Last year Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman is optimistic about the future of the new team Stewart-Haas and he believes that, along with teammate owner/driver Tony Stewart, they can both be part of the Chase Sprint Cup.
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Ferrari's world champion of 2007, Finland's Kimi Raikkonen is an "unbelievable" character, team boss Stefano Domenicali said on Wednesday.
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Following the "difficult" track debut of the F60 on Monday, the Scuderia Ferrari decamped to the engineering transporters on Tuesday to analyse the birth of its new 2009 single seater.
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The 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte has been hired by Hall of Fame Racing to drive the No.96 Ford.
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Fisker is currently setting up a dealer network and should begin selling their Karma plug-in hybrid in the fall of 2009. The 2010 Karma, which will start at $87,900, has already racked up 1,000 orders since last year.
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Ford has just won a pair of CAA Pyramid Awards for a pair of unique features- marking the first time a single automaker has won both. The brand's new Blind Spot Mirror and 100 percent recycled seats each took home awards for Safety Innovation and Environmental Initiative, respectively.
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Finally, one good news is released in these times of gloomy economy. McDonald restaurants will sponsor the No. 77 Doran Racing Ford Dallara Daytona Prototype throughout the 2009 season of theGrand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
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According to a report in the Spanish press, some teams may be planning a partial deployment of KERS systems in 2009.
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Formula one drivers can use eight engines during the 2009 season, Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali told the Italian press earlier this week.
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General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner says the company won't know how much more in government loans it will need until March 31.
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The head of Denso International America Inc. said a weaker yen and shrinking U.S. vehicle production are making it tough to forecast a profit for the fiscal year that ends March 31.
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A veteran Republican lawmaker says it would be better for the federal government to give $5,000 to every new-vehicle buyer than to pour more taxpayer money into struggling companies.
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It was a bit tamer this year at the Detroit auto show, but there was still plenty of alluring sheetmetal for enthusiasts to get fired up about. And in the minds of AutoWeek editors, an Audi, two Fords and a Cadillac rose to the top.
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Jaguar Cars Ltd., which stopped reporting sales figures after being purchased by India's Tata Motors in June, said global sales rose 8 percent last year while U.S. volume fell.
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Lamborghini sales in the United States fell in 2008, but the brand still had a record year worldwide, said president Stephan Winkelmann.
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Tennessee U.S. Senator Robert Corker came to the Detroit auto show today and said Chrysler LLC needs to find a merger partner and General Motors is carrying too much debt.
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Dodge is evoking the spirit of the original 1970 Challenger with a special edition car it will introduce later this month.
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Dodge is evoking the spirit of the original 1970 Challenger with a special edition car it will introduce later this month.
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Tesla founder and chairman Elon Musk took the occasion of his companys first Detroit show appearance to announce that Tesla will provide components for the Smart Electric.
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