Indianapolis 500 pole sitter, Brazilian Helio Castroneves of Team Penske knows that the Honda overtake assist will play a factor in the outcome of the race this Sunday. He just doesn't know how yet.
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Imagine a screen so wide and tall that it stretches across two office buildings in Singapore. German automaker BMW is making a massive entry into the world of 3D TV with a two-minute ad highlighting the joys of driving a BMW.
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In 1988, McLaren decided to put its Formula One expertise to good use by creating a genuine road-going supercar, the McLaren F1. As it celebrates its 20th anniversary, the model remains the most powerful naturally-aspirated production car ever. It also gave birth to a number of innovations that were later copied by other manufacturers.
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At £295,000 (about $450,000), the limited-edition Hulme Can Am from New Zealand is the very definition of an exclusive automobile.
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Swiss driver Natacha Gachnang was sidelined during the opening round of the GT1 World series at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina circuit after following a crash that broke her right leg in two places.
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The Mercury brand could soon follow the path laid down by Pontiac, Saturn, Plymouth and Oldsmobile. Some industry sources quoted by US media say Ford may kill Mercury before the year end. Continuous sales drop would justify this decision.
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Kruse Inc., the auction company that sold the famous William Harrah car collection and has been synonymous with auctioning enthusiast automobiles since the 1970s, has lost its licenses in its home state.
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This is one of the more underrated sporty utes in my opinion--if you can get your head around the notion of a sporty ute in the first place.
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Lithium ion battery maker EnerDel Inc. plans to open new factories in China and Europe by the end of next year in a bid to triple its capacity for electric vehicle power packs.
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A U.S. House committee today passed a sweeping auto-safety bill with a number of changes in the original legislation that had been sought by the auto industry and Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich.
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Honda Motor Co. halted production at its four Chinese auto plants after workers at a parts factory went on strike demanding a pay raise. The walkout is the first to affect Honda's production in China, a spokeswoman said.
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Texas appears to have hooked a Formula One race for Austin, Infiniti thinks performance, and McLaren celebrates 20 years of its iconic road car . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Nissan Motor Co. began building a battery factory next to its main North American auto-assembly plant to support CEO Carlos Ghosn's expectation of surging U.S. demand for electric vehicles.
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Distributors for Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest automaker, recalled more than 424,000 vehicles because labels detailing the load-carrying capacity of tires were missing or less accurate than required. The recalls by Gulf States Toyota Inc.
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The curtain is rapidly falling on Hummer, General Motors' ill-fated rough-and-tough brand of trucks and SUVs.
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The board of directors of GAZ Group has recommended paying no dividends for 2009. The company didn't pay dividends in 2008 either.
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Just what is it about Ireland that is attracting a seeming stampede of automakers to its shores with a view to developing electric vehicles?
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The European community is going through a period of market turmoil, but is unlikely to plunge into a double dip recession, Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Nissan Motor and Renault, has said.
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Opel is close to benefiting from financial guarantees from three German states in which the company has plants, local press has said.
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