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Mazda will sell its six-passenger 2012 Mazda5 van for a base price of $19,990, including shipping, when it goes on sale in January 2011. Full story...

When it comes to certified used vehicles, factory programs usually get most of the attention. Full story...

Nothing like citrus-cured sardines with Escabeche vegetables or braised halibut with a quail egg to get the conversation flowing. Full story...

Paul Wilbur helped design the second-generation Dodge Viper and the Saleen S5S Raptor supercar -- two of the most powerful and least fuel-efficient cars on the road. He once owned a Mustang convertible with a 650-hp engine. Full story...

The Sebring's rebirth as the 200 is the poster child for an engineering full-court press at Chrysler in the past year on its widely criticized current lineup. Full story...

Hyundai has started building a third plant with its Chinese partner on the outskirts of Beijing, in a move to boost output in the country to 400,000 units by 2012. Full story...

Auto sales in China -- including medium and heavy-duty commercial trucks -- will grow more than 30 percent to 18 million units this year, predicts J.D. Power and Associates. In 2011 and beyond, the U.S. Full story...

Fiat and Chrysler will build Alfa Romeo and Jeep models for global distribution as part of a new joint-venture company that will take control over Fiat's Mirafiori plant in Turin, Fiat announced Friday. Full story...

Ford is adding 100 dealers in China this year, mostly in smaller cities in inland provinces where new car demand is surging, the company said Friday. Full story...

Forty of Hyundai's 803 U.S. stores have changed hands this year, and the pace is heating up. Just since Sept. 1, 19 of those deals were completed. Full story...

Tata Motors will set up 10 dealerships for its Jaguar Land Rover luxury car brand in India this fiscal year to tap rising disposable incomes in Asia's second-fastest-growing major economy. Full story...

It will be "impossible" for Russia to host formula one and the Winter Olympics in 2014. Full story...

Enrique Bernoldi and Xandi Negrao, driving a Maserati MC12 clinched victory in Interlagos on Sunday, penultimate round of the GT1 World championship. Full story...

You had to be a die-hard tree hugger in 2007 to want to shell out 6,000 $ extra to drive one of the very first Toyota Camry Hybrids instead of a normal Camry. Indeed, at first glance they were nearly identical. At the time, when someone was spotted driving a Prius, everyone instantly knew that this guy (or gal) was out to save the world. But the Camry driver went unnoticed, even if he had the very best intentions. Full story...

Even if we are not even in December yet, everybody is busy decorating their houses for Christmas, department stores have been playing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer for a month, the first traffic jams caused by winter occurred and Infiniti produced their winter advertisements! Full story...

The 2011 rules are still not set in stone, leaving Luca di Montezemolo calling for "total clarity" ahead of next season. Full story...

In a brief announcement, Richard Petty added details to a previous statement concerning the repurchase of the racing business of Richard Petty Motorsports. What wasn't known before is that there is a Canadian connection. Full story...

Team Renault F1 driver Robert Kubica took fourth place in the French Rallye du Var this past weekend behind the wheel of a Renault Clio S16. Full story...

Jarno Trulli's place on the 2011 grid is secure, but the same is reportedly not true for Italian countryman Vitantonio Liuzzi. Full story...

Lotus Racing's Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen and his girlfriend Catherine Hyde were shaken in a spectacular crash that happened during the Race of Champions event in Dusseldorf, Germany. Full story...