Auto News 5

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), will supply battery*1 systems from its new-generation electric vehicle (EV) i-MiEV to Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. now introduces eco-friendly garbage collection with its all-new battery-powered trash compactor utilizing the power supply system developed for Mitsubishi Motors' i-MiEV in its garbage collection trucks. Full story...

Raffaello Porro will become the Director of Communications for Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A from 1 October 2009, reporting directly to the President and CEO of the Italian carmaker, Stephan Winkelmann. Full story...

NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Joey Logano walked away unscathed after rolling his car seven times in a six-car accident early in Sunday's AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday. Full story...

Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton sorely wanted to win in Singapore after his slip up recently at Monza, and on Sunday evening he drove a pluperfect race for McLaren to deliver a richly deserved triumph. Full story...

Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) has reclaimed the World Superbike Championship lead after a win and a second place finish, just behind team mate Michel Fabrizio. Full story...

Less than six months after announcing the news that it would be producing a Fiesta S2000 rally car, M-Sport has completed the build of the first car absolutely on schedule and has begun an extensive testing programme. Full story...

Reports are stating that Honda and the IndyCar series came to an agreement last week for the engine manufacturer to remain in that capacity for the next two years. Full story...

Here are the main short motorsport news of this day, September 28, 2009. Full story...

Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton sorely wanted to win in Singapore after his slip up recently at Monza, and on Sunday evening he drove a pluperfect race for McLaren to deliver a richly deserved triumph. Full story...

Many Canadian auto writers must be feeling pretty smug at the moment. Why, might you ask? Simple. We have been breathing down manufacturers backs for the last five (maybe more in some cases) years, asking them, no, telling them that they need to bring their euro cars to North America. Lo and behold, some car makers have recently been making huge headlines with the imminent arrival of all-new euro-World Cars. Full story...

Wake up the Infiniti G37x Sport by planting your right foot, and its four doors sail off the line on a peaky wave of urgency. There's enough power to make the rear end squirm around, and the potent engine only pauses briefly at 7,500 RPM for upshifts. Full story...

Information about traffic, construction and weather will soon be available to drivers on 12 new electronic traffic signs along the QEW and the 400 series of highways in Niagara Region, Hamilton, Simcoe County and Toronto. Full story...

Following the recent unveiling of the new McLaren MP4-12C, the first in the company's range of high performance sports cars, McLaren Automotive can now confirm two senior appointments within its global operations. Full story...

"DRIVe Towards Zero" is Volvo Cars' vision for developing cars entirely free from harmful exhaust emissions and environment-impacting carbon dioxide. Full story...

Every fall it's the same story: Rustproofing companies begin an aggressive advertising campaign, corner garages put up signs on the kerb displaying their available rust treatments and we get coupons in the mail and by email. It is a seasonal topic but rust is a year-round issue. Many people are confronted by something they know they should do to protect their car but are often not certain as to what they should do. Full story...

Bernie Ecclestone has played down the danger to his role in charge of formula one posed by Sir Martin Sorrell, an outspoken director of F1's commercial rights owner CVC. Full story...

Kimi Raikkonen in Singapore expressed frustration about the reasons for his low qualifying position for Sunday's floodlit race. As for Giancarlo Fisichella, he was bitterly and visibly disappointed after qualifying a lowly 18th for his second grand prix at the wheel of a Ferrari. Full story...

BMW-Sauber will soon discover if its place on the 2010 grid is guaranteed. In the meanwhile, the new Malaysian-owned Lotus F1 team is in talks about being sponsored next year by Petronas, the state owned oil company. Full story...

Barrichello's 15 point deficit means he needs to claw back more than 5 points to Button in each of the remaining rounds in Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Vettel did finish ahead of Button in fourth place, but his points deficit to the Brawn was reduced only to 25 points, leaving him with the unlikely task of clawing back more than 8 points at every one of the last three races in 2009. Full story...

Lewis Hamilton stayed up front from start to finish Sunday night, in Singapore, and redeemed himself from two weeks ago, when he crashed in the last lap of the race. Hamilton won in front of Timo Glock's Toyota and Fernando Alonso's Renault. Both Glock and Alonso's results is expected to raise the moral of their troops as they both register a season's best. Full story...