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Volkswagen is recalling 2,791 Beetle cars in North America because the airbag may deploy even if a child is secured in the front seat.

Don't let trivialities like sub-zero temperatures and snowfall keep your sports car stuck in the garage all winter.

NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG is an effortless assassin, offering an abundance of power delivered in smooth, athletic fashion.

General Electric will buy 2,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles made by Ford for its corporate fleet, the companies said on Tuesday.

Continental has opened a new R&D centre in Romania.

Fiat will place 5,000 workers in Melfi, where it makes the Punto subcompact, on a temporary layoff scheme on Dec. 17 and from Dec. 21 until Jan. 13., a company source said on Tuesday.

Renault sees the global auto market expanding to more than 100 million annual new car sales by 2020 despite the current stagnation in Europe, Carlos Tavares, its chief operating officer, said on Tuesday.

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A collaboration between BMW and ski manufacturer K2, the X1 Powder Ride is aimed at winter sports enthusiasts

According to the latest analysis from JATO Dynamics, the overall European new car market continues to fall in 2012 but at a slower rate.

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Some of the latest new car models from Detroit automakers received mixed reviews from Consumer Reports and have failed to win a recommendation from the popular U.S. shopping guide.

Fiat shares have tumbled because investors fear the Italian carmaker will need to raise fresh cash to finance CEO Sergio Marchionne's plans to combine with Chrysler Group LLC.

Italian supplier Magneti Marelli plans to build its second exhaust systems plant in China.

GKN Powder Metallurgy, a unit of UK-based supplier GKN PLC, is building a plant in Yizheng in east China's Jiangsu province to produce small parts for engines, transmissions and chassis.

French car orders rose more than expected in October, helped by demand for models such as Renault's new Clio and Citroen's DS line of near-premium cars.

Automotive supplier, Plastal Industri, says former Saab business development executive director, Martin Larsson, is to start as CEO on 1 January next year.

National Electric Vehicle Sweden, the new owner of Saab, may speed up the brand's relaunch by offering a gasoline-powered 9-3 in 2013 rather than re-starting the brand in 2014 with an EV, a company spokesman said on Tuesday.

Nissan aims to pass Toyota as the top-selling Asian brand in Europe by 2016. Colin Dodge, who heads Nissan's European operations, is sticking to this goal despite the region's economic slump.

Automakers are boosting advertising in Europe as they seek to get the attention of consumers amid the worst sales slump to grip the region in nearly two decades.

Driving a PH Sport's Citroën C4 WRC, Robert Kubica took victory win at rally di Como, Italy.

The Pole dominated the last event of the Italian tarmac rally trophy, being fastest in the first seven stages.

Despite suffering from some brake issues that cost him 40 seconds in the last stage, the former Formula 1 driver took the win, 30.9 seconds ahead of Felice Re, who driving a Citroen C4 WRC.



Kubica will face another challenge this weekend, as he will enter the Rallye du Var, last round of the French rally championship. He will drive the same Citroen C4 WRC that Sebastien Loeb drove in the World Rally Championship a few years ago.

Robert Kubica's future is still uncertain. The 27-year-old driver, who badly injured his right forearm in a rally crash in February 2011, could run a full racing program in 2013, in rally or inroad racing , although he admitted that he could not drive a single seater car in a near future.