Lola Cars released details of the 2011 open cockpit LMP2 car. The Lola B11/40 will enable all privateer teams to compete in the new cost-capped LMP2 class using a proven endurance sports car product.
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Starting fourth on the grid at Laguna Seca Raceway, flyweight (51kg) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) again won the drag race to the first corner, followed by Casey Stoner (Ducati) and Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha). Lorenzo grabbed second place on lap six as Stoner started to have tires issues that bugged him throughout the race.
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Daimler AG, the company which holds and controls Mercedes-Benz, smart and Freigthliner, has just release a very nondescript release essentially saying that the smart line-up will be expanded to include a new or some new models.
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Following their controversial one-two result at the German Grand Prix, Ferrari have been fined US$100,000 by the FIA after race stewards deemed they had breached sporting regulations and the case has been referred to the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC).
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This is our fourth contest following the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. We are giving away a Toro Rosso cap signed by team drivers Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari. Good luck to everyone and see you next week!
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Canadian driver James Hinchcliffe collected his second victory of the Firestone Indy Lights Series season on Sunday as the Canadian standout delivered a textbook flag-to-flag performance in Round 8, the 'Edmonton 100', hosted on the temporary Edmonton Airport Circuit in Alberta, Canada.
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Bosses of the failed USF1 project lied and did great damage to formula one's potential to break into the crucial American market explains Ron Dennis.
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Wow, are things ever heating up in the small car category. Having driven the Toyota Yaris, Nissan Versa, Volkswagen Polo, Kia Rio, Hyundai Accent, Mazda2 as well as smart fortwo within the last two years and, most recently, the Ford Fiesta, I can tell you with certainty that if you plan to be in the market for a new subcompact vehicle in the next 12 to 18 months, you will have more to chew on than ever.
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French curves and a ghost from the United States' gilded luxury-making past won top honors on Sunday at the 31st Concours d'Elegance of America at Meadow Brook on a sunny afternoon north of Detroit.
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BMW AG and Daimler AG will jointly develop and purchase seat frames as part of a cooperation agreement designed to save costs, BMW said on Sunday.
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Toyota will likely post a group operating profit of about $1.1 billion for the April-June period as sales gain strength after a recall crisis, the Nikkei business daily reported.
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Toyota will likely post a group operating profit of about $1.1 billion for the April-June period as sales gain strength after a recall crisis, the Nikkei business daily reported. The
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Fiat S.p.A. should keep its pledge to boost Italian car production, a newspaper cited the labor minister as saying, after the company said last week it would move production of models such as the next Multipla minivan to Serbia.
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Fiat Turkish joint venture Tofas will team with the country's largest appliance maker to produce an electric engine for the Doblo van, which could be ready for production by mid-2011 if demand rises, Tofas said.
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Ford wants you to forget everything you know, or think you know, about its Explorer. The company has high hopes for its all-new SUV, and rightfully so.
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Italy's labor minister summoned Fiat and trade unions for talks on July 28 after the company's decision to move production of some vehicles to Serbia fueled fears for the future of its biggest Italian plant.
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Geely founder and chairman Li Shufu succeeded in China by marketing "the world's cheapest car" to an emerging middle class in the country's inland cities. But his Geely model was mercilessly panned in America in 2007.
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A GM filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would be the first step toward an IPO to reduce the U.S. government's ownership in the automaker after a $50 billion bailout in 2009.
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