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Leaders of Italy's major engineering unions will meet their counterparts in Germany next week as anger seethes in the Mediterranean nation over Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's plans to merge Fiat, Opel and Chrysler into a new global giant carmaker. Full story...

Leaders of Italy's major engineering unions will meet their counterparts in Germany next week as anger seethes in the Mediterranean nation over Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's plan to merge Fiat, Opel and Chrysler into a new global giant carmaker. Full story...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- The Porsche and Piech families will hold a stake of about 45 percent to 55 percent in an entity to be formed from a planned merger between Volkswagen and Porsche, according to a German weekly magazine. Full story...

GMAC LLC may receive a $7.5 billion infusion from the U.S. government as early as this week, the Washington Post reported in its Saturday edition, citing unnamed sources. Full story...

The S 400 HYBRID is the first passenger car model with hybrid drive to be introduced by Mercedes-Benz. Its combination of a further developed V6 petrol engine and a compact hybrid module makes the S 400 HYBRID the world's most efficient luxury saloon with a petrol engine. In the New European Driving Cycle, the combined fuel consumption is only 7.9 litres per 100 kilometres. Full story...

Romain Grosjean and Eduardo Mortara are the first 2009 GP2 winners, as the Frenchman leads the provisional classification. Full story...

Peugeot UK driver Kris Meeke won the Sata Rallye Acores, round four of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, to take victory and the overall championship points lead. Full story...

Visiblement, ce week-end à Monza aurait pu se terminer facilement par un doublé pour le pilote américain Ben Spies (Yamaha) mais une bête panne d'essence au dernier virage du dernier tour de la 1ère épreuve l'aura empêché d'avoir une note parfaite. Full story...

Andrew Ranger and Miguel Duhamel will team-up for the opening race of the NASCAR Canadian Tire series that will be run on May 23rd at the Autodrome St-Eustache. Full story...

Audi of America announced today that they will team with the Trek-LIVESTRONG Under-23 (U23) Cycling Team for the 2009 racing season, donating two Audi Q7 TDI clean diesel vehicles to provide support to riders while competing. The Audi Q7 TDI is one of America's first highly efficient, seven passenger SUVs providing a luxury option for U.S. drivers who want fuel economy, cleaner emissions, and less imported oil. The Trek-LIVESTRONG U23 Team was created as a project to help develop the next generation of great American cyclists under the leadership and training guidance of 7-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong. Full story...

KERS - the controversial Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems - may be compulsory for all teams and drivers in formula one next year. Full story...

Stefano Domenicali has admitted he would consider his position as Ferrari principal if he thought it would pull the Italian team out of its crisis. Full story...

Spins, tangles and crashes are part of motor racing. They happen every race weekend, whether it is on a superspeedway, a Grand Prix track or a street circuit in Europe. Full story...

Spins, tangles and crashes are part of motor racing. They happen every race weekend, whether it is on a superspeedway, a Grand Prix track or a street circuit in Europe. Full story...

Looking at the new Lincoln MKT, it's hard to tell that it's largely derived from the Ford Flex. Apart from the dimensions, the MKT shares no part of its body with its cousin. The platform is the same as are the drive trains, but the resemblance ends there. Full story...

TORONTO - Subaru Canada, Inc. (SCI) today announced pricing for the 2010 Forester, including the new PZEV (Partial Zero Emission Vehicle) that joins the award-winning Forester lineup for the new model year. The Forester PZEV joins the Legacy and Outback PZEV models in providing drivers with a way to enjoy the power and confidence of Subaru's Symmetrical full-time All-Wheel Drive vehicles while significantly reducing emissions. Full story...

The weekend at Monza could visibly have ended with a double-header for American rider Ben Spies (Yamaha), but a silly gas shortage in the last corner of the last lap of the first race cost him the perfect score. Full story...

This season is showing all the signs of becoming Noryuki Haga's year. The veteran and ever popular and spectacular rider is enjoying his best start to a season ever, picking up anything left by rookie Ben Spies as well as winning every time the kid screws the pooch, which happens often. Full story...

Ford is launching an aggressive eight-month consumer grassroots test drive tour as part of the Fiesta Movement, the company's social media campaign to build awareness for the new Fiesta launching next year. Full story...

Mazda's compact 3 is currently the bestselling car so far this year. With good clearance deals on remaining 2009s, Canadian car buyers feel that although a brand-new model was about to hit showrooms, the old Mazda3 was still a good car. Full story...