Alex Tagliani's new IndyCar team Fazzt Race Team has launched its web site. Preparations for the 2010 season are progressing smoothly, Tagliani says.
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Spaniard Fernando Alonso revealed on Thursday he has made his mind up about his employer for the 2010 season, but not yet signed a contract with that team.
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The scene looked like something out of a big-screen political thriller: a line of black Mercedes sedans pouring from the front of a boat and quickly dispersing into downtown Toronto traffic. Tires squealed and engines revved as the dignitaries were whisked away-- and those nearby stopped and wondered what sort of happening warranted the surprise Benz-parade.
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BARRIE, ON, - In 1984, Toyota's revolutionary first Toyota 4Runner sport utility vehicle (SUV) was launched, based on the mechanics of the four-wheel-drive Toyota pickup truck, combined with the versatility and go-anywhere ability with comfort and utility. Twenty-five years and four generations later, the 4Runner remains close to its roots. To date, more than 103,225 Canadians have purchased the 4Runner and discovered both on- and off-road adventure.
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New developments in the area of fuel injection systems, ignition, valve train and ancillary systems will help European manufacturers of petrol engines meet growing demands for reduced CO2 and other tailpipe emissions without the cost and risk of radically different technologies, supplier Delphi said on Wednesday.
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Kia Motors' UK chief Michael Cole is supporting automakers' trade group SMMT's attempts to persuade the government to extend the taxpayer-funded scrappage scheme until its original end date of February 2010 rather than ending when the GBP300m fund runs out, now estimated to be by the end of October.
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Car production in Russia fell 62.6% year-on-year to just 369,000 units in the first eight months of the year, according to government data.
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Canadian electric vehicle maker Zenn Motor has claimed to be on the verge of a battery breakthrough that could drive it into the automotive big leagues, though not as a maker of electric cars.
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CarMax has reported a rise in its net sales and income for the second quarter, with increases in both used and wholesale vehicles and a boost from a the "cash-for-clunkers" programme.
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Tenneco is to close its original equipment (OE) ride control plant in Cozad, Nebraska, as the company continues to restructure its operations globally, putting 500 jobs at risk.
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Ford is so far the only Detroit-based US automaker to receive a Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Programme loan.
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The US Department of Energy has awarded electric carmaker Fisker Automotive a US$528.7m loan to develop more affordable US-made plug-in hybrids.
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President Barack Obama has reassured China's president Hu Jintao that the United States would remain committed to free trade despite a decision to impose tariffs on Chinese tyres.
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Russian company Sestra River Developments plans to raise US$140m for the construction of an automotive component industrial park in the 'Russian Detroit', St Petersburg, Sergei Fiveisky, first deputy director of the city's committee for economic development, said.
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally on Wednesday said the US market was looking good and vehicle sales were expected to increase.
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GM-Daewoo (or GM-DAT), GM's South Korean subsidiary, has reportedly filed a lawsuit with a court in Seoul to prevent Russia's Taganrog Automobile Plant's (TagAZ) from allegedly copying one of its cars.
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Mahindra wants to decide by mid-2010 whether or not to set up a US assembly operation.
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Hummer will relocate to a new headquarters in Michigan once General Motors closes its planned sale to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, Hummer spokesman Nick Richards told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
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