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Citroen is waiting for Kimi Raikkonen to decide whether to stay with the French marque in the world rally championship next year. Full story...

Buying an off-road vehicle is a pretty marginal move. You want that weekend warrior to fulfill your desire to hit the trails or the sand dunes, but you also want it to be your daily driver. After all, isn't it fun to drive around town in a mud-soaked truck, flaunting your recent off-road adventure? Full story...

Antoine L'Estage and Nathalie Richard won it all so far this year with the Rally America championship and the North American Rally Cup title in hand. They added another layer to the record book this week-end with a fouth victory at the Pacific Forest Rally, in Merritt, British Columbia. Full story...

Renault plans to almost double its share of car sales in Brazil in the next three years through investments and by introducing new vehicles, according to a newspaper report. Full story...

The race for the top-selling luxury marque in the United States took a turn in September as Mercedes-Benz used a 22 percent monthly gain to overtake Lexus after nine months. Full story...

Tesla Motors said it is recalling more than 400 of its battery-powered Roadsters because of the risk that a power cable could short and catch fire. Full story...

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Car sales in key European markets suffered steep sales declines in September from a year ago after the loss of government incentives kept many buyers from showrooms. Full story...

BMW said deliveries in the third quarter beat its forecasts as the new X1 sport-utility vehicle and revamped 5-series sedan won customers. Full story...

Volvo expects a double-digit rise in unit sales this year. CEO Stefan Jacoby said the Swedish carmaker will sell 380,000 cars in 2010 worldwide, up 13 percent from the 335,000 cars sold last year. Full story...

Sebastien Loeb capped the perfect day with an eighth fastest time on the final stage of the Rallye de France - but the recently crowned seven-time champion wasn't remotely worried about how long it had taken him to race around his town for the second time. Full story...

Williams' third co-owner has admitted the British team discussed but not seriously considered changing engine suppliers for the 2011 season. Wolff also indicated that, alongside Rubens Barrichello, German rookie Nico Hulkenberg is set to stay at Williams next year. Full story...

Franck Montagny, Stephane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy scored a 61 seconds victory over teammates Anthony Davidson, Marc Gene and Alexander Wurz Saturday as the American Le Mans Series wrapped up its 2010 season. Full story...

Formula one will not cost Rome anything, the promoter of a potential street race in the Italian capital has insisted. Full story...

Italian carmaker Fiat has confirmed rumours it would consider selling some of its 85 per cent stake in Ferrari and the famous Maranello based F1 team. Full story...

Joey Logano had a little help from a rival to take the Nationwide Series race win away from teammate, Kyle Busch at Kansas Speedway. Brad Keselowski gave Logano the push he needed to take the win and finished second as Busch settled for third. Full story...

Sebastien Loeb continues to dominate Rallye de France in his Citroen Total World Rally Team C4 WRC after completing Saturday's eight stages with a lead of 42.8s over team-mate Dani Sordo. Full story...

Ganassi's Dario Franchitti won his third IndyCar championship in four years starting the race in 8th position only in the season' finale at Homestead Miami Speedway. Series leader Will Power (Penske) was forced to abandon the race after damaging his suspension. Full story...

The weeks go by, but no two are ever quite the same. I know that every Monday morning a new car is waiting for me in the parking lot of the Auto123.com offices for my weekly review. When Michel, my boss, tosses me the keys to a BMW, I know that I inevitably have a great week ahead of me. Full story...

LIVONIA, Mich. - Jack Roush is a man who knows how to coax horsepower from an engine. ROUSH® has become an automotive powerhouse based on this simple premise, and he couldn't wait to get his hands, and his engineering team, on the new Ford 5.0L engine. The end result, and the car fans of the ROUSH Mustang have been waiting for, is the 2011 ROUSH 5XR(tm) Mustang with "more power" under the hood thanks to the factory-installed ROUSHcharger. Full story...