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Nico Rosberg has set a two-month deadline by which time he wants a firm contract for the 2010 season. Full story...

A third customer team could be added to Mercedes-Benz's formula one roster in 2010, Norbert Haug admitted at the Nurburgring on Saturday. Full story...

Veteran Sprint Cup driver Mark Martin (Chevy No 5) won the LifeLock.com 400 Sprint Cup race at the Chicagoland Speedway Saturday evening in a very spectacular way. Full story...

Print, television and billboards have been mainstays of automotive marketing. Now there is a new marketing platform - called "social media" -- and the automakers are already deep into it. Of course "social media" is the more scholarly term for networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Perhaps you've heard of them? Apparently they're all the rage with all those young web-enabled whippersnappers. Full story...

Transport Canada recently showcased its ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles (eTV) fleet and I personally had the privilege of driving a 2009 Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion. The goal of this demonstration by the federal government was to display and put to the test various new technologies and alternative powertrains, meaning different from what we're generally used to. Full story...

General Motors remains in talks with the Korea Development Bank on providing new financing for GM Daewoo, a critical hub for GM's development and production of fuel-efficient small cars, a senior GM executive said. Full story...

Volkswagen has sweetened its bid to purchase almost half of sports car maker Porsche AG and is prepared to offer considerably more than 4 billion euros ($5.58 billion), Germany's Der Spiegel reported. Full story...

Bob Lutz: Pontiac G8 will live on as a Chevy Caprice

Only hours into his latest tenure at General Motors, Bob Lutz was back at what he does best, namely, slipping product information to the media and giving enthusiasts a reason to believe in the beleaguered auto company.

Only hours into his latest tenure at General Motors, Bob Lutz was back at what he does best, namely, slipping product information to the media and giving enthusiasts a reason to believe in the beleaguered auto company.

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Bob Lutz: Pontiac G8 will live on as a Chevrolet Caprice

Only hours into his latest tenure at General Motors, Bob Lutz was back at what he does best, namely, slipping product information to the media and giving enthusiasts a reason to believe in the beleaguered auto company.

Only hours into his latest tenure at General Motors, Bob Lutz was back at what he does best, namely, slipping product information to the media and giving enthusiasts a reason to believe in the beleaguered auto company.

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General Motors could use the proceeds of an initial public offering of stock as soon as 2010 to begin paying down some of the debt it owes to the governments of the United States and Canada, CFO Ray Young said. Full story...

General Motors could use the proceeds of an initial public offering of stock as soon as 2010 to begin paying down some of the debt it owes to the governments of the United States and Canada, CFO Ray Young said. Full story...

Chrysler has reversed its decision to cancel the third shift at its Windsor, Ontario, minivan plant, saving 1,200 direct jobs, the head of the Canadian Auto Workers union said. Full story...

General Motors could use the proceeds of an initial public offering of stock as soon as 2010 to begin paying down some of the debt it owes to the governments of the United States and Canada, CFO Ray Young said. Full story...

Bankrupt supplier Delphi Corp. said it had received no additional bids as part of a court-mandated auction that seeks to create alternatives to a previous deal reached with a private equity firm. Full story...

Bankrupt supplier Delphi Corp. said it had received no additional bids as part of a court-mandated auction that seeks to create alternatives to a previous deal reached with a private equity firm. Full story...

General Motors executives have been pressuring individual dealers to sign a statement saying they oppose legislation that would restore terminated dealerships' rights, according to a U.S. senator, a dealers group and dealer representatives. Full story...

General Motors executives have been pressuring individual dealers to sign a statement saying they oppose legislation that would restore terminated dealerships' rights, according to a U.S. senator, a dealers group and dealer representatives. Full story...

General Motors executives have been pressuring individual dealers to sign a statement saying they oppose legislation that would restore terminated dealerships' rights, according to a U.S. senator, a dealers group and dealer representatives. Full story...

Two rival families that control indebted Porsche Automobil Holding SE are set for a showdown that could decide on the planned merger with majority-owned Volkswagen. Full story...

Opel labor leaders hope to save threatened factories in England and Belgium after identifying nearly 6 billion euros ($8.4 billion) in wage-related costs that could be saved over the next five years. Full story...