Volkswagen is taking its TDI technology to the marine industry to give boat owners a powerful and efficient engine option. The carmaker is gearing up to present two boats- the "Frauscher 909 Benaco" and the "Greenline 33"- at the Dusseldorf International Boat Show this weekend. Each boat is powered by a different Volkswagen group Turbo Direct Injection engine.
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Bill Lester will return to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2009, driving the full Daytona Prototype season for Victory Junction - Orbit Racing.
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Audi received special recognition for its string of successes with the R10 TDI and the A4 DTM by the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA), an important organisation of the British motorsport industry.
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Hulkenberg to debut new Williams, McLaren keeps same sponsors for 2009, Montezemolo joins Ecclestone in Italy, Fry denies conflict of interest, Raikkonen rests up with throat complaint, Time running out for Honda-Merc deal
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Quebec driver Antoine L'Estage, co-driven by Nathalie Richard, both from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (QC), will return to the Canadian Rally Championship and the North American Rally Cup at the wheel of a brand new Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X.
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Toyota's 2005 marked the end of the Toyota Celica, a long-lived model that's now been written into the import-tuner history books. The latest generation Celica was sold from 1999 as a 2000 model until a sales nose-dive killed it off some 6 years later.
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Founded in 1907, the NAIAS is now entering its 20th year as an international event and is featuring 50 show debuts. Among these are: the Cadillac Converj concept and SRX production crossover; the Audi Sportback concept; Kia's Soulster concept, BMW's second-generation Z4; the VW BlueSport concept; Buick's second-generation LaCrosse production sedan; the Mercedes-Benz BlueZero concept; and the newly redesigned Ford Taurus.
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Audi will be the exclusive sponsor of streaming broadcasts of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration speech on top news sites as well as the Tuesday, Jan. 20, evening newscasts of ABC, CBS and NBC, the company said today.
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With $1.5 billion in federal loan money on the way, Chrysler LLC rolled out an array of financing options including 0 percent to lure customers back into dealerships.
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WPP's Team Detroit, the suburban Detroit group of shops that handles Ford Motor Co.'s creative, media and online accounts, has tapped Brad Audet to lead new-business efforts for more non-car work.
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President-elect Barack Obama says he wants to keep tough conditions on automakers that get federal loans.
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Volvo, the Swedish unit of Ford Motor Co., will not participate in the Tokyo Motor Show this fall.
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Months-old TG Manufacturing LLC has purchased the metal-stamping, screw-machining and metal-fabrication company Dorr Industries, TG said today.
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The U.S. Treasury Department said today it will lend $1.5 billion to a new arm of Chrysler Financial Services LLC so that it can increase lending to vehicle buyers.
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New is always enticing, but we also know that a lot of you have formed long-term relationships with cars, keeping them in fine fettle for 300,000 miles or more.
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President-elect Barack Obama says he wants to keep tough conditions on automakers that get federal loans.
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Hyundai's 'walkaway' finance deal that allow customers to return cars if they lose their jobs in the first year is attracting strong interest, according to Edmunds.
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Mitec Automotive AG, a German auto-parts supplier, has sued Ford Motor Co. for breach of contract in a rare case of a supplier going public with a dispute with an automaker.
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