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On Sunday, August 16, 2009, Canada's first Concours d'Elegance was held on the bucolic site of the Mirage Golf Club in Terrebonne, on the outskirts of Montreal. Under the honorary presidency of René Angélil, who unfortunately could not make it to the event, some 2,000 lucky visitors got the chance to get up close and personal with some of the rarest and most beautiful cars in the world, presented under the theme La belle histoire. Full story...

Championship leader Andy Soucek won race 1 at Donington, and Julien Jousse took his first victory of the season in race 2. Full story...

Chinese astronauts who have successfully accomplished Shenzhou-5 and Shenzhou-7 space mission have chosen to buy Volvo S80L. Full story...

Zurich. General Motors Co. today confirmed it has signed a stock purchase agreement with Koenigsegg Group AB regarding the sale of 100% of the shares of Saab Automobile AB. The deal is expected to conclude in the next months and will then secure Saab's future. Saab Automobile plans to exit legal reorganization shortly. Full story...

Michael Schumacher's manager Willi Weber has hit back after Alain Prost suggested the 40-year-old's neck injury might not be the only reason he called off his F1 comeback. Full story...

The Renault Formula 1 team will contest this weekend's European Grand Prix, after its suspension from the Valencia race was overturned. Full story...

Bentley Motors unveiled the Mulsanne, the company's all-new flagship grand tourer, at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance in Monterey, California. Full story...

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali insists there is no need to rush Felipe Massa into returning quickly to the cockpit of his formula one car. Full story...

Ferrari reserve driver Luca Badoer will get a two-day stint at the wheel of Ferrari's 2009 car this week, prior to making his race debut in the place of injured Felipe Massa at the European grand prix. Full story...

Highcroft Racing took back the initiative in their quest to remain at the top of the championship by winning the Road America round of the American Le Mans Series at Elkhart Lake. Full story...

No matter the outcome of Monday's Court of Appeal hearing, Renault has scheduled an announcement regarding its driver line-up for this week. Full story...

Current MotoGP points leader Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) padded his lead as he took his fifth win of the season at Brno, while main rival Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) fell and Casey Stoner (Ducati) sat out the race because of illness. Full story...

This year's Civic lesson came in the form of a pretty basic DX-G sedan. As near as I can tell, the most obvious difference between the base DX and a DX-G is that the "G" has power programmable door locks. This particular feature I remember because the first few times I drove it, I thought about reprogramming the unlock portion so that it would unlock when the key was turned off. Full story...

Audi driver Martin Tomczyk kept cool in the sixth DTM round of the season. After 48 laps, the German scored an undisputed lights-to-flag victory. For the 27-year old, it was the fourth DTM race victory of his career. Full story...

Series leader Andrew Ranger (Ford Fusion) took another victory today at the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivieres, his fifth of the season in an incident filled round of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. Full story...

During a special tour of the Citroën 'Conservatoire' in Aulnay, near Paris, France, Auto123.com was given an exclusive look at two mythical Citroëns DS -- Charles de Gaulle's presidential car and Bjorn Waldegaard's ice racing car. Full story...

The A4 with Quattro is a bit of a surprise in the Audi line up. First off, it comes in four variations. The introductory model is your choice of either a sedan or station wagon. Audi refers to the wagon version as an "Avant". Power comes from a 2.0 litre direct injected and turbocharged gasoline engine. At the upper end, the sedan and Avant models come with a 3.2 litre direct injected V-6. Full story...

Pole sitter Brian Vickers (Camry No 83) took advantage of the fuel economy run by then leader Jimmie Johnson (Chevy No 48) and many other drivers to finally pass them all and win the race. Full story...

Photo galleries of Auto123.com's Philippe Champoux and Ray Watson at the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivieres. Full story...

Formula Atlantic series' leader Simona DeSilvestro won the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivieres on Sunday after earning a record setting pole yesterday. Full story...