No auto show would be complete without its share of prototypes and concept vehicles presented with great pageantry and flourish by the major manufacturers.
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My wife calls me the eternal optimist. I can't help it! I obviously love my wife, my job (notice how wife comes before job...) and am generally just a happy guy. Quite honestly, 2009 was a tough year for me too as the industry I adore went through a really rough patch. The mood in the business was so dismal last year, I did not bother going to Detroit, my first absence in five years.
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Braun Racing, self-described as the largest independent Nationwide Series-only team will be advancing up to the Sprint Cup series for five races, beginning with the Daytona 500 with Reed Sorenson as driver of a Toyota Camry.
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NASCAR driver and team owner Michael Waltrip competes in the Dubai 24 Hour race this weekend. Waltrip said he was interesting in doing more endurance races in the near future.
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Toro Rosso has confirmed that its 2010 car will be given its track debut as soon as the current testing ban lifts at the end of the month.
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Braun Racing, self-described as the largest independent Nationwide Series-only team will be advancing up to the Sprint Cup series for five races, beginning with the Daytona 500 with Reed Sorenson as driver of a Toyota Camry.
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Carlos Sainz (Volkswagen) took victory in the 12th stage in the Dakar Rally, but his team-mate Al-Attiyah still puts pressure on the spanish driver, with two days remaining.
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Lotus has become the next F1 team to announce a launch date for its 2010 car.
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Petter Solberg will drive a 2009-spec Citroën C4 WRC, this season. Two rally cars were bought from Citroën Racing, and Solberg will use both cars in the 2010 World Rally Championship.
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No auto show would be complete without its share of prototypes and concept vehicles presented with great pageantry and flourish by the major manufacturers.
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Top US car dealer Roger Penske has said electric car sales in the United States would require continued government subsidies.
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Dacia has said that its sales rose by 20.5% to more than 300,000 vehicles in 2009.
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Nissan Motor sales in China last year rose 48% to a record 518,968 passenger vehicles, the automaker said in a statement.
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Toyota's US unit on Thursday said its new plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi, would be used to build the Prius hybrid, currently imported from Japan, although timing depended on how quickly the depressed US market recovered.
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Sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) in Russia fell 49% in 2009 to 1.47m cars, according to data released by the Association of European Businesses (AEB).
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Local firm GB Auto said on Thursday it had started an exclusive agreement to import and sell Mazda-branded vehicles in Egypt.
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Car makers in November 2009 slowed the decline in Czech industrial output to the slowest rate since the global economic crisis hit a year ago, official data showed on Thursday.
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Continental in the US says it is raising its profile in one of the fastest-growing sports segments, with the announcement of its official sponsorship of Major League Soccer (MLS).
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