Canadian James Hinchcliffe's race in Toronto did not go as expected as he crashed in the last lap of the Indy Lights championship Toronto 100 while fighting for a podium finish.
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Canadian teenager Brett McCormick, replacing the injured Aaron Yates at Michael Jordan Motorsports, had his best results of the season this past weekend at the Mid-Ohio American Superbike double-header event.
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Russian Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov's future with the Renault team could be decided in less than two weeks, according to reports.
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In Volkswagen's bid to take over the World (much like Toyota, Ford, GM and others), they have realized or have long since known that the North American (read US) market is where their future fortunes lie. These days, you need to produce and, well, sell somewhere around 7.5 million new vehicles in a year in order to capture the first step on the podium.
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Former Formula 1 driver Patrick Tambay has taken issue with Bernie Ecclestone's claim that formula one can "do without Monaco".
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Canadian race car driver Jacques Villeneuve has moved to cool increasing speculation about his plans for a formula one team.
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The Hispania Racing Formula 1 Team and Toyota are close to a deal. Italian web site 422race.com can reveal that Jose Ramon Carabante's team will sign in the next few days the deal with the Cologne-based constructor.
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What is a luxury car to you? You might immediately think that luxury is what BMW or Mercedes-Benz sells, which is good. But sometimes, luxury doesn't always have to be married with sportiness. There are some people out there who want a quality-crafted car without a sport suspension or scalpel-like steering, and they're not all retired.
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BMW's, Mercedes-Benz's and Audi's German plants are running at full speed right now. The reason: wealthy car buyers in China currently have an insatiable desire to own German luxury cars.
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MANAGING EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: It's small yet big, boxy yet stylish, dull yet sporty. It's hard to figure these new boxes entering the U.S.
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A rejected-dealer leader asked a House panel today to follow up an audit of General Motors and Chrysler dealership terminations with an investigation of who was responsible for the flawed cutbacks.
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Report says company aims to start with loans to buyers with near-prime credit and is also looking to raise capital and considering a name change.
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Under its plan to reveal the Explorer online rather than at an auto show, the automaker gradually has been releasing information about the crossover on Facebook, including teaser images.
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Jeep and Mopar are teaming up to create a line of rugged trailers to go anywhere and haul anything.
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In News Brake: Honda and VW detail their electric future plans, Jay Leno gets in some high-Voltage trouble, and we test-drive the 2010 Ram 2500 Power Wagon . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Lithia Motors Inc. said today that it has expanded its presence in its home state by acquiring Honda of Bend and Bob Thomas Chevrolet-Cadillac in Bend, Ore., and has divested its Dodge store in Fresno, Calif. The transaction prices were undisclosed.
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China's passenger-car sales have risen every month since February 2009 after the government halved consumption taxes on small vehicles. SAIC, a partner of General Motors Co.
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The SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture will introduce a new brand -- Baojun -- to market its future lineup of passenger cars. The partnership among General Motors Co., Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.
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