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The News Corporation scandal might have damaged the Murdochs' plans to take over formula one.

The blown exhaust saga has been a political rather than a technical argument.

Plans to revive the French grand prix are progressing, the sports daily L'Equipe reports.

Volvo, which built a reputation around security and reliability, aims to broaden its appeal, especially with Chinese consumers, by adding user-friendly comforts and a touch of luxury.

Nissan drivers Lucas Luhr and Michael Krumm won on Sunday the GT1 championship race at the Paul Ricard after an already successful weekend that saw them lead the qualifying session and qualifying race.

Turner Motorsports will have a second BMW M3 car in the GT championship on July 24th. Testing will take place on Monday and Tuesday of this week for the No. 93 livery to be ready to race next weekend.

Ty Dillon truly dominated the Prairies Meadows 200 event at the Iowa Speedway on Saturday and won his fifth race of the current season.

Audi has unveiled on Friday its new A5 DTM model set to replace the highly successful, four times champion, A4 coupe.

Frenchman Yvan Muller completed his weekend sweep from top of the practice chart to pole position to double win in Donington Park's opening WTCC races.

Canadian driver Bruno Spengler took advantage of the only mistake of his Audi rival Edoardo Mortara this weekend, in Munich, to win the second day of festivities at the Olympic stadium of the Bavarian capital of Germany.

Nico Rosberg will drive Juan Manuel Fangio's 1954 Mercedes next week, at the Nurburgring's old Nordschleife layout, in Germany, announced Formula One's official website.

Love him or hate him, there is no denying that Kyle Busch knows his way to victory lane in NASCAR's premier divisions.

NASCAR team Michael Waltrip Racing has commenced legal action against F1's famous British outfit Williams and Mike Coughlan.

Most of my girlfriends are not really into cars like I am. They are great at reminding me that women and men buy cars for different reasons. This week, one of my friends asked me what car I was driving, and I replied "the MINI Cooper Clubman". She had a strange look on her face, so I said "a MINI - just an extended one"; she still had a blank stare in her eyes. "The Italian Job?" I said: this, of course, she is familiar with.

You know those weird little pixalated squares you see in magazines and on billboards? Well, now you'll see them on Porsche product sheets in their showroom car windows. Known as "mobile tags" these little black-and-white squares are backed with lots of information and media files for you to enjoy.

City counsels talk about it endlessly: How to get residents to stop driving and take public transit. From buses to metros and even city-run bike-sharing programs, the main problem always seems to be that not enough people use them; or rather too many people still drive their cars in busy downtown cores.

China's Chongqing Light Industry says it has acquired SaarGummi Group, an insolvent automotive sealing strip supplier in Germany.

China's Chongqing Light Industry says it has acquired SaarGummi Group, an insolvent automotive sealing strip supplier in Germany.

Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said the nation's second-biggest automaker will stick to its domestic output target even as the yen's strength may damp manufacturing in Japan.

BMW AG expects its core segment's profit margin for next year to exceed its 8 percent to 10 percent target, provided business conditions are favorable, the German luxury carmaker's chief finance officer told a German daily.