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Sebastian Vettel is still eyeing the 2010 title from his fifth place in the standings, five races to the end of the season. Full story...

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. Full story...

BMW is discarding the bullish appearance of the existing 6-series for a more classically elegant form set to debut later this month at the Paris motor show. Full story...

Toyota Motor Corp. settled a suit with relatives of four people killed in a San Diego accident that prompted the Japanese automaker to recall vehicles on concern they might suddenly accelerate. Full story...

When Porsche realized some years back that most of its owners parked their 911's and Boxsters next to a premium SUV in the garage, the German sports car maker set out to create one such model. The end result was the Cayenne-- an off-road capable 4x4 built by a brand famous for world-class, high-performance coupes. Full story...

Ryan Truex took a serious option today on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series title, a possible second for him, by winning the New Hampshire 125 at the Loudon oval on Friday. Full story...

Tony Stewart, the driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet, set the best time Saturday morning in the first of two practice sessions for the NASCAR Sprint Cup held at the ost flat, one-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Full story...

Lotus commemorated their successful relationship with Toyota today (17th September) at a celebration at the British Embassy in Tokyo where Lotus CEO Dany Bahar presented Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda with a specially equipped Lotus Elise powered by the last ever Toyota 2ZZ-GE VVTL-i engine. The occasion marked the end of an era and the start of an even stronger relationship between the two companies. Full story...

Jamie McMurray, driving the McDonald's Chevrolet set the fastest time of the day Saturday during the second and last practice session leading to the Sylvania 300, round of the NASCAR Sprint Cup held on the one-mile oval of New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Full story...

The programme F1 in Schools will determine a new champion during this upcoming week. The Canadian National Champions will be in Singapore from the 18 to the 24th to convince the World that their 1/20-scale Eclipse F1 car is the best there is. Full story...

Brad Keselowski shoved NASCAR's top ten drivers into the background by winning his first Sprint Cup pole on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Full story...

Renault F1 chairman Gerard Lopez told Autosport the interest of Kimi Raikkonen in coming back in F1 is not enough to convince him to change his 2011 lineup. Full story...

Paul Di Resta (Mercedes Classe C) set the pole position after the qualifying session in Oschersleben Friday. He finished ahead of his teammate, Canadian driver Bruno Spengler. Full story...

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. Full story...

AutoTrader.com, a third-party auto classified site, has purchased vAuto Inc., a software company that specializes in used-vehicle inventory management tools. The amount was undisclosed. Full story...

General Motors Co. is evaluating new investments in North American plant capacity to ease short supplies of key vehicles, Mark Reuss, the automaker's North American president, said today. Full story...

General Motors will invest $483 million to make the current and next-generation Ecotec four-cylinder engine at the Spring Hill plant in Tennessee. Full story...

WITH VIDEO -- Red Bull Racing's X1 Prototype, designed by Adrian Newey and tested by Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel, will be included in the Gran Turismo 5 video game set to go on sale in November. Full story...

A helicopter crashed near the summit of Pike's Peak in Colorado on Friday while filming a test run of Audi's self-guided vehicle. Full story...

A helicopter carrying a crew crashed early today while filming an experimental Audi sports car going up Pikes Peak without a driver. An Audi spokesman said the pilot was airlifted to a hospital. Full story...