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Volvo, whose Chinese operation has been embroiled in a row over misreporting sales figures, is expected to win full government approval to produce cars in the country from June, according to news reports.

NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: I like the 2013 Acura ZDX. On a snowy, wet commute home, this elevated crossover with all-wheel drive performed in excellent fashion.

Bosch said it will sell or shut down its money-losing solar energy operations. The supplier has lost 2.4 billion euros ($3.10 billion) since it created the solar energy unit in 2008.

Market forecasters at LMC Automotive are projecting that the Chinese light vehicle market will grow by 10% to top 21m units in 2013.

Hyundai has hit the target again in designing the HB20S for South America. The compact hatchback's saloon spin-off goes on sale in April.

High oil prices will make driving a car less and less affordable unless the European Union's vehicle industry faces more stringent emissions limits than those the European Commission is battling to enforce, the body representing European consumers...

Federal-Mogul designs and manufactures a range of wiper systems and blades, serving the light vehicle, heavy vehicle, agriculture, off-road, marine and aircraft markets. In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with Olivier Legrand, Vice President Aftermarket Europe, Vehicle Components Solutions, Federal-Mogul Corporation about the wiper blade aftermarket.

It's white this time, the Shelby Focus ST. White with blue stripes, the traditional Shelby colors, going as far back as when our

Infiniti has promoted Spanish national Antonio Lasaga to the newly-created position of global head for human resources. Lasaga is a former director of human relations and general affairs for Nissan in Spain.

The 1993 New York auto show was more about improving existing vehicles than breaking new ground.

Are you a rising star at an auto dealership? Or do you know someone who is? For the second year, Automotive News will spotlight these achievers in "40 Under 40," a special section in the July 15 issue.

Lincoln executives admit they have only one shot at reinventing their faded brand for a new generation of luxury customers.

Are sales of electric-drive vehicles disappointing? No doubt. Has the buzz faded? Undeniably. So are electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids dead? Not really.

A parade of new and redesigned crossovers and SUVs will headline the New York auto show this week. The list includes the Jeep Cherokee, which replaces the Liberty, and new renditions of the Acura MDX, Toyota Highlander and Range Rover Sport.

It has been just over two years since Mary Barra became the surprise pick to steer General Motors' global vehicle development. She'll get a report card soon.

Super Segment is Ford Motor Co.'s term for five Ford brand vehicles: the Fiesta subcompact, Focus compact, Escape compact crossover, C-Max Hybrid crossover and Fusion mid-sized sedan. The vehicles are Ford's import fighters.

With a flashy and well researched pitch, Mullen Advertising won American Honda's Acura account over incumbent RPA and others by promising to focus Acura's message and inject more emotion into its ads.

Rising vehicle sales are boosting dealership revenues, making it easier for dealers to give more to charities.

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Mercedes' German-speaking faction has spoken out against the team orders that prevented Nico Rosberg from finishing on the podium in Malaysia.

German Rosberg asked and asked again to be let past his new British teammate Lewis Hamilton on Sunday, who was saving fuel to the finish as he ran in third place.

Team boss Ross Brawn answered repeatedly: "Negative."

Afterwards - but before Hamilton admitted on the podium that he was uncomfortable about finishing third - Rosberg told strategist Brawn on the radio to "Remember this one."

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. (Photo: WRi2)

It was a saga not unnoticed by Mercedes' newly-arrived Austrian shareholders and bosses Niki Lauda and Toto Wolff, who were not amused.

"From a sporting perspective, that was wrong," Lauda told German television RTL.

"They should have let him (Rosberg) go. We need to talk to Ross, if this is the strategy to be used from now on," he added.

Toto Wolff agreed: "From a sporting point of view, that's not what we want to see."

Brawn, whose role as team boss is believed threatened by the Austrian duo and also the likely arrival of McLaren's Paddy Lowe, is understood to have defended the 'team order' on the basis that Rosberg was also low on fuel.

Rosberg denied: "I did not have to save fuel. Everything was alright. I will sit down together with Ross to rethink whether this was really the right decision."

The 27-year-old's rationale is that, with tyres in good shape and fuel in the tank, he might have been able to chase down the leading Red Bulls.

According to Auto Motor und Sport, 1996 world champion Damon Hill agreed: "He might at least have been able to hurry the Red Bulls into a tyre problem."

Rosberg added: "I don't know if I would have gotten the Red Bulls. But I felt good at the time. I was doing well and would have liked to see how far I could have gone."

Justifying his anger on the radio, he explained: "I tried to get them to reconsider their decision."

But Rosberg denied Red Bull figure Dr Helmut Marko's claim that the episode demonstrates that Lewis Hamilton is Mercedes' obvious "number 1" driver.

"I can understand how this (episode) creates that impression," Rosberg responded, "but I am sure that if I had been in front, the decision would have been the same."

19-year-old Matthew Braham put on a clinic this weekend in St. Petersburg, racing for round three and four of the 2013 Star Mazda championship.

The grandson of three-time F1 champion Jack Brabham bounced back from mechanical problems in qualifying to win both races, presented Saturday and Sunday.

Diego Ferreira and Brabham's Andretti Autosport teammate Shelby Blackstock finished respectively second and third Saturday.

The same two drivers completed the podium Sunday, albeit in the reverse order.