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Despite not airing his discontent publicly, Finnish Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen is reportedly unhappy with his treatment by the McLaren team this year. Read more ...

A court of Modena, Italy has confirmed that sabotage against Ferrari Formula 1 cars did take place prior to last year's Monaco grand prix. Read more ...

The future of the Surfers Paradise event in the IndyCar schedule is still uncertain as both the IRL officials and the Australian race promoters failed to reach an agreement on a suitable date for the event. Read more ...

A court of Modena, Italy has confirmed that sabotage against Ferrari Formula 1 cars did take place prior to last year's Monaco grand prix. Read more ...

Canadian officials of the axed Canadian grand prix are searching for a new race promoter, following their London meeting on Thursday with Bernie Ecclestone. Read more ...

The winners of each vehicle category have been announced this morning during the AJAC's annual Testfest. The field this year included 56 vehicles spread out in 14 categories, and a record 77 journalists are attending the event, driving and voting on vehicles of various categories. The contestants, finalists and winners are... Read more ...

Ever since the Azera was first launched in 2006, I've been itching to get behind the wheel of one, but you know how things go, there's always something else to do. Of course, I've had opportunities to drive it at various events, but I thought that in order to give it a fair evaluation, I'd wait until I could book one for a whole week! After all, as I see it, the Azera was the model which first heralded in the idea of luxury products from Hyundai. Read more ...

KV Racing's Will Power was the undisputed leader of the day after having set the best time in both Friday's practices for the IndyCar Nikon Indy 300 that is taking place at Surfers Paradise in Australia. Read more ...

DTM series title contender Paul di Resta (AMG-Mercedes) was the fastest driver of the day at Hockenheim in preparation for the ultimate round of the German touring car championship. Read more ...

New MotoGP champion, Italian Valentino Rossi has confirmed that he will also drive a Ford Focus WRC when he contests the Rally GB next month. Read more ...

Two-time World Formula 1 Champion Fernando Alonso says he is now "99 per cent sure" which team he will race for in the 2009 season. Read more ...

At the same time that was held the Paris Motor Show at the Porte de Versailles, Auto123.com had the privilege to visit the breathtaking Conservatoire of French car manufacturer Citroën. Read more ...

General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC may drag U.S. auto sales for October to their lowest levels since 1992, a forecasting firm said. Overall industry volume will plunge 29 percent to 872,000, Edmunds.com said in a statement today. Read more ...

The great-grandson of Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler is giving the automaker's owner some unsolicited advice on saving the company. Frank Rhodes, the Chrysler family's archivist from Chestertown, Md., sent a letter Oct. Read more ...

JCIM LLC, the owner of former Plastech Engineered Products Inc. interior auto parts plants, is consolidating its Michigan operations at four plants adding 325 jobs and investing $4 million at those sites. Read more ...

Most Ford Motor Co. vehicles now show average or better reliability, Consumer Reports' 2008 car reliability survey said, although Japanese carmakers still hold their lead in the study's rankings. Read more ...

Raw figures rarely relate the whole story. But in the case of the fourth-generation Audi S4, they do provide a reliable guide as to the overall effectiveness of its new 3.0-liter V6. Read more ...

Open-wheel racing veteran Paul Tracy will return to NASCAR when he makes his Craftsman Truck Series debut on Halloween night at Texas Motor Speedway. The former CART champion will drive Germain Racing's No. Read more ...

NASCAR announced on Thursday that Camping World will be the title sponsor for the NASCAR Truck Series beginning in 2009. Read more ...

Magna International Inc. said today its development of an electric hybrid car is on schedule for 2010, and it bolstered its efforts by buying a Michigan-based company that focuses on propulsion and energy management for electric vehicles. Read more ...