Essen, Germany - Mazda has broken a world record with its cult roadster MX-5, and entered the Guinness Book of World Records(tm). On 18 September 2010, 459 officially recognised vehicles formed the longest continuous MX-5 parade of all time at the grounds of the UNESCO Zollverein World Heritage site in Essen - clearly breaking the former world record of 249 vehicles set in New Zealand.
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Modena, September 20, 2010. The new Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale will be the fastest, lightest and most powerful car in the Maserati range when it goes on sale in the first quarter of 2011.
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BMW will give its new 6 series coupe a more classically elegant form than the bullish appearance of the existing car. The new-generation 6 series will debut later this month at the Paris auto show as a concept very close to the production car.
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Volkswagen AG will decide on cooperation with GAZ Group by the end of the year, Volkswagen's general director for Russia said.
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Here's a brief run-down of reports available in our research store that caught our eye over the past week or so...
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Fiat unions want Ihe carmaker to provide job guarantees and give workers a greater say in company policy to win their support of Fiat's efforts to boost productivity in Italy.
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Saab is to show an all-electric version of its 9-3 in Paris - the Saab 9-3 ePower.
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Global demand for heavy commercial vehicles exceeded 1.7m units during the first six months of the 2010 calendar year, an increase of nearly 50% from the comparable period in 2009, according to market data firm Polk.
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Renault bought Samsung Motors to gain a foothold in the Korean market - but the company's highly advanced and flexible plant is bringing many more benefits. Mark Bursa reports from Busan.
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VW plans to bring back the $85,000 Phaeton to the U.S., where the sedan flopped and was withdrawn in 2006, as part of the German carmaker's aim of tripling its share of the world's second-largest market by 2018.
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Hyundai aims to boost its car sales in Russia by 27 percent to 75,000 units this year from a year earlier, with the launch of its flagship Sonata sedan in the fourth quarter
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An executive at Daimler AG's U.K. truck unit was arrested by police as part of a cartel probe by British antitrust regulators. Ian Jones, the head of the U.K. Mercedes-Benz truck division, was detained by police earlier this week.
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PSA and Renault want to finish paying back the 3 billion euro ($3.93 billion) loans the French state granted each of them to help them through the crisis as soon as possible.
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A dominant Helio Castroneves (Penske) won his second straight IZOD IndyCar race yesterday by taking with ease the Indy Japan 300 presented on Twin Ring Motegi in front of a large crowd.
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After rumours that the HRT team would be unable to finish the season due to budget constrains, Colin Kolles insisted everything is as should be in his team's garages.
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Dean Stoneman clinched the 2010 title following the two last Formula 2 rounds of the season, in Valencia. Nicola De Marco and Kazim Vasiliauskas took the last season wins.
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Clint Bowyer rolled the dice on gas, while Tony Stewart came up empty to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase in New Hampshire.
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Paul Di Resta (C Class Mercedes) took another win in Oschersleben ahead of his team mate Bruno Spengler.
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