Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc., maker of Jim Beam Bourbon, announced that its marketing plans for 2010 would not include a return to the Sprint Cup Series.
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It was an inauspicious start to the 2009 Targa Newfoundland for the Subaru team when driver Marc Lachapelle crashed during the Prologue stage. Although Lachapelle was released from the hospital unhurt, co-driver Keith Townsend came away with two broken ribs, a painful injury that would take him out of the competition.
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The world suddenly has another midsize crossover nameplate -- the GMC Terrain.
Had GM not restructured, the 2010 Terrain would have been the second-generation Pontiac Torrent.
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DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 22, 2009 - Pity the new 2010 Ford Taurus. During the development of Ford's new flagship sedan, it was pelted with rock and frozen, baked and rattled. It was flogged with a steel whip, shot with high-powered rifles and slammed with loaded shopping carts.
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Ford researchers are taking a hard look at traditional, petrol-based plastics, turning to Mother Nature to help create composites that are durable, lightweight and better for the environment.
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The organisers of the A1GP series have published the calendar of the 2009-2010 season, while growing rumours suggest Ferrari could stop its engine supply.
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Petter Solberg could end up playing a crucial role in deciding this year's FIA World Championship titles after being signed by the Citroen Junior Team for the last round of the season, Rally GB.
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MISSISSAUGA, ON, - The majority of Ontario drivers feel the new Ontario legislation banning the use of hand-held devices to talk, text or email while driving doesn't go far enough, according to a recent RBC Insurance/Ipsos Reid survey. With the new law scheduled to come into effect this fall, more than half (58 per cent) of Ontario drivers agree that hands-free devices are just as dangerous as hand-held devices and should be included in the new law. Sixty nine per cent believe the Ontario government should also ban drivers from eating while they drive.
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Ferrari has declined to comment on reports the Italian marque has withdrawn its supply of engines to the A1GP series.
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The press hit out after Renault escaped almost unscathed from Monday's
so-called 'crash-gate' hearing of the World Motor Sport Council.
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Some sections of the media believe Monday was the end of the crash-gate
scandal, but a scorned Flavio Briatore may be now readying to hit back.
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In a bid to increase cross-party political support for a shift towards zero-emissions motoring in the UK, Brighton-based Elektromotive is collaborating with car giant General Motors (GM) to educate MPs about emerging electric vehicle (EV) technologies and the need for a nationwide infrastructure of recharging stations.
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The road has been cleared for Bahrain to host a major pre-season test before the 2010 championship kicks off in the island kingdom.
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Monday's meeting of the World Motor Sport Council ended Flavio Briatore's 20-year career in motor racing, and now the British Football League is considering whether to also ban the disgraced former Renault team boss.
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Snuggly set behind the wheel, you drive the car as if it was a roller-coaster wagon, gobbling corner after corner without even feeling the outside forces that so desperately try to send the machine into a tailspin. Sure, the takeoff wasn't very electrifying, but once up to speed, you can shred the perfect line almost every time out.
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Local assembly of the latest Mercedes-Benz E-Class has begun in India at the automaker's Pune plant in Maharashtra state.
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ChangAn Ford Mazda, the joint venture between Chongqing ChangAn Automobile, Ford and its affiliate Mazda, sold 144,601 Ford brand cars in China in the first eight months of 2009, up 30% year on year.
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China's first automobile wind tunnel has begun operation at Tongji University in Shanghai in what is being described locally as a major break-through in vehicle development and production.
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Audi plans annual sales in China of at least 200,000 cars by 2013, two years ahead of schedule, sales chief Peter Schwarzenbauer said.
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