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All Inkl's Lamborghini Murcielago driven by Nicky Pastorelli and Dominick Schwager won the GT1 championship race in Navarra.

Bernie Ecclestone has threatened to step up his concerns about F1's future engine configuration by suing the governing FIA.

Squirrel meets Lamborghini, two-bus crash, a passing manoeuvre gone wrong and the fastest remote controlled car in the world.

Craig Pollock is pushing ahead with his new venture Pure's plans to supply engines to formula one teams. He had announced in May that Propulsion Universelle et Recuperation d'Energie was designing a four-cylinder engine for the FIA's confirmed regulations for 2013.

Despite mechanical problems, Antoine L'Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard won last weekend's edition of the Baie-des-Chaleurs Rally.

JASPER, Alberta-It takes only 20 seconds to unfurl the SLK's power hardtop from its nesting place in the trunk. A fraction of a minute is an eternity when you've got a black bear keeping pace with your tiny roadster, so close you could reach out and touch its shaggy hide. Fortunately, it wasn't the slightest bit interested in us, cutting in front and lumbering down the embankment to do whatever it is that bears do in the woods.

Nissan's compact commercial vehicle, called the NV200, will soon be sold as an electric vehicle. The NV200-based EV should be offered worldwide, and global proving tests will begin this month in order to evaluate the vehicle's capabilities in several markets.

Adrian Sutil insists he is planning to still be on the grid next year but admits NASCAR might be an option for the future.

Last week, Toyota Canada Inc. has announced a voluntary safety campaign on some 1,505 Highlander Hybrid and 1,476 Lexus RX 400h units. A recall notice was registered in Transport Canada's database on June 29th.

Mazda North American Operations has launched a prepaid scheduled maintenance program to retain more customers. Consumers who buy a new vehicle or usedor certified-used Mazda from the 2007 model year or later are eligible for the program.

BMW brand outsold Daimler's Mercedes-Benz last month to expand its lead as the top-selling luxury auto brand in the United States. After six months, BMW's sales rose 13 percent to 113,705. Stuttgart-based Mercedes's U.S.

Lincoln's MKX crossover SUV has been significantly redesigned for 2011. The revisions include the addition of Ford's highly-interactive MyLincoln Touch interface, a tour de force of electronic connectivity and technology that suits the avant-garde appearance of the latest MKX.

Bruno Spengler (C Class Mercedes) took his second season win at Norisring while the race was red-flagged 20 laps before the end due to heavy rain in Nüremberg.

Quebecker Rémy Audette, whose main priority in 2011 is the American Formula 2000 Championship, has crossed the half-point in the season as the leader of the series' standing.

Nico Rosberg told Autosport that he is fully committed to helping Mercedes GP build up as a team. As much as he is comfortable there however, he would like to start winning races soon and top teams' interest is tempting.

McLaren driver Jenson Button suffered a minor jet-ski injury during filming with the BBC London, earlier this week. The knee injury that resulted from the incident was enough for Button to put out of a 2008 Formula 1 McLaren showing at Goodwood yesterday, but not enough to compromise his home Grand Prix weekend, the team guarantees.

In February David Ragan might have thrown away a victory, but this time he got it right and won the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona.

Defeated by Audi at Le Mans, Peugeot won the Six Hours of Imola with its 908 car driven by Sébastien Bourdais and Anthony Davidson. It was the fourth round of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

June may have been another diversion on the automakers' road to recovery. Light vehicle sales were up 2.8% from June 2010, but off 4.6% from May 2011. June's seasonally adjusted annualised rate (SAAR) came in at 11.45m, the slowest rate since last June's 11.17m units.

Car guy Troy Clarke is back in China, this time to sell big rigs.