This weekend's Canadian grand prix is now officially a sell-out. The popular event dropped off the calendar last year due to a squabble between F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone and then promoter Normand Legault.
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In a mini-replay of the Charlotte 600 ending Kurt Busch, driving a Penske Dodge, out-qualified Jamie McMurray's Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet for the pole.
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If any car had the potential to change the public's perception of the Hyundai brand in the modern era, it was the last-generation Sonata. Available from 2006 to 2010, the Korean automaker's bread-and-butter family sedan was packed with the engineering, quality and styling needed to give the big-boys from Japan a serious run for their money.
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OnStar and Google have reached an agreement that will let OnStar users search for and identify destinations using Google Maps and send those destinations to the Turn-by-Turn Navigation Service in their vehicles.
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After a world premiere at the New York International Auto Show in March this year and the positive feedback received there, Mercedes-Benz is convinced that it is on the right track with the new-generation R-Class. A completely redesigned front section in particular enhances the overall look of this model, with styling cues taken from Mercedes-Benz saloon and SUV models.
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Volkswagen Group of America Inc. has appointed Kerry Christopher manager of product communications. Christopher, 39, replaces longtime public relations director Steve Keyes, who retired last month after 31 years with VW and Audi in the United States.
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DCH Auto Group, one of the nation's largest dealership groups, with more than $1.83 billion in annual revenue, has appointed George Liang president.
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Cadillac is preparing to welcome back hundreds of franchisees, many in small towns. That will end its post-bankruptcy plan to rebuild sales with only about 500 dealerships in large metro markets.
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BMW AG and Volkswagen AG recalled vehicles in the U.S. for defects that could cause fires, the federal auto-safety regulator said today.
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In today's News Brake, Saab talks sharing with BMW, Chevy says Chevy is OK for you and me, and Morgan brings a new car to Pebble Beach ... But Wait, There's More!
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Chrysler is generating the cash needed to rebuild its product portfolio as sales continue to gain momentum, CEO Sergio Marchionne told employees today.
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The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn kicked off an aggressive fundraising campaign on Thursday that will help build a permanent 22,000-square-foot racing exhibit entitled and#8220;Racing in America.and#8221; The campaign--chaired by Edsel B.
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Looking for just a little something extra to jazz up the 2011 Ford Mustang GT? Ford has an answer--a dealer-installed package named RTR that upgrades the suspension, adds bigger wheels and sorta subtle exterior stripes.
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Tens of thousands of acres of federal land in Nevada are dissected by hundreds of two-track paths. You can't really call them roads, although a few of the dirt and gravel tracks are maintained by county highway departments.
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The latest Korean Coupé has been caught testing alongside its main German rival, the VW Sirocco.
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A casual obsever of Germany's Länder (or regional states) government system could be forgiven for thinking it involved labyrinthine layers of complexity and duplication.
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Nein. That little word, or more likely a longer-winded variant, was not what GM Europe supremo Nick Reilly needed to hear from Germany's coalition federal government over the little matter of backstopping a EUR1.3bn loan with taxpayers' money.
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