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Four past winners will be among the 33 drivers that will take part in this coming Sunday's 93rd edition of the Indy 500 that is being held on the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Full story...

Polish Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica has bought a purebred world rally car and is rumoured to be considering entering a round of this year's championship. Full story...

The Tufoil 250 presented at the Autodrome St-Eustache, Quebec this coming Saturday night will mark the beginning of the 2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season. This will be the third running of the series under the management from NASCAR. Full story...

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is planning to increase its manufacturing workforce by 50 per cent. More than 150 new jobs have been created to support the production of the company's new model, the Rolls-Royce Ghost. By the end of 2009 Rolls‑Royce will have created almost 400 new jobs in under two years, bringing the total number of employees based at Goodwood, West Sussex to 900. Full story...

Advanced powertrain and vehicle systems engineering company FEV, Inc. announced the recipients of the FEV Powertrain Development Award, presented to three collegiate teams that designed, developed and demonstrated exemplary powertrain solutions in the 2009 Formula SAE competition held May 13 - 16 at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn, MI. Full story...

Two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso has revealed that he would like to contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's oldest and most famous sports car race. Full story...

Bad news for Canadian driver Patrick Carpentier who was supposed to be behind the wheel of the Toyota No 07 of SK Motorsports for the Nationwide Series' race this weekend at the Lowe's Motor Speedway. Full story...

Canadians who require the power and performance of a full-sizeSUV to carry people and haul gear can now enjoy more power and fuel-efficiency with the new 4.6L engine of the 2010 Toyota Sequoia.Moreover, with the addition of standard safety equipment and audio featuressuch as front knee airbags and integrated XM Satellite Radio the Sequoia is a safe, powerful, efficient and comfortable ride for the long road ahead. Full story...

Car manufacturers Audi and Peugeot compete with great success in the Le Mans 24 Hours famed event with stunning turbo diesel race cars. But the next step in green technology would be to enter fully electric cars. Full story...

As the industry is offering fewer choices for the minivan segment, the 2010 Toyota Sienna minivan offers more for busy Canadian families. The new Limited 7-Passenger FWD model joins the Sienna line-up, making the best-equipped "Limited" model available to Canadian families seeking fuel-efficiency and value without sacrifice on quality, safety, comfort, and convenience. Full story...

General Motors' former vice chairman and chief product planner, Bob Lutz, paid a 10 percent penalty to sell all of the GM shares he had held in a deferred compensation account, the company said in a U.S. filing. Full story...

Advertising budgets are down across the board, and newspapers are largely off the radar of automakers, a panel of top auto marketing executives said at the Automotive News Marketing Seminar in Los Angeles. Full story...

Advertising budgets are down across the board, and newspapers are largely off the radar of automakers, a panel of top auto marketing executives said at the Automotive News Marketing Seminar in Los Angeles. Full story...

A group of Indiana pension funds asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court to appoint an examiner to investigate Chrysler LLC's business decisions and made a series of other legal challenges to the automaker's plan to sell itself. Full story...

Sometime in the next decade, you might be able to enjoy some of the benefits of a diesel without driving one. Full story...

General Motors of Canada said it will inform its dealerships on Wednesday of which ones it will close as part of a plan to slash its retail network by nearly half, one of the steps necessary to qualify for long-term government aid. Full story...

Robert Kidder, a private-equity investor and former consultant who once worked for Ford Motor Co., will become the chairman of Chrysler Group once the automaker emerges from bankruptcy and completes an alliance with Italy's Fiat S.p.A. Full story...

C. Robert Kidder, former chairman of Borden Chemical Inc. and of Duracell International Inc., will become chairman of Chrysler Group LLC after the bankrupt automaker enters an alliance with Fiat S.p.A. Full story...

As expected, Fiat has confirmed that it has submitted an offer for GM Europe's Opel and Vauxhall operations. Full story...

As expected, Fiat has confirmed that it has submitted an offer for GM Europe's Opel and Vauxhall operations. Full story...