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Fisker Automotive, a maker of luxury plug-in hybrid cars backed by federal government loans, plans to recall all its $103,000 Karma sedans to fix a flawed cooling fan linked to a California fire.

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Chrysler has revealed a new, turbocharged version of the Fiat 500 for North America's 2013 model year.

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Fisker Automotive has its hands full with a string of bad publicity.

Ayr, Ontario's J.R. Fitzpatick won the Autopro 100, round of the NASCAR Canadian Tire race held Saturday on the Gilles Villeneuve road course in Montreal during the NAPA Auto Parts 200.

Photos: Sebastien D'Amour

The 23-lap race was delayed on several occasions by full course yellows. Fitzpatrick, who drives the No. 84 Equipment Express Chevrolet enjoyed a race-long battle for the lead against two-time series' champion and second place starter, Andrew Ranger.

The race was yellow flagged for oil on the track with just a hanful of laps to go. It was restarted with just two laps to go. Ranger tried everything to pass Fitzpatrick, without success.

The field got the white flag (one lap to go) but two seperate accidents happened simultenously. Unfortunately for Ranger, one car got stuck in the last chicane, causing the officials to display a full-course yellow.

Fitzpatrick crossed the line in first place behind the pace car, scoring his second victory of the season. Andrew Ranger finished second ahead of veteran Robin Buck.

Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas not only won the Montreal 200 aboard their No. 01 BMW/Riley DP, they extended their points lead in the championship as well, and bagged Chip Ganassi Racing's 150th motorsport victory.

Their pair has enjoyed limited success this season, despite leading the championship. They only had one victory so far in 2012, which happened at Road America. With the win in Montreal, their lead in the standings has stretched to 18 points.

Pole-sitters Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty (No. 99 Corvette DP) failed again to capitalize on a good qualifying, coming home in second place, nevertheless. Action Express's David Donohue and Paul Tracy clawed their way back to third in their No. 5 after a first lap incident.

Ryan Dalziel was the big looser of the race, in the No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Ford/Riley he shared with Alex Tagliani. The pair held on to the lead early on, but fell back when Dalziel collected Ricky Taylor into a spin. A penalty for aggressive driving set the back further to an eighth-place finish.

In GT, Robin Liddell and John Edwards (No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R) put on a clinic.

After grabbing pole the day before, they earned their second win of the season, fourth in Montreal. Following closing in Liddell's strides at the finish was the No. 69 FXDD AIM Autosport Team Ferrari of Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal, who benefited from Leh Keen and Andrew Davis' (No. 59 Brumos Porsche) broken radiator.



Race results* - Grand-Am (Montreal)
1 - Pruett-Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 66 laps 2.00'16"057
2 - Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP) - Stallings - 22"902

3 - Donohue-Borcheller-Tracy (Corvette DP) - ActionExpress - 23"073
4 - Barbosa-Law (Corvette DP) - ActionExpress - 25"500

5 - Angelelli-Taylor (Corvette DP) - SunTrust - 29"692
6 - Negri-Pew (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 48"312

7 - Dalziel-Tagliani (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 1'30"134
8 - Dalziel-Tagliani-Popow (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 2 laps

9 - Edwards-Liddell (Chevy Camaro) - Stevenson - 2 laps

10 - Assentato-Segal (Ferrari458) - AIM - 2 laps
11 - Cameron-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 2 laps

12 - Davis-Keen (Porsche 997) - Brumos - 2 laps

13 - Bomarito-Tremblay (Mazda RX8) - Speedsource - 3 laps

14 - Espenlaub-Putman (Mazda RX8) - Dempsey - 3 laps

15 - Curran-Said (Corvette) - Marsh - 3 laps

16 - Long-Maxwell (Mazda RX8) - Dempsey - 3 laps
17 - Norman-Von Moltke (Audi R8) - APR - 3 laps
18 - Nonnamaker-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 4 laps
19 - Lally-Potter (Porsche 997) - Magnus - 8 laps
20 - Johnson-Della Lana (BMW M3) - Turner - 47 laps

21 - Garcia-Westbrook (Corvette DP) - Spirit of Daytona - 65 laps



*Unofficial

Fastest lap of the race by Alex Tagliani - 1'33"035

Championship

1. Pruett-Rojas 330; 2. Dalziel 312; 3. Law 303; 4. Popow, Donohue 298.

Daniel Juncadella (Prema Powerteam) established himself as the man to beat at the Nürburgring's FIA European Formula 3 championship round by winning the first of two races presented this weekend at the German venue.

