Executives for the Smart and Mini small-car brands expect interest in the U.S. subcompact segment to heat up with the arrival of the Fiat 500 from Italy.
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Porsche may develop a small SUV and a sports car smaller than the Boxster as it aims to double worldwide sales in the next three years.
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Saab expects 75 percent of 9-4X production to go to the United States. But even so, the number isn't large by industry standards. The 9-4X is Saab's new crossover, which was developed with former owner GM.
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Italian sports-car maker Pagani and Mercedes-AMG, the high-performance division of Mercedes-Benz, on Thursday said that the engine for the future Pagani C9 supercar is not the same engine used in the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series roadster.
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The Mazda Shinari is one of the more striking concepts shown on the auto-show circuit in recent memory. With bulging wheel arches and long, stretched-out front fenders, it looks like a Mazda--but more lithe and athletic.
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General Motors Co.'s $20 billion initial public offering will benefit creditors of the former GM, who made about $5 billion on the IPO and can buy millions of new shares for as little as a third of today's price.
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For all the arrows the Toyota brand has taken this year, it still will finish 2010 as the best-selling brand among retail consumers.
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It's not the first automaker to offer a mid-sized hybrid sedan, but Kia Motors Corp. promises that the Optima Hybrid will challenge the best of them with its performance and fuel economy.
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It's not the first automaker to offer a mid-sized hybrid sedan, but Kia Motors Corp. promises that the Optima Hybrid will challenge the best of them with its performance and fuel economy.
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COPY EDITOR CYNTHIA L. OROSCO-WRIGHT: This truck got a tour of southeast Michigan over the weekend as we drove it to a high school football game, to a mall, the grocery store and to deliver a lawn mower.
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The Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric car, the centerpiece of a revitalized GM, was named 2011 Green Car of the Year today during press previews at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
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Contributing editor Phil Berg visits a reader's garage, and executive editor Roger Hart demonstrates the driving line around Infineon Raceway as part of the Audi Sports Car Experience.
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There was a fair amount of carping recently during the US Congressional mid-term elections surrounding taxpayer-funded initiatives to help stricken companies through the recession.
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Johnson Controls has approved a 23% increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend, to US$0.16 per common share from US$0.13 per common share.
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UK-based automatic transmission specialist Antonov says it has secured its first customer order for its new TX-6 automatic gearbox.
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Honda has unveiled an all-new Fit EV Concept electric vehicle and the platform for a midsize plug-in hybrid vehicle at the LA Show.
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Lamborghini is releasing one last single before the new album comes out, and it's called the Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante.
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