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Eddie Jordan has warned formula one to ease its criticism of F1's sole tire supplier Pirelli.

The Italian marque has been the subject of intense criticism of its controversial and heavily-degrading 2013 tires, and is now embroiled in the 'test-gate' scandal and facing the charges of F1's governing body.

Former F1 team owner turned television pundit Jordan, however, says F1 should treat the maker of its tires with more caution.

"Pirelli openly submitted its tender, they also paid money for it, and now they're criticised or ridiculed by some teams," the Irishman told Austria's Servus TV.

"I think some teams should be a bit more careful. Who is going to give them tires if Pirelli is not there?" he wondered.

"Do we see anyone else willing to do a better job? I think we should really be a little more friendly to Pirelli," added Jordan.

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He said it would be completely wrong for Pirelli to cave in to the loud protests of teams like Red Bull and agree to modify the 2013 tires mid-season.

"You can't punish someone who's done everything right," said Jordan, referring to those teams who "built their cars correctly" for the 2013 specifications.

He said Canada was an example of teams only criticising the tires when they can't make their cars work.

"I didn't hear a word about the tires (in Canada)," said Jordan.

"Sebastian (Vettel) said nothing, Alonso and Hamilton said nothing, and these were the top three. They complain if it doesn't work out for them," he added.

BMW's manufacturing arm was sued by the U.S. government over the allegedly discriminatory use of criminal background checks in hiring at a South Carolina facility.

Noise, Vibration and Harshness: Toward A Unified Theory Of Old-Car Ownership.

When I tell you there are institutions out there that will lend you money to buy old cars just as readily as ordinary banks cough up cash to help you buy new ones, I expect a few of you may suddenly find yourselves ready, willing, and enabled to do what you otherwise might not have done.

When I tell you there are institutions out there that will lend you money to buy old cars just as readily as ordinary banks cough up cash to help you buy new ones, I expect a few of you may suddenly find yourselves ready, willing, and enabled to do what you otherwise might not have done. You'll run out of the house screaming with joy, sign the note that allows you to drag home the AMC Concord of your dreams -- the one with the half-vinyl roof and opera windows -- and the sad wheels of old-car ownership will have been set in motion, all because of me.

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Teenage boys are more likely to neglect their seatbelts, while teenage girls will get distracted by passengers more often, according to a recent study from Ford.

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The Corvette ZR-1 debut was still a few months away when spy photographers started catching the high-performance prototypes during testing.

GM is boosting incentives on the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid to spur sales and lower stockpiles amid price cuts and lease deals on the Nissan Leaf and Fiat 500e electric vehicles.

Magna International plans to relocate about 300 employees into 117,300 square feet of office space at its new United States headquarters by September. The Canadian automotive supplier said it will move from its existing office in Troy, Mich.

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The and#8220;Need for Speedand#8221; franchise has been releasing racing simulators since 1994.

Egalitarian Motors: 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and CLA250

With the CLA250 and the SLS AMG Black Series bracketing its lineup, Mercedes-Benz wants to be the luxury carmaker for every buyer.

After years of selling cloth-seat, stick-shift, diesel-powered E-class and C-class taxicabs and front-wheel-drive A-class hatchbacks in Western Europe and spending nine long years trying to run Chrysler as its commodity brand for North America, Mercedes-Benz is back in the affordable-luxury game. The new CLA-class, which is due in U.S. showrooms in September as the 208-hp, 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder CLA250, will start at $30,000.

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Two affiliates of failed California electric-car maker Coda Automotive filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in another sign of the challenges facing the green car industry.

Volkswagen has issued a recall of over 25,000 cars sold in Australia.

As we enter the next chapter of occupant restraints - which focuses more on individual safety for different occupants or crash configurations - Matthew Beecham talked with senior executives of TRW Automotive about what we can expect to see on tomorrow's car. Legislation and various NCAP organisations are also playing a key role as vehicle manufacturers selling into Europe and North America and parts of the Asia-Pacific region are looking to achieve top safety results.

GM is shifting its Cadillac creative account from Publicis Groupe's Fallon in Minneapolis to a newly formed agency -- Rogue -- created by three units at Interpublic Group of Cos.

May saw an all-time vehicle production record here in Brazil: since 1 January, 1.54m units have rolled off assembly lines, a steep, 19% year on year growth compared to last year's 1.29m in the same timeframe.

By day, Mike Michels is Toyota Motor Sales USA's vice president of corporate communications. But when he's not slinging Scions, he spends his time with a car that might seem to be about as philosophically un-

The current Volkswagen Passat for European markets, launched in 2005, will not be replaced until "late 2014 or early 2015", a company insider has told just-auto.com.