Amid the driver 'silly season', the speculation surrounding Mercedes-powered McLaren is rife: Heikki Kovalainen's future is unclear, and his expected successor Nico Rosberg is now linked instead with a move to Brawn GP-Mercedes.
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The signs are growing that McLaren and Mercedes-Benz are headed for different futures in formula one.
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A price drop of more than $4,000 justifies a renewed interest in Dodge's mid-size high-value sedan. The 4-door Avenger now starts at just $17,745 for the entry-level SE model and $20,045 for this week's SXT tester while the performance-oriented R/T version is assigned a start point of $25,645.
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Germany has yet to decide whether it could offer financial aid for Opel if the company remains with its US parent General Motors, German finance minister Peer Steinbrueck said on Wednesday.
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State-run Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings - joint venture partner in Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai car assembly units in China - will take a minority stake in Koenigsegg as part of the Swedish luxury carmaker's purchase of Saab.
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Former BMW and Ford Premier Automotive Group executive Wolfgang Reitzle, who chairs the executive board at industrial gas supplier Linde, is to also chair partsmaker Continental's supervisory board, once approved.
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What is claimed to be the most advanced rolling road system of its kind in the UK is being built in Wales and will be capable of testing pure electric, hybrid electric as well as traditional internal combustion engine components.
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Mitsubishi's labour strife-hit plant in Venezuela, which also assembles Hyundai models, will re-start operations later this month after being shut in August.
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Sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) in Russia decreased by 51% year-on-year in the first eight months of 2009 and by 54% in the month of August.
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Sales of Audi, BMW and Mercedes cars slipped in August but by less than during the depths of the global economic crisis, German automaker data showed.
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Here's a thought: the average wiper blade wipes the windshield over one million times in a year, and travels 800 miles in this time. Despite such wear and tear, motorists seldom replace their blades as often as they should. In running the rule over just-auto's fifth review of wiper blades and systems, Matthew Beecham discovers some novel initiatives being taken by manufactures to remind them to change their blades in case the shudder and shrieking weren't enough.
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American Honda Finance Corporation plans a five-year euro benchmark bond, according to media reports on Wednesday.
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The first in a range of high performance sports cars from McLaren has been unveiled.
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