MPV and Cruze hatchback show car will be the all-new Chevrolet Aveo 5-door. Full story...

The likelihood of imminent 'number 1' status for Mark Webber has taken a backwards step. Full story...

One of the classic one-mile ovals, The Milwaukee Mile, will be back on the IndyCar Series calendar next year and an official announcement is expected this coming Friday. Full story...

The FIA has finally decided to not allow a 13th team on the Formula 1 grid next year. Full story...

Monza is by far the quickest track of the year. It's known as the 'Temple of Speed'. Full story...

Ferrari is not happy with F1's reported plans for a four-cylinder, 1.6 litre turbocharged engine formula for the 2013 season and beyond. Full story...

The Barrie Speedway is easily the tightest oval to be featured in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series schedule and trouble can come from almost anywhere as the .333-mile tri-oval welcomes back teams and drivers. Full story...

ARLINGTON, VA -- Boosters are better than they used to be at fitting lap and shoulder belts on 4 to 8-year-old kids to restrain them in a crash. So parents don't have to search as hard for a good fit for their child and vehicle. Most belt-positioning boosters, though, don't offer consistently good fit in all vehicles. This is the bottom line in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's third round of booster evaluations. Full story...

Like a wealthy professional sports franchise, VW has been collecting experienced, high-profile executive for its team as if they were shells on a beach. Full story...

I am in Washington DC this week to take a couple of Lincoln products for a test drive. Times are changing. With the economy the way it is, customers are changing how they shop and what they buy. It is no longer about quantity but quality. Buyers looking for luxury in today's modern times no longer need to impress, they want to express. Make a statement and stand out. Full story...

Pushrods in Perpetuity

The eternal small-block.

Will pushrod engines last forever? Probably not, but in April, General Motors announced that it's investing $890 million in a new, fifth-generation small-block V-8. Although the announcement didn't state that pushrod-operated valves are part of the deal, you can take that assumption to the bank.

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Vauxhall reveals GTC ahead of Paris debut, previews sizzling flagship VXR three-door

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Production at Chrysler Group's Toledo North assembly plant in Ohio continued today despite an explosion at the plant that supplies door modules to the operation. Full story...