Juncadella actually started the weekend with a double pole, good enough to put him of the first row of both races. The 21-year-old Spaniard had a clean get away, although right at the start, he could see his teammate Sven Muller, starting second, would be a threat.

The gap between the two Prema drivers increased up until a mistake from Juncadella, on which Muller was unable to capitalize.

In the end, the pair crossed the finish 1-2, the order unchanged, followed by Pascal Wehrlein at the checkered.

The win allowed Juncadella to leapfrog another of his teammate, Raffaele Marciello on top of the series' standings.



Result Race 1 - F3 Euro (Nürburgring)
1. Juncadella in 29 laps and 40 minutes and 45.981 seconds
2. Muller + 5.4053. Wehrlein + 7.854, 4. Rosenqvist +8.590, 5. Jaafar + 16.973, 6. Marciello + 17.646, 7. Sainz + 18.739, 8. Sims + 19.950, 9. Blomqvist + 25.864, 10. Buller + 29.823, 11. Bernstorff + 30.134, 12. Wolf + 38.842, 13. Roda + 39.943, 14. Sa Silva + 44.075, 15. Lewis + 44.751, 16. Zeller + 56.248, 17. Goddard 1 lap

Jon Fogarty recorded a fourth pole position this season during qualifying of the Montreal 200, held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

The driver of the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Corvette DP has failed to win a race this season, but could put an end to his drought in Montreal, the very same track where he last won.

Memo Rojas clocked the second best lap in his No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley, beating to the clock local hero Alex Tagliani, twice rather than once, as the Lachenaie-native drives both Starworks Motorsport Ford/Riley prototypes.

Tagliani qualified the No. 8 third, but will also race in the No. 2 entry, which, because of problems in qualifying, couldn't post a decent time.

In GT, John Edwards has his' and Robin Liddell's No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R on pole, ahead of Andrew Davis' No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche GT3, the one he shares with Leh Keen. Boris Said placed the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Corvette in third.



Qualifying results* - Grand-Am (Montreal)
1. Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP) - Stallings - 1'33"135

2. Pruett-Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 1'33"222
3. 
Dalziel-Tagliani (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 1'33"377

4. Angelelli-Taylor (Corvette DP) - SunTrust - - 1'33"490

5. Barbosa-Law (Corvette DP) - ActionExpress - 1'33"602
6. Valiante-Westbrook (Corvette DP) - Spirit of Daytona - 1'33"602

7. Donohue-Borcheller-Tracy (Corvette DP) - ActionExpress - 1'33"919
8. Negri-Pew (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 1'34"715
9. Dalziel-Tagliani-Popow (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - no time
10. Edwards-Liddell (Chevy Camaro) - Stevenson - 1'39"096
11. Davis-Keen (Porsche 997) - Brumos - 1'39"162
12. Curran-Said (Corvette) - Marsh - 1'39"692
13. Cameron-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 1'40"468

14. Assentato-Segal (Ferrari458) - AIM - 1'40"613

15. Bomarito-Tremblay (Mazda RX8) - Speedsource - 1'40"943

16. Lally-Potter (Porsche 997) - Magnus - 1'41"011

17. Johnson-Della Lana (BMW M3) - Turner - 1'41"509
18. 
Norman-Von Moltke (Audi R8) - APR - 1'41"810
19. Long-Maxwell (Mazda RX8) - Dempsey - 1'42"402

20. Nonnamaker-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 1'43"180
21. Espenlaub-Putman (Mazda RX8) - Dempsey - 1'48"527

*Unofficial

The British luxury brand has fuel economy in mind, and for the 2013 model year, it will be upgrading its midsize XF with an engine downgrade in addition to other improvements.

The 240-hp, turbocharged 2.0L four that's found in the Evoque will also be fitted to the XF, providing a lower-priced and more efficient version of the sedan. A supercharged 3.0L V6, good for 340 horses, will also find its way under the XF's bonnet.

Every XF will also receive a ZF-sourced 8-speed automatic transmission, and on certain versions, a start/stop system will help achieve even greater fuel economy.

And, just like the 2013 XJ, the XF will benefit from available all-wheel drive, which will strengthen the car's appeal in Canada. The system is rear-wheel biased, but will send torque to the front wheels for extra traction as needed.

The 2013 Jaguar XF should soon be available in Jaguar/Land Rover dealerships.

Photo: Jaguar

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