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Audi will target families looking for a sportier car with the new A7 Sportback as the automaker aims to leapfrog BMW and Daimler in luxury car sales. Full story...

Following on from the recall in the US last week, Kia Motors (UK) is recalling a small number of Soul and new Sorento models - just 549 vehicles to deal with a door wiring issue. Full story...

General Motors Powertrain plans to double engine manufacturing capacity at its Hungarian plant by 2013 from the current 460,000 units per year. Full story...

BYD said its August vehicle sales fell 5.9 percent from July on keen competition amid slowing growth in the world's largest auto market. BYD, which is 10 percent owned by Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Full story...

China will intensify efforts to draw factories inland from crowded coastal regions, a government directive said, but warned officials to leave such decisions to companies. Full story...

Citroen aims to unlock demand for electric cars with leasing programs that include fuel-powered loaners for trips beyond the reach of a single battery charge. Full story...

Kia Motors Corp. Vice Chairman Jeong Sung Eun resigned on Sept. 3 to take responsibility for a recent recall of four models, a company spokesman said. Full story...

Fiat will hire Toyota Europe's Andrea Formica to head sales at its struggling four-brand automotive group, sources familiar with the matter told Automotive News Europe. Full story...

Sweden's Vastra Gotaland region said Saab, owned by Dutch group Spyker, must pay its $15 million bill from the government by Sept. 20 or it will ask the public debt collector to enforce payment. Full story...

TV ads for the new Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan began today on NBC's 'Today Show. Full story...

Kia Motors Corp. Vice Chairman Jeong Sung Eun resigned on Sept. 3 to take responsibility for a recent recall of four models, a company spokesman said. Full story...

Several web sites published this morning a news that indicated that the FIA has decided to leave the 13th team position vacant for the 2011 season. Full story...

In the first race of the day, Jonathan Rea (Honda) took his fourth WSBK win of 2010, leading flag-to-flag from the front row. Full story...

Chevrolet's first television ads for the all-new Cruze compact begin airing Tuesday. Featuring the voice of movie and TV star Tim Allen, the ads focus on interior features and quality, backed by superlative media comments. Regular production of the much-anticipated Cruze, which features the spaciousness and amenities of a midsize car with the fuel economy and price of a compact, begins Wednesday in Lordstown, Ohio. Full story...

Honda's Dani Pedrosa continued his mid-season win streak, controlling the race from pole position. Fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) kept in close attendance, waiting for an error from Pedrosa that never came. Pedrosa's win allowed him to cut 5 points off Lorenzo's lead in the World Championship rider standings, with 6 rounds to go. Full story...

Two-time German DTM series' champion Mattias Ekström of Sweden will make his NASCAR oval debut in Richmond this Saturday. Full story...

The Scuderia Ferrari will write off the 2010 season if the team does not secure a good result at Monza at the Italian Grand Prix. Full story...

I became one of those drivers that I find so irritating; the sort that think they're saving the planet by driving their hybrid automobiles in near sedation in order to achieve the greatest fuel efficiency. You know the type I'm talking about. They take two blocks to accelerate to 50kph because heaven forbid the gas engine may fire up and needlessly consume fossil fuel. Full story...

Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi will again line up for Peter Sauber's team in the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2011. Full story...

Karun Chandhok became the first person to drive a Formula One car around the new South Korea Grand Prix circuit on Saturday on preparation for the inaugural F1 event to be held there in October. Full story...