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Oct
16th

WTCC: Yokohama to supply Eco tires

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Yokohama announced that it would supply ECO racing tires to the FIA World Touring Car Championship from 2010. Full story...
Oct
16th

Back To School

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When Michel Deslauriers, my boss at Auto123.com, told me he'd booked me into a driving school, I was insulted. I, who have driven the most beautiful tracks around the world, from Monaco to Silverstone, who have won an Atlantic race on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve! What in the world could a driving course teach me, one that employs production cars no less? Full story...
Oct
16th

F1 Brazil: Mark Webber is fastest in first free practice

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Rain caused problems to the Formula 1 teams and drivers during the first free practice session of the Grand Prix of Brazil Friday morning. Full story...
Oct
16th

F1: Nelson Piquet wanted son to race for Toro Rosso in 2009

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On Friday, Nelson Piquet Junior's famous father revealed his son would currently be a Toro Rosso driver had he listened to his advice. Full story...
Oct
16th

F1 Brazil: Fernando Alonso puts Renault on top

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Two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso put his Renault R29 on top the charts Friday afternoon when he set the fastest time of the second free practice session of the Grand Prix of Brazil. Full story...
Oct
15th

Marcello Gandini – Automotive Designer

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Marcello Gandini - Automotive Designer
Marcello Gandini - Car Designer - Automobile Magazine
One of the best designers alive quietly continues.

Lamborghini Miura SV
A time-warp drive through Lamborghini's hometown in Gandini's breakthrough mid-engine sports car.
by GEORG KACHER | photography by CHARLIE MAGEE


Photo Gallery: Marcello Gandini - Car Designer - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: Marcello Gandini - Car Designer - Automobile Magazine


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Oct
15th

2009 Honda Fit Sport – Four Seasons Update – October 2009

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2009 Honda Fit Sport - Four Seasons Update - October 2009
2009 Honda Fit Sport - October 2009 Four Seasons Update - Automobile Magazine
Looking to buy a Fit of your own? Take our advice: skip the navigation system.

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Photo Gallery: 2009 Honda Fit Sport - October 2009 Four Seasons Update - Automobile Magazine


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Oct
15th

MALAYSIA/THAILAND: Sales rise, and fall

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Car sales fell in Malaysia and rose in Thailand last month, media reports said. Full story...
Oct
15th

CHINA: Toyota September sales a monthly record

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Toyota Motor sales in China last month rose 45% year on year to a record monthly high of about 72,000 vehicles as stimulus policies bolstered consumer confidence. Full story...
Oct
15th

RUSSIA: Sberbank credit line for auto plastics maker

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Samara Region-based auto components manufacturer Plastic has signed an agreement to take out a RUB1.42bn three-year non-revolving credit line from Sberbank. Full story...
Oct
15th

SOUTH KOREA: GM CEO talks GM-Daewoo future

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Three months out of US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and in the process of finalising a deal to sell a majority stake in Opel, General Motors is now mulling the fate of its 51% owned South Korean unit GM Daewoo. Full story...
Oct
15th

BELGIUM: ACEA calls for non ratification of EU-Korea FTA deal

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The European carmakers' association ACEA has called on EU Member States not to ratify a free trade agreement (FTA) that the European Commission has signed today. Full story...
Oct
15th

GERMANY: Rheinmetall buying MAN military unit stake

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German automotive and defence group Rheinmetall plans to buy a 51% stake in the military unit of truck maker MAN, Financial Times Deutschland reported. Full story...
Oct
15th

ISRAEL: Tower Semiconductor to make power devices for Hyundai

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Israeli chip maker Tower Semiconductor has said it would be the preferred manufacturer of power automotive devices for C&S Technology in South Korea. Full story...
Oct
15th

CHINA: Denso among 18 firms said to have violated environmental law

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Eighteen multinational companies and Chinese corporations, including a top autoparts maker, are guilty of violating a Chinese environmental regulation on publishing pollution information in the first year of the law's implementation, a report by the environmental group Greenpeace claimed. Full story...
Oct
15th

The 2009 Mazda MX-5 Miata Power Retractable Hardtop Grand Touring, an AutoWeek Drivers Log:

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MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: A timeless top-down roadster to be sure, but with each passing year the Mia . . . Full story...
Oct
15th

THAILAND: GM strikers return to work

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Hundreds of workers at General Motors' Thai assembly plant on Thursday ended a 10-day strike after settling a pay dispute with the management, the automaker said. Full story...
Oct
15th

TURKEY: China’s Chery eyes new European plant

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Chery Automobile plans to spend US$500m building a plant in Turkey, Chinese state media reported. Full story...
Oct
15th

UK: Toyota and Williams end F1 engine deal

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British Formula One team Williams has confirmed it is ending its engine supply deal with Toyota at the end of this season and will seek a new supplier for the 2010 season. Full story...
Oct
15th

RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ risking bankruptcy – paper

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Russia's largest carmaker, Avtovaz, is on the verge of bankruptcy, according to the Kommersant business daily, which also said the company needs to cut almost 50,000 jobs if it is to have any hope of survival. Full story...
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