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Haven't heard much about the earthquake that hit Japan in early March recently? Order's up!

With only a few laps to complete before the checkered flag rookie Ty Dillon spun nine-time ARCA Racing series champion Frank Kimmel to take his second win of 2011 at the Menards 200 at the Toledo Speedway.

Autocar got their hands on privileged information about McLaren's next flagship model, nicknamed Mega Mac. Apparently, the British manufacturer is developing a machine that will make us forget all about the defunct F1 and take on the likes of the Bugatti Veyron.

Robert Wickens proved he had the pace to challenge for victory this weekend but the Toronto racer was left thwarted by a pair of retirements as Round 3 of the 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series visited Italy's Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Saab's financial troubles would make for one action-packed movie. After Spyker Cars (who owns the Swedish automaker) struck a deal that finally ended up falling through last week, we learned this morning that Pangda, a Chinese manufacturer, stepped up to the plate with a 110 million euro investment.

The Hexis Racing Aston Martin Hexis driven by Christian Hohenadel and Andrea Piccini took victory in main race of the GT1 World series held at Sachsenring.

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Eric Lux, Gerard Lopez's business partner in Genii, has issued a press release from Switzerland late afternoon Monday.

As Germany strives to meet a target of 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2020, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Monday an additional 1 billion euros ($1.38 billion) in research and development, doubling its budget by 2013.

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Competing in his 44th DTM race, German driver Mike Rockenfeller scored his maiden victory, driving his Audi A4 to first place ahead of championship leader, Canadian Bruno Spengler of the Mercedes team.

Although we're all passionate about cars and read up on them daily, the rising gas prices are getting to all of us, and every stop at the gas station is downright depressing.

It has been written, many times in fact, that a well-maintained car will return better gas mileage than a car that has been neglected. In the event that you have not been exposed to these tips in the past, we've put together a list of suggestions to reduce the increasingly strong "pain at the pumps" syndrome.

Dr. Helmut Marko, the Red Bull motor racing consultant has played down Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo's threat that formula one could be headed for a split from owners CVC.

The second day of practice in preparation for the upcoming Indianapolis 500 has been called off because of the rain at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The controversial 'Cafe' corner at Interlagos will still be in place for the 2011 season finale in November.

Express Racing Riley Porsche driven by France, Barbosa and Borcheller ended the winning serie of Pruett and Rojas by winning the Bosch Engineering 250 on Virginia Raceway.

Some teams have admitted they do not support Jean Todt's proposal to allow some in-season testing in formula one next year.

In as much as renaissance can apply to a car company, Chrysler is amidst a modern day adaptation of such a revival. The resurrection of the Pentastar brand is underwritten by a broad array of new products that include the lovable Fiat 500, the formidable new Dodge Charger and the reworked Chrysler 300. Adding to the resuscitative collective is the Chrysler 200, which arises from the carcass of the mid-size Sebring sedan.

Mercedes GP has moved forward since China and the team now pushes to challenge for wins.