Partsmaker GKN said third quarter pre-tax profit more than doubled as strong demand in North America and Asia helped push revenues 21 percent higher and led the company to predict a positive end to 2010.
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Saab's sales boss, Adrian Hallmark, is quitting the Swedish automaker to become Jaguar's global brand director.
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Saab's sales boss, Adrian Hallmark, is quitting the Swedish automaker to become Jaguar's global brand director.
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BMW and PSA will extend their engine partnership to include jointly developing, purchasing and producing hybrid powertrain components for front-wheel-drive vehicles. BMW expects volumes of its new fwd architecture could be 700,000 to 1 million units.
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Kia signed a two-year extension of its sponsorship deal with the National Basketball Association through the league's 2011-2012 season.
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BMW has recalled 21,383 5-, 6- and 7-series luxury cars to repair faulty brakes, reports China's Xinhua news service. The German automaker also is recalling 388 Rolls-Royce Phantom sedans produced between January 1, 2003, and November 30, 2009.
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Toyota's next Prius-badged hybrid looks a lot like the standard Prius, only bigger. The company posted a photo on its Prius Facebook page last week showing a Prius with the silhouette of a larger, MPV-sized vehicle behind it.
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What's the latest trend for expensive premium cars? Making them look dull. The matte paint that used to be reserved for cars headed for crash testing is showing up on high-end models. Three premium cars wore the unflattering finish in Paris.
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The world debut of Saab's first crossover is set to take place at the Los Angeles auto show in November. The mid-sized 2011 Saab 9-4X draws styling cues from the Aero X concept.
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Former Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve and IndyCar driver Alex Tagliani are in Australia where they will compete in a very special Australian V8 Supercar race.
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Volkswagen will discuss the possibility of entering formula one during a meeting in November.
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F1 drivers and engineers canvassed Karun Chandhok for his impression of this weekend's new grand prix venue in Korea, the Indian has revealed.
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The new 9-4X brings unique Saab design and engineering values to the growing, luxury mid-size crossover segment. Distinctive Scandinavian and aircraft-inspired looks are combined with car-like handling and ride characteristics: this is a vehicle which delivers driving and design appeal in equal measure.
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The introduction of the Tesla Roadster and the upcoming arrival of the Karma Fisker are proof that a sports car without a high-revving combustion engine can still be exciting and desirable.
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I have always loved an Audi. Everything about them: the way the steering wheel feels under my fingers, how they look from the outside, the upscale interior and, last but definitely not the least, the way they drive! Audi always manages to impress and inspire me.
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Each meeting of the Formula 3 Euroseries will stage three races instead of two starting next year.
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ROCHESTER, Michigan--This could very well be the most important car for General Motors. The make-it-or-break-it car, the last hope, the savior. The car that will put America back on its feet.
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The 2010 award banquet of the three major karting championships which ran in Québec this year took place last Saturday in Trois-Rivières. Nearly 200 people were there to applaud the winners in each championship and the winners of the special prizes for the Coupe de Montréal, Coupe du Québec and Coupe Vega.
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Last weekend in Hockenheim, the directors of ITR announced that they had reached an agreement with Grand-Am to create a new North American series featuring the spectacular cars of the DTM.
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In 1995, Canadian motorsport journalist Gerald Donaldson wrote a soft biography about the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion James Hunt. In the book, Donaldson spoke very little of the party-style of life Master James was enjoying. In this new book, British writer Tom Rubython unveils the whole story!
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