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Citroen Total team driver Dani Sordo holds the lead of the Rally de Espana tonight after the first day of competition on the fast and flowing asphalt roads near Salou. Full story...

Peter Rawlinson, Vice President and Chief Vehicle Engineer, is responsible for the technical execution and delivery of the Model S, and for leading a world-class vehicle engineering team. He led vehicle engineering at Corus Automotive, an advanced engineering consulting firm. Rawlinson guided projects, including for the Jaguar X and F types; Land Rover Freelander and Discovery; Ford Fiesta; Honda Accord; BMW 5-Series; and Bentley Continental. Full story...

Montreal race organisers have reportedly been given ten days to decide whether to host a Canadian grand prix next year. Full story...

One of the driving forces of NASCAR's previous success has been clever advertising campaigns putting a human face on drivers. The latest one is a bit edgier. Full story...

Malte Radmann was appointed the chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche Engineering Group GmbH and Porsche Engineering Services GmbH, Weissach, on October 1, 2009. In the two subsidiaries of the Stuttgart manufacturer Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, he followed Dr. Full story...

Montreal -- The world of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles (EV) is a real Far West! That's the conclusion we can draw from a roundtable discussion with seven representatives from automakers and OEM companies at the PHEV'09 Conference in Montreal. Full story...

As Formula 1 gets prepared for the Grand Prix of Japan this weekend, here's something a little more entertaining than most of the press conferences held at Suzuka... Full story...

Through a four-day seminar in Pune, India OptimumG was able to transfer new knowledge and expertise to an emerging automotive industry and market. Full story...

Back in 1998, Mercedes helped pioneer the luxury SUV scene with their full-sized ML series. This machine helped kick off a new vehicle genre that was quickly joined by a flood of competition from around the globe. Full story...

Heikki Kovalainen of team McLaren and Adrian Sutil of team Force India emerged quickest in the two free practice sessions held Friday in preparation for the Grand Prix of Japan at Suzuka. Full story...

More than nine months before the 2011 Ford Fiesta goes on sale in North America, the new small car can claim more than 50,000 potential customers, and 97 percent of them would be new to Ford, thanks to Ford's groundbreaking Fiesta Movement. Full story...

Felipe Massa has got his 2010 pairing at Ferrari with Fernando Alonso off to an awkward start, asserting that the Spaniard's controversial win in Singapore last year "robbed" him of the world championship. Full story...

Robert Kubica has emerged as a leading candidate to switch to Toyota next year, and team president John Howett also admitted at Suzuka that he would happily sign Kimi Raikkonen. Full story...

Timo Glock sat out the initial practice sessions at Suzuka because he is not feeling well, Toyota announced on Friday morning. Full story...

Michael Schumacher has revealed he was involved in Ferrari's decision to sign Fernando Alonso. Full story...

Jenson Button says he is not interested in winning the world championship at all costs. Full story...

Have you noticed that the leaves have begun falling? This inadvertently means that the winter season is fast approaching. Believe it or not, it is already time to seriously start thinking about getting some winter tires. Full story...

Back in 1998, Mercedes helped pioneer the luxury SUV scene with their full-sized ML series. This machine helped kick off a new vehicle genre that was quickly joined by a flood of competition from around the globe. Full story...

A federal judge in Texas has issued a sweeping temporary restraining order to prevent the Toyota Motor Corporation, its subsidiaries, and members of its in-house legal team from destroying any documents about the crashworthiness of all vehicles manufactured by the company. Full story...

Sales of vehicles (excluding minivehicles up to 660cc) in Japan rose 3.5% to 321,737 in September from a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) said in a statement today. Full story...