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Team Target Chip Ganassi will become this weekend the first ever team to run two drivers that have won both the Indy 500 and the IndyCar series title during the past two seasons. Read more ...

It is "possible" the Canadian grand prix will be held in 2009, Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay declared on Thursday after a meeting with Bernie Ecclestone. Read more ...

Lexus is taking advantage of its second official appearance at the SEMA show to support the exhibit showcasing modified versions of its products. The manufacturer is also introducing its new line of high performance F-Sport accessories. Read more ...

Canadian driver Paul Tracy will make his Craftsman Truck Series debut on October 31st in Texas after agreeing to drive the No. 2 Toyota Tundra for Germain Racing. Read more ...

NASCAR championships are not over yet and stockcar fans will witness another great racing weekend in the next few days. Will Jimmie Johnson take one step closer to another title? Read more ...

This week, Auto123.com featured the following vehicle road tests: The Kia Borrego, the first full-size SUV from the second largest Korean brand. The 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX265, a sports car that makes the most of the extra power it inherited. And the Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD, an SUV that's flourishing thanks to its fuel-efficient V6 turbodiesel engine! And don't miss our video report on the new 2009 Ford F-150 pickup, filmed just for you at the Ford facilities in Michigan Read more ...

The Dodge SRT4's job has always been simple: to crush the imported competition by offering the most power for the least amount of money in its class. Originally derived from the Neon, the SRT4 badge has now corrupted the sensible Caliber with chrome 'nineteens', a large hatch spoiler, triple-vented hood, fantastic SRT sport seats and a revised front end with fog lamps and brake ducts. Read more ...

Government officials from Montreal, the province of Quebec and Canada are currently meeting with Bernie Ecclestone at the FOM's offices, 6 Princes Gate in London in an attempt to save next season's Canadian Grand Prix. Read more ...

Frenchman Sébastien Ogier, the newly crowned 2008 Junior World Rally Champion, will be rewarded for his hard work with an entry on December's Wales Rally GB in a factory supported Citroen C4 WRC. Read more ...

A single engine regime in formula one could have moved Toyota, and like-minded car manufacturers, to quit the sport. Read more ...

Luca di Montezemolo, the president of the Ferrari marque, has vowed to "speak with" FIA president Max Mosley about F1's current ban on team orders. Read more ...

Living in the city and owning a Jeep is a bit of a paradox. And this active-lifestyle phenomenon is getting out of hand; it seems as though people who spend their weekends surfboarding, hiking, cycling and doing other outdoor activities live in the urban areas where congestion and pollution is high. Or at least, that's what manufacturers want us to believe. Read more ...

Chrysler LLC President Jim Press says he understands the frustration Chrysler employees and stakeholders feel about not knowing the future of the automaker, but he calls press reports about suitors speculation. Read more ...

As General Motors pushes ahead with talks to acquire Chrysler LLC, uneasy suppliers and workers are bracing for a deal that would combine two struggling automakers and cost tens of thousands of jobs. Read more ...

Volkswagen AG wants more than 80 percent of the content of vehicles produced at its planned Tennessee factory to come from North America and is planning a supplier park for the plant site. Read more ...

Four months after ratcheting up production of its hot-selling Altima sedan, Nissan North America Inc. is ratcheting it back down. Read more ...

B-MAX will replace Fusion supermini. Read more ...

Stocks tumbled to 5-year lows today as investors grappled with an increasingly dire outlook for the global economy following a raft of disappointing profits and outlooks from major U.S. companies. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 514. Read more ...

Ron Tonkin battled U.S. automakers 19 years ago as a fiery president of the National Automobile Dealers Association. Now, he's offering ideas to save them. Read more ...

Now is the time to have your say for the 2009 Formula One season. Read more ...