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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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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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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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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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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Despite a third-place finish in New Hampshire Juan Pablo Montoya still has his eyes on a Sprint Cup Championship.
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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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Chery is planning hopes to build a new plant in central China (Henan province) to exploit the fast-growing microbus market, according to local government sources.
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Honda's newest car plant in the US, in Greensburg, Indiana, has begun exporting Civic sedans to Mexico less than a year after opening.
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Chrysler is the first to provide digital vehicle owners' manuals, the automaker claimed on Monday.
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A new, four-year master labour contract has been ratified by members of the United Steelworkers union at the Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company.
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Renault's Formula One team has been given a two-year suspended ban for its role in fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix.
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All-electric cars with the range of current petrol or diesel models are still 20 years away, according to Mercedes-Benz research and development head Thomas Weber.
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New 'greener' engine brings the A3 below 99g/km CO2 threshold.
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Flavio Briatore gets a life ban from motorsport as FIA respond to Renault race-fixing scandal.
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Volkswagen India is receiving a EUR100m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU's long-term lending institution.
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