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Investors are showing continued interest in the auto-parts sector's stock and bond offerings. Consider the market's reception this month to Dutch auto parts supplier Sensata Technologies Holding NV, with U.S. offices in Attleboro, Mass. Full story...

German driveline and transmission supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG has named Konstantin Sauer as its new chief financial officer. Sauer, 50, will replace Willi Berchtold effective May 1. Full story...

An aggressive stance on antitrust enforcement by European regulators appears to have sparked the first major antitrust investigation of the U.S. auto industry in roughly 50 years. In late February, FBI investigators in suburban Detroit raided the U. Full story...

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne believes new-car sales in western Europe will fall by 15 percent this year and will not return to pre-crisis levels until 2014. Marchionne said 2010 sales will be 25 percent less than the pre-crisis year of 2007 when 14. Full story...

Every now and then, brand enthusiasts and unions claim it would have been much better if Ford had bought Alfa Romeo instead of Fiat. Full story...

Bosch has promoted the boss of its fast-growing electric vehicle and hybrid technology unit to its management board. Full story...

Volkswagen's British subsidiary Bentley is taking a close look at its 150-strong global dealer network. "We have to talk about consolidation at this point," said brand chief Franz-Josef Paefgen. Full story...

Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche is facing criticism in his dual capacity as group CEO and head of the Mercedes-Benz car unit, a German paper reported. Full story...

Volvo is a tiger that needs to be freed, says Li Shufu, whose Zhejiang Geely Holding Group on Sunday signed a deal to buy Volvo from Ford. "We need to liberate this tiger,and#8221; Li said. Full story...

Several Asian brands plan world debuts at the New York auto show this week. Full story...

More than 300 prospective dealers thought they would be selling Mahindra pickups by now. But truckmaker Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. has missed its third launch target. And no one at the Indian automaker or its U.S. Full story...

Here are profiles of some of the 28 finalists for the 2010 Automotive News PACE Awards. This group highlights environmental innovations. Full story...

CEO William Santana Li says Carbon Motors Corp. expects to be on track to deliver its first purpose-built police cars in 2013 if a request for a federal loan is successful. Full story…

After a month in which auto sales were goosed by high incentives launched by Toyota, some automakers are downplaying the prospect of a full-out incentive war. It’s more like a skirmish, they say. Full story…

In 2007, the last year U.S. light-vehicle sales topped 16 million, 28 U.S. dealership groups raked in $1 billion or more in revenue. Full story…

Finally, some movement at Chrysler. After nearly a year of taking a hard line with rejected dealerships, Chrysler Group changed course last week and offered to reinstate 50 stores. Full story…

The next addition to Cadillac’s athletic V-Series is breaking cover at the New York auto show with the reveal of the CTS-V Sport Wagon. Packing 556 hp from a supercharged 6.2-liter V8, the CTS-V Sport Wagon launches late this year. Full story…

First Drive: 2011 Ford Mustang

Rollin' in the 5.0

God bless the Chevrolet Camaro. If it weren't for the 2009 revival of the General's muscle car, we might still be driving Mustangs saddled with old, underpowered engines. But last year, the Camaro's V-6 was just 11 hp shy of matching the Mustang's V-8 output. Ford had to respond, because Chevrolet hadn't simply won the spec-sheet battle; both six- and eight-cylinder Ford engines were unreasonably crude for duty in anything claiming to be a sports car.inline_mediumwraptextright27345743/reviews/driven/1003_2011_ford_mustang1003_02_z+2011_ford_mustang_gt+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue

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First Look: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon

The Formula Remains the Same

Break out the old cliche "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," because Cadillac is employing its CTS-V formula once again for the 2011 CTS-V Sport Wagon, which it's showing off in New York around the 2010 New York auto show. Given the enormously impressive CTS-V package, who can blame them?inline_mediumwraptextright28543591/features/news/1003_2011_cadillac_cts_v_sport_wagon2011-cadillac-CTS-v-sport-wagon-front-three-quarters-driver.jpgTrue

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The red dot award recognises unusually high quality and groundbreaking design. The Rolls-Royce Ghost has a unique character expressed by an exclusive, unmistakable appearance whose design reinterprets the classic values of the brand in a modern style for the 21st century. Full story…