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FIA president Max Mosley has dismissed as a joke his reference to some members of the FOTA teams alliance as 'loonies'. Full story...

Once again, after having dominated most of the Iowa race, Ryan Briscoe was denied victory in the closing stages of the race; this time around by Dario Franchitti who earned his second victory of 2009. Full story...

Stefano Domenicali has blamed development money wasted on KERS as the reason for its competitive struggle in 2009. Full story...

On Thursday of this week, FOTA, the Formula One Teams Association, plans to speed up preparations for next year's breakaway world championship. Full story...

Montreal's mayor Gerald Tremblay says the revival of the Canadian grand prix depends upon formula one resolving its crisis. Full story...

Unveiled to the world for the first time at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, the new Fiat 500C pays homage to the original 1957 Fiat 500 and its fabric roof, but also offers innovative solutions in terms of mechanical design, engines and comfort. All this in line with the most authentic Fiat tradition of giving people access to segment firsts in content and technology. Full story...

Ford is playing for keeps, and the automaker is proving it once again with the introduction of its all-new 2010 Taurus, a large sedan that will make more a than few competitors blush. Full story...

The Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California always brings in an unusual winner. Sunday's Toyota/SaveMart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup race was no exception. Full story...

Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas won their first race of the season in Saturday's EMCO Gears Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the Grand-Am Rolex Series. Full story...

The BMW Team Italy-Spain won both the WTCC races at Brno with Alex Zanardi and Sergio Hernandez, proving once again that they are the outfit to beat when the series visits the Czech Republic. Full story...

The American rider took his eighth World Superbike victory of the season on Sunday morning at the Misano WSB round, and followed this up with a disappointing 8th in the afternoon race. Full story...

The City of Santa Monica has purchased the first ZeroTruck all-electric zero emission medium duty truck. The vehicle will be equipped with a Scelzi utility body for use in the City of Santa Monica. Fleet Superintendant Rick Sikes explains what this means for the City's fleet: "This truck meets the needs of our Water Division and the goals of our Sustainable City Plan to reduce emissions and reduce our use of petroleum. Full story...

Elvis Presley croons "All Shook Up" from the CD player as Florentino Marin wipes down his 1955 Buick Century sedan on a central Havana street. Full story...

Volkswagen AG will have a "positive result" in the second quarter and would consider giving sports car maker Porsche a loan if asked, CFO Hans Dieter Poetsch said on Saturday. Full story...

Volkswagen AG, among the automakers that have suffered the least in the United States this year, will temporarily shut parts of its Mexican plant starting next week until early August, a union spokesman said on Saturday. Full story...

Chinese automaker BYD Auto announced this week the large-scale commercial launch of its F3DM compact hybrid sedan in September. With its very long operating range in electric mode, the car had raised a lot of interest at the Detroit Auto Show last January. Full story...

The one word that is synonymous with Audi in Canada is quattro. quattro is Audi's version of all wheel drive and is available on every Canadian Audi. In the A3, quattro takes the form of a very fast acting hydraulic multi-plate clutch that acts as a centre differential. Since this centre diff can vary how much it locks up, the amount of power that gets shifted from front to back can be varied as well. Full story...

Local driver Simon Dubé extended his victory streak at Rally Saguenay to three this Saturday, between Ferland-et-Boilleau, south of Ville Saguenay. Full story...

Max Mosley on Sunday said the FIA will not proceed with legal action against the FOTA teams, indicating he would rather reach a deal to stave off the threat of a breakaway championship. Full story...

Far from expanding its existing sponsorship of Brawn GP, Virgin is not likely to still be a sponsor of the former Honda squad in 2010, Sir Richard Branson said at Silverstone on Sunday. Full story...