For some, a pickup truck is a versatile tool box that effectively performs just about any task. For others, it's a life-size Tonka toy that fulfills childhood dreams. Regardless of people's buying motives, this type of vehicle still proves popular despite volatile fuel prices.
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BMW's plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina recorded another milestone in their 15 year history as the one millionth BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicle® rolled off the production line today at BMW Manufacturing Co. The Black Sapphire X5 xDrive 35i with Cinnamon Brown Nevada Leather interior is bound for a customer in China.
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Franz Tost believes F1 teams should still be able to run a 'customer car' acquired from active competitors.
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F1 is unlikely to consider three-car team entries while the grid is already healthily subscribed.
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Jacques Villeneuve is tipping a strong race for the McLaren team in Montreal this weekend and is saying about the Turkish grand prix "drivers are drivers".
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Ferrari on Wednesday confirmed speculation that Felipe Massa is staying alongside current teammate Fernando Alonso next year.
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Some artists like to use small, delicate brushes. Others, like Ian Cook, take a somewhat more excentric approach. The British artist likes to paint with radio controlled cars. But for his most recent piece, he decided to take things one step further, calling on - among other things - a big rig truck.
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There's nothing like having the right tool to do the job right. When I'm doing a rear brake job, I need to have the piston tool, otherwise using needle nose pliers will only make me waste time, not to mention peeve-me off.
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A Senate panel will vote tomorrow on a broad vehicle safety bill that has been modified to satisfy the auto industry and more closely track the House legislation crafted after Toyota's safety recalls.
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Supplier Engineered Plastic Components Inc. has acquired the assets of plastics parts maker Innatech LLC through a sale in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Innatech's operations will close, and the work will be folded into its EPC's existing eight plants.
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In News Brake: Panoz channels the spirit of Le Mans with the new Abruzzi, Viper has special speed demons for dealers, and we test-drive the 2010 Audi A4T . . . But Wait, There's More!
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General Motors Co. said it is recalling 1.5 million vehicles with heated washer-fluid systems following engine fires that occurred even after a 2008 fix on many of the same cars for similar problems.
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Ford Motor Co. hopes to wrap talks by year end with the dealers for the Mercury brand it is shutting to focus on its mass-market Ford and luxury Lincoln brands, CEO Alan Mulally said today.
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Daimler said on Tuesday its Juiz de Fora plant in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais would next year start making the Mercedes-Benz Actros heavy and Accelo light trucks for Latin America.
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This was not nearly the eye-popping, holy-crap experience I thought it would be. The car certainly is a looker, but driving it is sort of underwhelming. Maybe my expectations were too high.
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Moody's Investors Service today revised its outlook for U.S. automotive parts suppliers to positive from stable, citing growing demand for vehicle parts as sales rise in a recovering economy. Moody's revised upward its U.S.
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News that Germany's economic steering committee is to meet tomorrow (9 June) to discuss - again - Opel's request for EUR1.3bn (US$1.6bn) in loan guarantees - has not exactly generated great hope the deal will be approved.
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Changan Automobile is establishing Changan UK Research and Development Centre in Nottingham, creating up to 200 new jobs over the next three years.
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PSA Peugeot Citroen has begun syndication of a EUR1.8bn (US$2.4bn) refinancing loan, the lead banks said.
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The high-tech Audi R8 E-tron is being tested on public roads to start a development program that Ingolstadt insiders say will have the all-electric, four-wheel-drive supercar on sale in North America by the end of 2012.
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