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Ferrari has rejected claims it put the Italian navy flag logo on its F1 cars in India for political reasons.

The decision has undoubtedly sparked a political response, with Italian government figures welcoming the decision and their Indian counterparts angered.

But team boss Stefano Domenicali on Friday denied the move was linked with the diplomatic situation involving two Italian sailors held in India on murder charges.

"No, no, that's not true," he insisted.

The original Ferrari statement, however, clearly referred to the "two sailors".

The Maranello based team then issued a new statement, saying "with all the respect due to the Indian authorities ... this initiative does not have ... any political implication".

But some Italian insiders believe Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, who has a political party, knew precisely the impact the flag logo would provoke.

Indeed, he is quoted by Ansa news agency: "It (the logo) is the contribution that Ferrari can make to this story.

"All we want to do," Montezemolo is also quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport, "is make a small contribution ... towards finding a solution through dialogue."

Auto dealers in the Northeast are closely monitoring Hurricane Sandy, which some forecasters predict may become the worst storm to hit the region in more than 100 years.

Even though this is just the second Autoweek America Adventure, we are building a reputation. Like all reputations, they can be good or bad. Depends on your point of view.

Digital bossAndy Stoy recently passed along this little piece of nearly forgotten

Hot on the heels of the BMW 6-series Frozen Silver Edition coupe, the company says it will build a Frozen Edition of the M3 in three all-American colors: red, white and blue.

Luxury hybrid automaker Fisker Automotive has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to delay the auction of electric-car battery maker A123 Systems.

Toyota says its Camry is certain to win the best-selling car title in the United States for the 11th straight year.

A Massachusetts judge is considering whether to allow a Tesla Motors store in suburban Boston to continue normal operations.

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Ford, for the second time this year, is orchestrating a deal to create a significant minority-owned supplier joint venture.

A German labor union extended a Friday deadline for a deal with Opel over a turnaround plan that includes thousands of job cuts and the closure of its Bochum plant in 2017.

A German labor union today extended a deadline for a deal with Opel over a turnaround plan that includes thousands of job cuts and the closure of its Bochum plant in 2017.

Ken Lingenfelter knows retro. When the fifth-generation Chevy Camaro came out in 2009, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering quickly designed and built a retro

Toyota will bring a Toyota Racing Development-tuned version of its FJ off-roader to the 2012 SEMA show.

Noise, Vibration & Harshness: A Boy's First Sinkhole

Back when I went away to college, my folks said something to the effect of, "Bye! See ya!" And that was that.

Back when I went away to college, my folks said something to the effect of, "Bye! See ya!" And that was that. But now that my eldest son and first child, Ike Clemente Kitman, is going away to school, I find myself feeling sad and not a little bit old. He doesn't leave for a week as I write, and yet I miss him already. Fortunately, he's not going far. And at least his car will be here at home to remember him by.

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Federal safety regulators are investigating 310,000 Taurus and Mercury Sable cars built by Ford Motor for the 2000-2003 model years over a problem that could cause the throttle to be stuck open.

The head of Mitsubishi Motors' French dealer network has resigned after being quoted describing France's industry minister, Arnaud Montebourg, as a 'retard.'

Production of the next generation of Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS, the company's flagship sedans in North America, is expected to move to Michigan's Flat Rock plant in two years, providing security and maybe even more jobs than the 1,400 people to be hired for a current expansion, a Detroit paper reported.

Volkswagen Group's ongoing EUR3.4bn expenditure in Brazil up to 2016 in new products and technologies will include a new, super-efficient paint shop at the Taubaté plant with capacity to coat up to 1,300 Gol and Voyage units a day - and a second hydro-electric power plant.

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The new S-Class will feature a camera-based pedestrian detection system