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Channeling its aircraft bloodlines, Saab is launching a premium edition of the 9-5 sedan and wagon at the Detroit auto show. Full story...
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Ford got an early holiday gift Tuesday morning--and it’s a bit better than even the company was hoping for. Full story...
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A Hawaiian Chevrolet dealer got a little more than he bargained for when he tried to crush the foreign competition--literally. Full story...
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With only two years between elections, congressional representatives never stop running for office. Full story...
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At the last Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner gave a keynote address (“Detroit Invades Las Vegas,” AW, Jan. 21), following techno übergeek Bill Gates. Full story...
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Sprinkled in among the resto-mods, classic cars and a Ford Tri-Motor airplane that cross the block at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., in January will be some pieces of General Motors history. Full story...
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Toyota is bringing a small, battery-electric urban commuter vehicle concept to the Detroit auto show in January. Full story...
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The 909 Bergspyder--which was built in small numbers in 1968, mainly for hillclimbs--is the lightest Porsche race car of all time. Full story...
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Porsche has always raced in a unique way. Full story...
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The latest speed demon from Ford Racing, the Cobra Jet Mustang, is a lock to be a collector’s item--but at least four of them are sure to light up their tires and make it down the strip. Full story...
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Further crystallizing the severity of the global economic downturn, Toyota is forecasting its first annual operating loss as a sales slump and rise in the yen eat into the automaker’s usually flush finances, according to a Reuters report. Full story...
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Porsche's essence may have come about when company patriarch Ferdinand Porsche began tinkering with cars. In 1900, he built what may have been the first hybrid, with a combustion engine under the hood and electric motors on the front wheel hubs. Full story...
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Maserati is unveiling a higher-performance version of the Quattroporte at the Detroit auto show--the Sport GT S. Full story...
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Audi will unveil a concept for its new A7 at the Detroit auto show in January. Full story...
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Chevrolet will show the all-new 2010 Equinox small SUV at the Detroit auto show. Full story...
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Sprinkled in among the resto-mods, classic cars and a Ford Tri-Motor airplane that cross the block at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., in January will be some pieces of General Motors history. Full story...
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One of Alan Mulally's first acts after taking the helm of the Ford Motor Co. was revive the Taurus nameplate, for the large sedan that had been christened the Five Hundred. Full story...
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Remember the Taurus? It was a good car at the right time and it made Ford a bunch of money--until they turned it into a jelly bean and then started concentrating too much on trucks. Full story...
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After weeks of uncertainty and contentious debate, General Motors and Chrysler will get up to $17. Full story...
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The end of the line for the current SLR comes next year, but it’ll be going out with a bang. Mercedes announced that the final chapter of this generation will debut at next month's Detroit auto show. Full story...
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