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According to Dominic Fugère of www.ruefrontenac.com, former Formula World Champion Jacques Villeneuve will compete in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Montreal late August. Full story...

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd today announced the development of a Dual Injector system designed to improve fuel efficiency in small-displacement gasoline engines. The new fuel delivery system, the first of its kind in the world*1, uses an injector for each port rather than one per cylinder - speeding up fuel vaporization, reducing the amount of unburned fuel and reducing hydrocarbon emissions. Nissan will introduce the new system in production vehicles starting early in fiscal 2010. Full story...

Spanish Tour de France rider Alberto Contador has played down but not denied reports he is set to front a professional cycling team set up next year by his countryman Fernando Alonso. Full story...

A property developer wants a formula one grand prix to be staged on the roads built for the 2010 London Olympic Games. Full story...

Jolyon Nash has been appointed as successor to Graeme Grieve in the position of Director of Sales and Marketing for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Full story...

Andretti Green Racing's Danica Patrick is in the final year of her contract and she never made any secrets that NASCAR could be one of her options for the future and those rumours are bound to gain momentum following her visit at the Stewart-Haas shop. Full story...

Former Formula World Champion Jacques Villeneuve will compete in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Montreal late August. The news was confirmed by the organisers of the race. Full story...

This comprehensive environmental commitment over the entire lifecycle of the S 400 HYBRID - from production to the operating phase and eventual recycling/disposal - has now been recognized by the independent examiners from the technical inspection authority TÜV Süd with the grant of the sought-after environmental certificate. Full story...

Boucherville, Quebec -- You know the T-Rex, that striking three-wheeler created by Quebec's Daniel Campagna in the early 1990s? Well, it's now enjoying a new lease on life. To mark the occasion, newly-formed Campagna Motors brought together investors, suppliers and friends last Friday along with members of the T-Rex Club on Saturday and shouted to the world that their product is absolutely not on the endangered species list. Full story...

Crossover SUVs are becoming a bit like bellybuttons: they're all a bit different, largely similar, and just about everyone's got one. This is one of the hottest vehicle genre going-- but it's also one of the hardest to make an impression upon. Full story...

Shell today opened its second hydrogen filling station in the greater New York City area, providing improved access to hydrogen for drivers of fuel cell Chevrolet Equinoxes participating in Project Driveway. Full story...

According to Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso's technical upgrades in Hungary in two weeks could amount to nearly a full second per lap in gained time. Full story...

Kia Motors has today released the first pictures of new cee'd, revealing a much improved and updated look including the new 'family face' of the brand. Full story...

According to Fernando Alonso and his boss Flavio Briatore, major step forward thanks to an aerodynamic overhaul means the R29 is a potential podium contender for the eight remaining races of 2009. Full story...

At the upcoming 36th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on August 14-16, the sound of the initial stirrings of over 450 race cars will be complimented by the exquisite growl of the newest, most daring and most advanced vehicle Porsche has produced to date, the 2010 Porsche Panamera gran turismo. Full story...

Stuttgart. Robby Naish, 24-time world champion and wind-surfing legend extraordinaire, visited Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in Stuttgart and Weissach. In a tour through the Porsche museum, he was shown the "No. 1" Porsche 356 and heard the story of the Swabian sports car manufacturer. Full story...

U.S. auto task force leader Steve Rattner is stepping down following the bankruptcy exits of General Motors and Chrysler Group, the U.S. Treasury Department said. Task force member Ron Bloom will succeed Rattner. Full story...

General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz says one of the first things he plans to do as the new head of marketing is make some "drastic" changes in both the "tone and content" of all of GM's advertising. Full story...

General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz says one of the first things he plans to do as the new head of marketing is make some "drastic" changes in both the "tone and content" of all of GM's advertising. Full story...

In today's News Brake: Honda says the hybrid CR-Z is a go; Mark Webber scores his first victory in Formula One; and Chrysler gives new life to the Dodge Viper ... But Wait, There's More! Full story...