General Motors Co. is evaluating new investments in North American plant capacity to ease short supplies of key vehicles, Mark Reuss, the automaker's North American president, said today.
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General Motors will invest $483 million to make the current and next-generation Ecotec four-cylinder engine at the Spring Hill plant in Tennessee.
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WITH VIDEO -- Red Bull Racing's X1 Prototype, designed by Adrian Newey and tested by Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel, will be included in the Gran Turismo 5 video game set to go on sale in November.
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A helicopter crashed near the summit of Pike's Peak in Colorado on Friday while filming a test run of Audi's self-guided vehicle.
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A helicopter carrying a crew crashed early today while filming an experimental Audi sports car going up Pikes Peak without a driver. An Audi spokesman said the pilot was airlifted to a hospital.
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Saab's first-ever electric car will debut on the Swedish automaker's stand at the Paris motor show Sept. 30.
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In today's News Brake, our thoughts on an Alfa-based Dodge Viper, Carl Edwards joins the Race of Champions, and the Automotive X-Prize names the winners ... But Wait, There's More!
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Foreign automakers may have to share innovative electric-vehicle technology with Chinese companies in exchange for access to the nation's growing light-vehicle market, according to the The Wall Street Journal.
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Saab's first-ever electric car will debut on the Swedish automaker's stand at the Paris motor show late this month.
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Ford Motor Co. is taking the 2011 F-150 pickup on the road for a seven-city drive program to compare its redesigned engines to those of competitors.
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Audi is developing an extended-range electric vehicle that uses a rotary engine to recharge the batteries. The automaker is testing prototypes based on the A1 e-tron concept, which debuted in March at the Geneva auto show.
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Fiat has appointed former Toyota Europe sales chief Andrea Formica as CEO of its passenger-car brand.
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A combination of my bad knee playing up, inspection of the tea leaves left in the newsdesk cup and one of those-omits-more-than-it-tells press releases one occasionally gets from automakers has me a bit worried about yet another UK vehicle assembly plant this Friday afternoon. I hope I'm wrong.
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Porsche revives the classic Speedster badge for an ultra-rare limited edition version of its evergreen sports car.
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See exclusive pictures and read official details of Range Rover’s stunning Evoque.
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Volvo Car Corp. is boosting production 7 percent at its plant in Torslanda, Sweden, to meet growing demand for its top-end models.
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BMW of North America today named Dan Creed vice president for marketing and product planning and strategy. Creed, 44, currently vice president of aftersales, assumes the top marketing job on Oct. 1.
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In a world of sleek sports cars loaded with every sort of electronic goody available, the Dodge Viper stands in a cloud of tire-smoking defiance. Viper is old-school, subtle as a Muhammad Ali right hook to the jaw.
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Lotus CEO Dany Bahar presented Toyota president Akio Toyoda with a Lotus Elise this week at the British Embassy in Tokyo, celebrating the companies' long partnership.
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With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up
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