General Motors Co. will again shake up its U.S. sales and marketing management as early as this week, three people familiar with the plan said.
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Toyota's third-generation Avensis has earned the top score of five stars in the influential EuroNCAP crash test thanks to help from Germany's Robert Bosch and Sweden's Autoliv.
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The first Opel Ampera prototype is getting a road test in a 600km drive from the carmaker's headquarters in Russelsheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, to the Geneva auto show in Switzerland.
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The number of people driving Toyotas who would think of the carmaker first when buying another vehicle declined after the company's safety recalls and ensuing bad publicity, Consumer Reports said on Friday.
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For the millions of people who suffer from airborne allergies, Ford is making a small change that could produce huge benefits. Beginning with the 2010 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ, more efficient, upgraded allergen filters have been installed in the vehicles' climate control systems. The particulate filters remove pollen, mold spores and road dust from outside air. The result is a cleaner, fresher cabin for occupants.
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According to Finland's Turun Sanomat, Fairuz Fauzy does not know when he will drive the car next. It could be during Friday practice for the Malaysian grand prix in April.
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The virtual world of the successful Gran Turismo race simulation games enters a crucial phase today. The 18 winners from across the 17 participating countries will gather at the famous Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, UK. For the next five days they will be put through a series of gruelling driving, physical and mental challenges in order to select the two competitors that display the most talent, determination and potential to succeed as real racing drivers.
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The virtual world of the successful Gran Turismo race simulation games enters a crucial phase today. The 18 winners from across the 17 participating countries will gather at the famous Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, UK. For the next five days they will be put through a series of gruelling driving, physical and mental challenges in order to select the two competitors that display the most talent, determination and potential to succeed as real racing drivers.
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The Lincoln MKT is anything but ordinary. Its profile is unique, its grille spectacular, its finish remarkable and its size, well, a little excessive. But in the EcoBoost version, the MKT's truly distinguishing feature is slumbering under the hood. This is the review of a big vehicle that almost succeeds in passing for a small one.
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Lewis Hamilton of the McLaren-Mercedes Sunday set the fastest time of the fourth and final day of Barcelona winter test session.
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Charles Pic took victory in Race 2 in Bahrein, ahead of Giaccomo Ricci and Javier Villa.
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Esteban Gutierrez will be seen in Sauber team gear in formula one paddocks this year. The 18-year-old Mexican, who tested with the Swiss team last December, will "attend a number of grands prix in 2010", it was announced in a media statement.
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Kevin Harvick turned what could have been a series of pit road disasters into a victory coming back to win the rain-delayed Nationwide Race at Las Vegas beating Denny Hamlin."We had our worst day ever on pit road," said his crew chief Ernie Cope.
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As the 2010 pre-season winds down on Sunday, F1's pecking order for the forthcoming world championship continued to develop. On the final overcast morning of the Barcelona test, many runners took fuel out of their cars and fitted new tyres to gauge raw qualifying pace.
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Michael Schumacher on Saturday steered away from claims his 2010 car might not be a winning one. "This was an initial feeling and it looks like that maybe we were running more fuel than others on Friday and that is why track times didn't look so good," said the German, who is 41.
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David Coulthard has not yet signed to race in the German touring car series DTM in 2010, according to Mercedes' Norbert Haug. The Scot tested one of the German marque's cars recently, sparking rumours that he will soon test again prior to replacing Mathias Lauda, the son of the triple world champion Niki Lauda.
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Pininfarina will unveil at the Geneva auto show a modern interpretation of the most famous car it produced for Alfa Romeo: the 1966 Duetto spider.
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