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Despite being the first to sell an electric-gasoline car in the United States and making hybrid technology a centerpiece of its fuel economy push, Honda Motor Co. has yet to have a hybrid hit.

The president of Toyota said he expects the automaker to resume full production globally in November and its Japanese output is expected this month to recover to 90 percent of levels seen before a March earthquake.

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Fiat has offered $125 million to buy the Canadian government's stake in Chrysler as it moves swiftly to strengthen its control of the U.S. automaker, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said Saturday. News of the offer came just two days after the U.S.

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The Mercedes is the loudest formula one car in 2011.

The rumours emerged during the Monaco grand prix and the Enstone based team's boss Eric Boullier hinted they might have been started by his predecessor Flavio Briatore, who was making an appearance in the Principality.

Spa-Francorchamps could be the key to France's return to the formula one calendar.

Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr's Nissan GT-R takes victory at Silverstone, fifth round of the GT1 world championship.

An American FIA official has questioned the scheduled date for the inaugural US grand prix in Austin.

A contact between front runners Alex Tagliani and Andrew Ranger helped Robin Buck to earn his first ever victory in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series event presented at the ICAR circuit on Sunday.

Quebec driver Rémy Audette won this weekend's two F2000 Championship Series rounds at Watkins Glen in the state of New York.

It is tough to say whether the RVR comes in two models or three. The official designations are SE and GT, but the SE is available in 2WD with a five-speed manual transmission, while the upper trim automatic is 4WD only as is the tricked-out GT. Mitsubishi was kind enough to send me an SE with 4WD. With trim levels as close as they are in the SE and GT, I know it was an SE because I had a regular key (or what passes for one these days) and not the passive, keep-it-in-your-pocket fob.

May 2011 might historically be regarded as the period when the full effect of Japan's natural disaster were first felt, at least in the automotive business. In the Tsunami's wake, plants, factories and assembly lines were shut down and most have yet to return to producing anything.

The first production two-seater in the MINI line-up since the brand's renaissance in 2002 has just been launched. The MINI Coupe offers trademark styling and promises unbridled driving fun. And it looks like a home run.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee-Cruising the gently-rolling back roads through Lynchburg, Tennessee, our route winds and undulates through sleepy towns and past hillsides studded with round hay bales. The air is so thick in the 98-degree heat that it hangs in dense, lazy blue skeins on the hilltops.

It looks like Porsche's upcoming baby off-roader, the Cajun, is set to sport an Audi Q5 platform and a brand new V6 twin-turbodiesel engine. As the first Porsche designed under the watchful eye of Volkswagen Group's Group chief designer Waller de'Silva, the Porsche Cajun will be manufactured in Leipzig, Germany.

Last Saturday, Fiat president and CEO Sergio Marchionne admitted he offered to buy the 1.7% Chrysler stake held by the governments of Canada and Ontario for 125 million.

Like Monaco, Montreal is a semi-permanent facility but the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is faster with a low-grip surface: two parameters that have a far-reaching effect on tire wear.

Lotus Renault GP made contact recently with the Quebec authorities to discuss the conformity of the RS31's livery with the anti-tobacco legislation in force.