Aston Martin made a profit in 2009, CEO Ulrich Bez said. Bez declined to give further details about the size of the profit. Aston Martin thus performed better than many of its rivals in the hotly contested market for high-performance sports cars.
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Daimler plans to pay $185 million to settle charges that it violated U.S. bribery laws by showering foreign officials with millions of dollars and gifts of luxury cars to win business deals.
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Daimler AG was charged with violating U.S. bribery laws related to deals in at least 22 countries over almost a decade, according to a document filed in a U.S. court today. The U.S. Full story…
A lightweight version of the mid-engined Porsche Boxster roadster, the Spyder represents the true, purist form of the Porsche sports car - light, powerful, open-roofed, and very efficient.
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Porsche will introduce the next-generation Cayenne sport utility
vehicle, including a hybrid gas-electric version, to the North American market on March 31during a
press conference at the New York International Automobile Show.
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A ‘green’ revolution is being staged by Mazda that will mean upper medium sector company car drivers by 2015 will be at the wheel of models with fuel economy and emissions equivalent to today’s supermini standards. Full story…
Renault's previously blank yellow sidepods will feature prominent 'DIAC' branding as from this weekend's Australian grand prix and "forthcoming rounds".
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Road racing remains a big part of life for the Canadian Harley-Davidson distributor, as they have just announced exhaustive plans for the coming season as well as 2011.
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In a move that will have a positive impact on his racing in Canada, Harley-Davidson stalwart racer Darren James just announced that he will participate in non-clashing races of the inaugural Harley-Davidson XR 1200 Trophy race series, as part of the 2010 British Superbike Championship.
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It emerged before the 2010 season opener that the McLaren driver will no longer be handled professionally by his father Anthony.
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The organizers of the Dakar rally raid announced that the event would take place again in South America in 2011.
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The DTM organisers began discussions with american sportscar serie Grand Am for the future.
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NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions is having its Map & Positioning Engine concept taken significantly closer to production by the development of a reference application in collaboration with NXP Semiconductors and the electronics and software specialist, Technolution.
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Ralf Schumacher will continue his DTM career in 2010, and will start his third season in the championship with Mercedes.
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It is not right to describe Vitaly Petrov as simply a F1 "pay-driver", according to his manager Oksana Kossatschenko.
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The source of many reliability problems encountered by F1's new teams so far in 2010 has been traced to their common supplier XTrac.
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After the first of two days of a spoiler test at Charlotte Motor Speedway the consensus is that, other than a change in the appearance of the stock cars - moving away from the rear wing - don't expect big changes from how the cars race.
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Karun Chandhok has denied claims the group behind next year's inaugural Indian grand prix is also funding his 2010 seat with the HRT team.
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According to reports, Graham Rahal could be back in action full-time with Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing for the upcoming Long Beach round of the IndyCar Series.
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Canadian and American race promoters have announced new classes for 2010. The Canadian series will feature V-Twins, while the AMA will focus on the XR1200 from Harley-Davidson.
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