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New Mercedes-Benz People Movers - The Space Race

Mercedes-Benz prepares new long-roof hatchback models to battle Audi's Sportbacks and BMW's Gran Turismos.

As the sleek Mercedes-Benz CLS is to regular four-door sedans, so is the recently unveiled Shooting Break concept related to traditional "shooting brake" station wagons. Never mind the concept label: this low-slung, high-style wagon will be a companion model to the redesigned CLS four-door coupe that debuts this fall. The production version of the Shooting Break should appear one year later, but U.S. sales are unlikely.

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British Formula 1 pundits have rounded on Michael Schumacher after the eighth race of the seven-time world champion's comeback. Full story...
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After the problems seen at Montreal's most recent F1 races, the surface of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve did not break up during the running of the 2010 edition. Full story...
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Calabogie, Ontario -- Last February, Porsche made a highly-exclusive addition to its performance car lineup. The 2011 Boxster Spyder epitomizes the sporty weekday commuter that doubles up as a race car during the weekends. Full story...
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Let's be honest (and macho...), every man (and woman with a propensity for flannel) dreams of owning a pickup. C'mon, you know this to be true! I know, I would never have believed it myself, but after having spent some considerable time at the wheel of a few of these monster street-legal trucks, I know I want one. Badly! For work or for play (imagine towing your race car on weekends...), pickups can do it all. Full story...
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Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, today released footage covering an advanced research and development project carried out at the Nürburgring's racetrack in Germany, using a 2011MY Subaru WRX STI 4-door (sedan) test vehicle. Full story...
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