Ferrari Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa received a very special Christmas gift when he tested a F2007 model provided by the Maranello's F1 Clienti department.
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Danica Patrick's first ARCA stock car test was more of a quiz as the diminutive IndyCAR star turned only four timed laps around the high-banked 2.5 mile Daytona International Speedway as rain postponed the start then cancelled the session after only 35 minutes.
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Detroit. General Motors announced today that the intended sale of Saab Automobile AB would not be concluded. After the withdrawal of Koenigsegg Group AB last month, GM had been in discussions with Spyker Cars about its interest in acquiring Saab. During the due diligence, certain issues arose that both parties believe could not be resolved. As a result, GM will start an orderly wind-down of Saab operations.
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Former Formula 1 driver Ukyo Katayama has been rescued alive after going missing whilst climbing Mt Fuji in his native Japan.
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Not a lot of changes are in store for Volvo's highly popular XC90 crossover for 2010. This highly versatile rig gains additional practicality, with the addition of a third row seat as standard equipment across the model line-up rather than as an option. And that line-up is broken into three distinct trim levels with adjusted lists of standard equipment for 2010.
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Lada Sport driver Jaap van Lagen broke his collarbone during a work out on his mountain bike last Saturday.
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Lucas di Grassi has admitted that funding his way through motor racing's lower categories to formula one was difficult.
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The return of the hatch is cause for celebration. When a brand like BMW dares to give us a hatchback luxury model, the 5 Series GT to be precise, and promises to bring it to North America (even to the U.S., I swear!), you know that the hatch is back!
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Bertrand Baguette has told a Belgian daily that his chances of securing a role with the Sauber Formula 1 team in 2010 stand at "96 per cent".
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Ford officials announced Jamie Allison, a 22-year company veteran with experience in engineering, product planning and marketing, has been named director, Ford North America Motorsports, effective January 1, 2010.
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Lada Sport driver Jaap van Lagen broke his collarbone during a work out on his mountain bike last Saturday.
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Rumours linking Michael Schumacher with a return to F1 with Mercedes GP in 2010 are continuing to strengthen.
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Chrysler Group may challenge the constitutionality of the dealer-arbitration bill signed by President Barack Obama, CEO Sergio Marchionne said today. The legislation would require General Motors Co.
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Volvo is bringing another battery-powered electric C30 to the Detroit auto show in January.
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Dana Holding Corp.'s sale of its structural products business to Mexico's Metalsa S.A. de C.V. frees the Maumee, Ohio, supplier of a unit that required increasingly large cash investments.
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Gary Convis,the former Toyota executive who led Dana Holdings Corp. as CEO for eight months, will retire as the supplier's vice chairman effective Dec. 31. The 67-year-old also will resign from the company's board.
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Opel labor leader Klaus Franz said talks with General Motors Co.'s management over a plan for the future of its European unit should be finished by mid-February.
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John Bozzella, Chrysler Group's chief negotiator in settlement talks with dealers, is taking a job at the automaker's former owner Cerberus Capital Management LP following his resignation this week.
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John Bozzella, Chrysler Group's top Washington lobbyist and its chief negotiator in settlement talks with dealers, has resigned effective Dec. 31 after 11 months on the job.
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In News Brake: BMW pulls the cover off the Concept ActiveE, the finalists for North American Car and Truck of the Year are set, and General Motors speeds up its future products . . . But Wait, There's More!
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