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VW's van operations aims to increase profit and deliveries this year and will step up offerings in non-European markets to underpin the expansion.

French car parts supplier Plastic Omnium said full-year sales rose 32 percent and predicted a better year in 2011 than 2010 as market conditions improve. Net profit soared to 150.

Japan's automakers, already mired in open-ended production shutdowns, awoke Thursday to a new hammer blow from the deadly earthquake and tsunami that has devastated the nation.

Daimler may pay shareholders higher dividends as cash accumulates from growing demand for Mercedes- Benz cars and trucks.

Karl-Friedrich Stracke will be Opel's fifth head within the last decade. The timing of Stracke's appointment is surprising because current CEO Nick Reilly has done a good job.

Subaru has gone into spring cleaning mode early this year. In a bid to simplify its 2011 Impreza range, the automaker has jettisoned the Convenience and Sport variants, replacing them with the Touring package as of today.

Scott Dixon was a bit more invested in the IndyCar/ NASCAR Sprint Cup car swap than fellow Ganassi Racing driver Jamie McMurray.

Bernie Ecclestone has revealed he is "at loggerheads" with FIA president Jean Todt about F1's engine formula for 2013.

German prosecutors are likely to seek an interview with Bernie Ecclestone as they investigate F1's 2006 takeover.

Octane Racing Group, organizer of the Canadian Grand Prix has decided to renew the invitation to the owners-drivers of Historic Grand Prix for the upcoming June 10, 11 & 12 event.

Mercedes could be "the big surprise" of the 2011 season, according to Andy Soucek.

Red Bull's competition director Helmut Marko told the APA news agency that the development of Pirelli's tires this year will be crucial.

Ten days before the opening race of the FIA Formula One World Championship season the world is shocked and stunned by what has happened in Japan.

Shell announced on Thursday a multi-year agreement with the Formula One Group to become the Official Title Sponsor of the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa Francorchamps circuit.

Every year, a number of new tires are introduced on the Canadian market. The team at PMCtire.com came up with a list of the main new models, including summer and all-season tires, to help you identify them. We also highlighted their top features as described by their manufacturers.

We know that y'all out there have a well founded and defined affinity for Canada's best selling car for the last 472 years and so we thought we'd feed the monster every so slightly.

The statesman.com web site from Austin, Texas has posted an aerial photo that shows the progress is well underway for the construction of the new Formula 1 circuit that will welcome the return of a U.S. Grand Prix.

The nutshell explanation of the new Infiniti G25x's raison d'être goes like this: it's a G37x-- but with the big V6 yanked in favour of a smaller one. Specifically, Infiniti's 3.7 litre, 328-horsepower mill gets a pink slip, and a new 2.5 litre mill is dropped in its place. The 1.2 litre reduction in displacement results in a drop of 110 horsepower to 218.

The wait is over: On Saturday, March 19th, the Red Bull Crashed Ice (RBCI) Champion will be chosen in Québec, Canada. MINI will be the official automotive partner of the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship for the second time this year, and will award the best newcomer with the MINI Rookie Award, a prize given to the fastest newbie on the course. More than 120,000 spectators are expected to watch this year's event, as groups of four athletes on ice skates plunge down an ice-cross downhill track some five metres wide and peppered with bumps, jumps and banked turns.

The World Series by Renault: a dream come true since 2005. A magical concept that brings together four international championships on one circuit, and much more...