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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne and leaders of Germany's IG Metall union, including head Berthold Huber, are scheduled to meet today (19 May) as Marchionne attempts to win the union's support for his bid to buy a majority stake in Opel from General Motors. Full story...

President Barack Obama is expected later on Tuesday (19 May) to propose the most aggressive increase in US vehicle fuel efficiency ever in a policy initiative that would also directly regulate emissions for the first time and resolve a dispute with California over cleaner cars. Full story...

Any new company resulting from a merger of Volkswagen and Porsche should be open to outside investors, according to the German state of Lower Saxony, VW's second-biggest shareholder. Full story...

Any new company resulting from a merger of Volkswagen and Porsche should be open to outside investors, according to the German state of Lower Saxony, VW's second-biggest shareholder. Full story...

Spy shooters always capture shadowy figures, but now we’ve seen a veritable Ghost--as in a Rolls-Royce Ghost. Full story...

British car dealer Lookers said on Tuesday it continued to talk with its lenders to ensure appropriate funding and that it was also considering alternative sources of capital to reduce the additional cost of bank borrowings. Full story...

British car dealer Lookers said on Tuesday it continued to talk with its lenders to ensure appropriate funding and that it was also considering alternative sources of capital to reduce the additional cost of bank borrowings. Full story...

President Barack Obama, flanked by auto executives, proposed the first U.S. regulation of auto emissions in a bid to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gases and lower dependence on foreign oil. The proposal would require the U.S. Full story...

President Barack Obama, flanked by auto executives, proposed the first U.S. regulation of auto emissions in a bid to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gases and lower dependence on foreign oil. The proposal would require the U.S. Full story...

President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose the most aggressive increase in U.S. Full story...

A judge presiding over the Scuderia Ferrari's court action said a verdict will be declared on Wednesday. Full story...

The American Policy Roundtable today called upon President Barack Obama to intervene and stop the termination of 789 Chrysler dealerships across the nation. The contract termination was announced last week by Chrysler operating under the protection of federal bankruptcy court. Full story...

Thanks to a special partnership with Auto123.com, Canadian race car driver Bruno Spengler gives our readers his insights and comments about the 2009 DTM championship. The Mercedes-Benz works driver competed in the opening round of the season held Sunday in Hockenheim, Germany. Full story...

Daimler AG has acquired an equity stake of nearly 10 percent of Tesla Motors Inc. This investment deepens the relationship between the inventor of the automobile and the newest member of the global auto industry. Tesla is the only production automaker selling a highway capable electric vehicle in North America and Europe. Full story...

Norbert Haug said on Tuesday that the McLaren-Mercedes team has not ruled out lodging a team entry for the 2010 championship by the May 29 deadline. Full story...

With the first edition of the Toyota Green Car Rendezvous, the company aims to increase awareness to the use of cleaner transportation methods and to the benefits of an ecologically responsible lifestyle. Full story...

The Burke Lakefront Airport was one of the most exciting races in the CART/ChampCar years but reunification made it impossible for the venue to be on the 2009 schedule but promoters and IRL officials are working hard to get back in with nothing less then a doubleheader. Full story...

FIA president Max Mosley has warned that the only remedy for rebel teams left off the final 2010 entry list might be for them to buy one of their smaller rivals. Full story...

The outcome of Ferrari's legal action against the FIA, to be heard in a Paris court on Tuesday, will not be known immediately. Full story...

Whitby, ON - BMW Canada has announced that the 2009 BMW Driver Training summer season will be held in June and July at Downsview Park, Toronto, while the highest two levels are offered in Mont-Tremblant in September. The five courses: Compact, Advanced, Perfection, and Fascination I & II are all structured to offer increasing levels of dynamic driving skills and safety, as well as a better understanding of a vehicle's capability. Full story...