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Who will be the fastest on the ice? The final, non-championship event of the Trophy Andros ice racing series will feature a thrilling battle between Jacques Villeneuve and motorcycle champion Regis Laconi.

Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is not too disappointed that the 2011 season will begin two weeks later than originally scheduled.

Volvo announced that the all-new V60 Plug-in Hybrid, the first car in the world to combine diesel with plug-in hybrid technology, will offer three driver-selectable modes at the touch of a button.

Over a month ahead of the new 2011 season opener in Australia, Gerhard Berger doubts Mercedes can be a contender for the world championship.

Newcomer to the Honda work team Casey Stoner, showed once again that he will be one of the main contenders for the upcoming 2011 MotoGP season after finishing on top during opening day of testing at Sepang on Tuesday.

The Kill it With Fire blog revealed some juicy tidbits about the powertrain specs of the upcoming Audi S6 and S8.

Subaru launched a web site today giving us a glimpse of the result of its collaboration with Toyota, i.e., a horizontally opposed Boxer engine that will in all likelihood power the FT-86 and 216a.

Following Bahrain Grand Prix organisers' statement today that they will not host the opening round of the 2011 Formula 1 season, the GP2 Series organisers announce that Bahrain withdraws from the 2011 GP2 Asia Series calendar.

Hello everyone at autoweek.com! I signed up to be a guest editor throughout the 2011 racing season, and, just like that, we go out and win the Daytona 500!

The 2011 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) has kicked off the automotive calendar in traditional style in Detroit. North America's biggest auto show may have lost some of its sparkle of late, but this, its 23rd year promises to deliver a whole raft of new production and concept cars. Of course, the Big Three will capture many of the headlines with world debuts from GM, Ford and Chrysler appearing in the halls of the Cobo Center. However, the Asian and European carmakers are also unveiling a plethora of new products.

This year's highlights include the Mini Paceman concept; the new BMW 6 Series; Volkswagen's US-specific Passat model; the revised Chysler 300C;  the newly-designed fourth generation A6; the Hyundai  Veloster and  Curb concept; the KV7 concept from Kia; a Prius wagon from Toyota; and Porsche, who again has a presence in Detroit after a four year absence, showed a hardtop variant of the 918 hybrid.

We will soon have in-depth design reviews and extensive photo galleries to keep you up to date with this year's hottest design stories.

Rochling Automotive, a Germany-based maker of plastic components, will open a new manufacturing plant this year in Akron, Ohio, to supply fuel-saving engine and body undershields to Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co.

The Geneva motor show is home to some of the most extravagant examples of tuning anywhere, and Novitec Rosso has wielded some magic with the Ferrari 458 Italia.

Renault plans to introduce a four wheel drive version of the Clio, French media reported on Monday.

BMW says its use of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) in its i3 electric vehicle will save around 300kg in weight following the start of of production inn 2013.

Jaguar Land Rover is talking with Great Wall Motor about a potential Chinese joint venture, two executives have said.

BMW has unveiled its two electric and hybrid sub-brands in Munich today (21 February) that will be made using carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP).

Mazda Motor wants to increase use of overseas parts in domestic production to as much as 30% because the yen is too strong to make export dependent output profitable.

New brand includes launch of i3 electric city car and i8 efficient supercar, plus New York venture capital company.

AvtoVAZ plans to produce over 52,000 cars in February, up 26.8% over February, a spokeman said.

Mitsubishi Motors plans to boost its North American and European operating earnings by JPY41bn (US$492.4m) by the end of March 2014, media reports said.