Mazda, reporting a smaller-than-predicted loss for the first half of the 2009-10 financial year, said it plans to raise as much as JPY96bn (US$1.1bn) to improve its financial stability and fund the development of less polluting cars.
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The UK government is prepared to discuss with Magna International support for Opel's Vauxhall unit by providing funding for green car technology, business secretary Peter Mandelson told reporters in Tokyo on Monday.
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Vauxhall's Modus and Jazz rival spotted without camouflage for the first time
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General Motors' Australian unit Holden will offer a Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) derivative of its locally built long wheelbase line to law enforcement departments across North America.
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Sebastian Vettel blasts to dominant win as Jenson Button maintains championship cushion.
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Ford was pretty quick to revamp the Fusion, its mid-size sedan. The update allowed Dearborn to position itself much better against the competition, and of course the consumer is the real winner here.
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Italian web site 422race.com produced an interesting interview with Sébastien Bourdais, ousted from the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team earlier this year and who ended the season racing in the Superleague Formula series.
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Jenson Button insists that more pressure is on his title rivals as the 2009 world champion winds down to a battle of two races.
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During his one-week trip to the USA, Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Christian Wulff visited Volkswagen of America at the Chattanooga site accompanied by an industry delegation. The guests used the opportunity to find out more about the status of work on the new Volkswagen factory in the State of Tennessee.
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It has emerged that McLaren and Ferrari teams would allow BMW-Sauber to enjoy a guaranteed position as formula one's fourteenth confirmed team in 2010.
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How do we get an engine to sound impressive? Acoustic design for cars is becoming increasingly important. With a brand-new acoustic laboratory, Volvo Cars' sound experts can make further progress in the area of engine noise. Volvo cars are to have a unique Scandinavian sound.
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French driver Sébastien Bourdais took victory in the first Superleague Formula race held this past weekend at Monza, Italy.
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In the first of two races, Ben Spies led from start to finish, but almost lost it in the end when he ran wide on a slow corner, but the American managed to edge rival Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) to win by just over a tenth of a second.
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Felipe Massa is back in Maranello. Almost two months after the accident in Hungary Felipe arrived at the Scuderia Ferrari Monday morning: Stefano Domenicali who just came back from Suzuka immediately greeted him.
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Here are the main short motorsport news of this day, Monday October 5, 2009.
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If Darian Grubb, Tony Stewart's crew chief, isn't a household name, watch out because, one day, it will be.
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Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) dominated this past weekend's Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril, closing in on championship leader Valentino Rossi, as Yamaha won the constructors' championship.
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In the first of two races, Ben Spies led from start to finish, but almost lost it in the end when he ran wide on a slow corner, but the American managed to edge rival Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) to win by just over a tenth of a second.
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