Ford and General Motors are squared off in a race to bring telematics to mainstream car buyers. They say Sync and OnStar are key purchase considerations -- so much so that the technology changes how dealers sell vehicles and interact with customers.
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Figure on a slow and steady recovery in U.S. auto sales next year -- a rise of about 10 percent, according to the consensus of analysts surveyed by Automotive News.
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Supplier TI Automotive opened its first fuel-tank production plant in Mexico last week.
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Porsche has a growing consulting business with companies such as Lufthansa and Volkswagen turning to the sports car maker to learn from its efficient production methods and boost profitability.
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Toyota, Daimler and BMW are turning to laptops for a cheaper way to power their electric cars -- and their sales.
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2011 will be the first season in four decades in which no fewer than five world champions line up on the grid.
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Former Arrows team boss and owner Tom Walkinshaw has died of lung cancer aged 64.
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Cadillac announced on Monday it will return to racing in 2011 with a race-prepared version of its CTS-V Coupe competing in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge, a North American top production-based racecar series.
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Canadian race car driver Jacques Villeneuve has fell really in love with ice racing. So much that he decided to run the entire schedule of the Andros Trophy!
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Rumour had it that Chevrolet would change the Aveo's name and, today, the automaker confirmed that its all-new, B-segment car will be called the Chevrolet Sonic in North America.
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If you play the guitar or if you're a Guitar Hero enthusiast, the name Fender will likely ring a bell. The legendary guitar and bass manufacturer will help design car audio systems for the new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle and Jetta GLI.
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Ford lifted the veil on the new 2012 Mustang Cobra Jet, a turn-key dragster, at the Performance Racing Industry show in Orlando, Florida.
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With a $160,000 investment, 27 mechanical engineering students from the Université de Sherbrooke have managed to transform a Volkswagen Golf GTI into a 100% electric vehicle perfectly suited to Canadian road and weather conditions.
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Purolator has announced that it will be doubling its fleet of hybrid vehicles in Canada with the arrival of 201 additional models to be distributed across the country.
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BMW has announced it will be hiring 1,300 employees by the end of 2010 and the same number again in 2011 in order to broaden its clean technology portfolio, meet new government regulations and respond to the growing demand for hybrid and electric vehicles.
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According to British magazine Autosport, former Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr will announce on Monday that he will contest a full season in NASCAR in 2011.
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The new BMW 1 M Coupe went for a short jaunt on the Nürburgring track, and the lap times released were 10 seconds faster than that of a BMW M3 E46 (from 2001 to 2006). Apparently all the attention lavished on this car was justified.
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The styling direction of the next-generation Honda Civic will debut at the 2011 North American International Auto Show during the press preview on Monday, January 10.
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Several insurance companies offer roadside assistance services at very low rates so you can feel safer behind the wheel. But don't use them too often, or your premium might go up.
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Those who were expecting a hybrid variant of the new Land Rover Evoque will have to make do with a fuel-efficient gasoline-powered model instead. In other words, the company's baby crossover won't follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, the LRX Concept.
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