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Aug
3rd

NASCAR: Patrick Carpentier to contest the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen

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Canadian Patrick Carpentier will be back behind the wheel of a Sprint Cup car this weekend on the scenic road course of Watkins Glen. Full story...
Aug
3rd

F1: Vitaly Petrov ‘definitely’ on track for 2011 seat says Eric Boullier

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Vitaly Petrov boosted his chances of retaining his Renault race seat for 2011 with a strong weekend in Hungary. Full story...
Aug
3rd

FIA to consider team orders breach on September 8

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The FIA's World Motor Sport Council will consider Ferrari's team orders breach on 8 September. Full story...
Aug
3rd

Rally: Antoine L’Estage adds lust to Championship Year

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Antoine L'Estage added some lust to his already winning-full year last week-end in Los Angeles' Coliseum as he beat his Rally America rival Bill Bacon to a third place finish in this year's ESPN X Games. Full story...
Aug
3rd

NASCAR: Jack Roush’s condition upgraded to fair by doctors

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Jack Roush, co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing and chairman of ROUSH® Enterprises, was upgraded to fair condition Sunday evening at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., according to a RFR press release. Full story...
Aug
3rd

2010 Acura ZDX TECH Review

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In case the styling doesn't tell you the story after a mere glance, let it be known that the Acura ZDX is far from your typical five-door, five-seat family crossover. Full story...
Aug
2nd

U.S. probes VW Passat again for engine compartment fires

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Volkswagen's Passat for 2002-03 is under investigation by federal regulators for the second time in three years after identical complaints about engine compartment fires related to ignition-coil failures. Full story...
Aug
2nd

Just-in-time dedicated seat plants fall out of favor

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It's an idea whose time came, and went: the factory dedicated to supplying seats to one assembly plant on a just-in-time basis. Full story...
Aug
2nd

Chrysler improves plant efficiency by adopting Fiat system

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Chrysler Group adopted Fiat S.p.A.'s production system just one year ago, but it has already generated a measurable improvement in manufacturing efficiency. Full story...
Aug
2nd

BMW All-Stars: 46 Awards in 20 Years

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BMW All-Stars: 46 Awards in 20 Years
BMW AllStars: 46 Awards in 20 Years
Automobile Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jean Jennings talks about BMW's award-winning cars, and a timeline of 5-series All-Stars award winners.

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Aug
2nd

2010 Nissan Versa 1.8 SL Hatchback, an AW Drivers Log:

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ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR CHERYL L. BLAHNIK: This sticker just feels a little too steep for this car. I was expecting this to be about $3,000 less. Full story...
Aug
2nd

Infiniti shows us the M35 prototype, and Ford has big plans for its future lineup, in News Brake for Monday, August 2:

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In today's News Brake: A look at Infiniti's new hybrid system, Geely takes over Volvo, and Ford has big plans for its future products . . . But Wait, There's More! Full story...
Aug
2nd

2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder

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2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder
2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder - Editor's Notebook - Automobile Magazine
This car is astonishingly good.

Let's skip over the marketing puffery about the Boxster Spyder "taking an idea back to the basics" and talk about the real reason this lighter roadster exists: testosterone. You see, the regular Boxster and Boxster S are very good vehicles -- nearly perfect vehicles, actually -- but they're often dismissed as chick cars. This is a problem for Porsche, since much of the market for $60,000 sports cars is made up of middle-age men looking to compensate for their receding hairlines and expanding beltlines.


Photo Gallery: 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder - Editor's Notebook - Automobile Magazine


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Aug
2nd

Recession shrunk tool and die industry by nearly half

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Automotive tool and die suppliers in North America have been hit hard by the past two years' of the recession, Jay Baron, CEO of the Center for Automotive Research, said today at the Management Briefing Seminars. Full story...
Aug
2nd

TI Automotive buys out Japanese joint venture partner

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TI Automotive Ltd. has bought out its partner in a 23-year-old Japanese joint venture. TI acquired the half of Mitsuba Walbro Inc. that it didn't already own from Japan's Mitsuba Corp. The unit makes fuel pump motor armatures and modules. Full story...
Aug
2nd

US: BorgWarner returns to profit

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BorgWarner said second quarter 2010 US GAAP earnings were $0.68 per share, up from a net loss of $0.05 per share a year ago. Sales were up 55.2% to $1.42bn. Full story...
Aug
2nd

US: Chrysler lifts axe over Sterling Heights

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Chrysler has reprieved its Sterling Heights assembly plant (SHAP) in Michigan, originally to close some time after 2012. It will add a second shift - almost 900 jobs - in the first quarter of 2011. Full story...
Aug
2nd

COMMENT: Geely takes unions to heart

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Geely's eventual takeover of Volvo - although widely trumpeted for several months now - does throw up one interesting and potential source of cultural difference. Full story...
Aug
2nd

King: UAW will ask nonunion factories to back free-election principles

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New UAW President Bob King said today that the union would add another tool for organizing the transplant automakers by asking the companies to sign principles for free and fair elections at the factories. Full story...
Aug
2nd

SOUTH KOREA: Overseas sales boost GM-Daewoo

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GM Daewoo Auto and Technology on Monday said automobile sales increased 49.4% year on year in July on strong overseas demand. Full story...
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