Robert Kubica's eventual 2010 teammate at Renault may be missing from the launch of the R30 car and its opening test at Valencia.
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My test vehicle for the week is the completely redesigned (thank frickin' goodness!) 2010 Honda Insight EX. You are not alone if you don't really remember what it looked like originally. When it first came into production in 1999 it was a very funny looking vehicle that was underpowered and only sat two people. Sound familiar at all?
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Chrysler will recall 24,177 vehicles to check for a faulty part that could cause brake failure, according to a filing by the automaker with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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Chrysler Group has named Robert Liberatore as a temporary advisor on external affairs to CEO Sergio Marchionne.
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Representatives of European metalworkers' unions say they are yet to hear from Opel parent General Motors concerning the future of the threatened plant at Antwerp in Belgium.
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A Japanese trading house affiliated to Toyota Motor on Wednesday sealed a lithium supply deal in Argentina that could help maintain the automaker's lead in petrol-electric hybrid cars.
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Re-designed MPV given fresh new look and cleaner engines

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The chief executive of Indonesia's top automotive distributor, Astra International, died on Wednesday, a company official said.
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Bankrupt autoparts maker Visteon said it had postponed a disclosure statement hearing from 13 January to 18 February to allow further time for alternative plans to be discussed.
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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has agreed to set up a panel at China's request to rule whether recently imposed US safeguard duties on Chinese tyres are legal.
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Ford's European engine diesel engine manufacturing plant at Dagenham, east of London, is to get a third wind turbine installed alongside the river Thames on the eastern edge of the site.
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Torsten Mueller is to replace Rolls-Royce Motor Cars CEO Tom Purves who is retiring after 25 years with the BMW Group.
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Indonesian car sales declined by 20% in 2009, according to an industry group.
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AvtoVAZ, Russia's largest carmaker, could approve a concept for restructuring the company early next month according to Igor Zavyalov, deputy CEO of industrial conglomerate Rostekhnologii and chairman of the restructuring committee.
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The UK government is prepared to make a "major investment" in Opel's local unit Vauxhall, business secretary [minister] Lord Peter Mandelson said.
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Volkswagen is planning a fifth joint venture plant in China - with local partner FAW Group - to build Seat models, local media reports said.
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India's Reva Electric Car Company is preparing a joint bid with Italian private equity firm Cape-Natixis for Fiat's Termini Imerese car plant in Sicily Dow Jones Newswires reported.
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Consumer durables giant Panasonic has said it is targeting new business in India's automotive sector.
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Between 1.3m and 1.6m cars are likely to be sold in Russia this year, down from 1.4m in 2009, despite the prospect of scrappage incentives which are due to start in early March, according to a survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Opel parent General Motors on Wednesday declined to comment on media reports it was about to close its plant in Antwerp, Belgium.
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