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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), will supply battery*1 systems from its new-generation electric vehicle (EV) i-MiEV to Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. now introduces eco-friendly garbage collection with its all-new battery-powered trash compactor utilizing the power supply system developed for Mitsubishi Motors' i-MiEV in its garbage collection trucks. Full story...

Mario Theissen has played down the negative speculation that is circulating about the BMW-Sauber team's new owner Qadbak. Full story...

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will be starting Season Five in just over a month with the Nikon SuperGP on 22 to 25 October and a financial restructuring has been put in place to secure its long term future. Full story...

Fernando Alonso will this week be confirmed as a Ferrari driver for 2010 and beyond, according to reports. Full story...

The Japanese carmaker Honda insists it does not regret pulling out of formula one at the end of last year. Full story...

Many Canadian auto writers must be feeling pretty smug at the moment. Why, might you ask? Simple. We have been breathing down manufacturers backs for the last five (maybe more in some cases) years, asking them, no, telling them that they need to bring their euro cars to North America. Lo and behold, some car makers have recently been making huge headlines with the imminent arrival of all-new euro-World Cars. Full story...

In a rain-shortened race, DJ Kennington won the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series finale, the Z-Line Designs 250, at the Kawartha Speedway confirming also Andrew Ranger's 2009 title. The race, which was supposed to be run on Saturday night, was postponed to Sunday because of the persistent rain and things were not looking good in the morning as rain was still present. Full story...

The driver of the No 24 Chevrolet, Jimmie Johnson scored victory Sunday in the second race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase held at Dover International Speedway's Monster Mile. Full story...

In a rain-shortened race, DJ Kennington won the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series finale, the Z-Line Designs 250, at the Kawartha Speedway confirming also Andrew Ranger's 2009 title. The race, which was supposed to be run on Saturday night, was postponed to Sunday because of the persistent rain and things were not looking good in the morning as rain was still present. Full story...

As the speculation steadily becomes fact, Renault's new managing director Jean-Francois Caubet on Sunday all but confirmed that the 27-year-old Spaniard is now set to depart the French team. Full story...

Adrian Sutil was fined $20,000 USD and reprimanded by the stewards after retiring from the Singapore grand prix. When trying to rejoin after a spin, the Force India driver drove into BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld. Full story...

Bernie Ecclestone has played down the danger to his role in charge of formula one posed by Sir Martin Sorrell, an outspoken director of F1's commercial rights owner CVC. Full story...

Jacques Villeneuve this weekend is making yet another visit to a formula one paddock, and he told the French daily Le Parisien that he is "reasonably optimistic" of securing a return to the grid in 2010. Full story...

Franck Montagny and Stephane Sarrazin gave Peugeot its first American Le Mans Series victory on Friday, winning a weather-shortened 12th annual Petit Le Mans. Full story...

Lewis Hamilton stayed up front from start to finish Sunday night, in Singapore, and redeemed himself from two weeks ago, when he crashed in the last lap of the race. Hamilton won in front of Timo Glock's Toyota and Fernando Alonso's Renault. Both Glock and Alonso's results is expected to raise the moral of their troops as they both register a season's best. Full story...

Barrichello's 15 point deficit means he needs to claw back more than 5 points to Button in each of the remaining rounds in Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Vettel did finish ahead of Button in fourth place, but his points deficit to the Brawn was reduced only to 25 points, leaving him with the unlikely task of clawing back more than 8 points at every one of the last three races in 2009. Full story...

BMW-Sauber will soon discover if its place on the 2010 grid is guaranteed. In the meanwhile, the new Malaysian-owned Lotus F1 team is in talks about being sponsored next year by Petronas, the state owned oil company. Full story...

Kimi Raikkonen in Singapore expressed frustration about the reasons for his low qualifying position for Sunday's floodlit race. As for Giancarlo Fisichella, he was bitterly and visibly disappointed after qualifying a lowly 18th for his second grand prix at the wheel of a Ferrari. Full story...

Bernie Ecclestone has played down the danger to his role in charge of formula one posed by Sir Martin Sorrell, an outspoken director of F1's commercial rights owner CVC. Full story...

Every fall it's the same story: Rustproofing companies begin an aggressive advertising campaign, corner garages put up signs on the kerb displaying their available rust treatments and we get coupons in the mail and by email. It is a seasonal topic but rust is a year-round issue. Many people are confronted by something they know they should do to protect their car but are often not certain as to what they should do. Full story...