Say "soy foam" to some people and they might get a craving for a low-fat heart-healthy decaf cappuccino. If they make their morning "coffee run" in a 2008-or-later Ford Motor Company vehicle, there is an excellent chance they'll be sitting on a type of soy-based foam already. That's because Ford leads the industry in the use of this renewable bio-material, with the seat backs and cushions in eight of its vehicle platforms already containing soy foam.
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Max Mosley believes it is right that Michael Schumacher was not allowed to test Felipe Massa's 2009 Ferrari before making his formula one return in Valencia later this month. Ferrari asked its nine team rivals for an exemption from the strict in-season testing ban, but Williams and the two Red Bull-owned outfits said no.
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The F1 helmet manufacturer Schuberth has reacted immediately to the injury sustained by Felipe Massa with a revised model. Michael Schumacher will debut the updated version, revealed in the pages of the German newspaper Bild, when he makes his return to formula one at the forthcoming European grand prix.
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Ricardo Zonta and Nic Jonsson gave the No. 76 Krohn Racing Ford Lola its second victory of the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season Friday at Watkins Glen International, winning the Crown Royal 200 at The Glen.
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When Marcos Ambrose and Kyle Busch came to the chicane, or "bus stop," on lap 64 of Saturday's Zippo 200 Nationwide race at The Glen, Busch stopped -- out of necessity -- and Ambrose didn't.
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When Marcos Ambrose and Kyle Busch came to the chicane, or "bus stop," on lap 64 of Saturday's Zippo 200 Nationwide race at The Glen, Busch stopped -- out of necessity -- and Ambrose didn't.
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Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud went flag-to-flag Saturday to win the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, their fourth consecutive overall victory in the American Le Mans Series. Team owner de Ferran qualified on the overall pole position, and the pairing won at Mid-Ohio for the first time in their careers.
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Former General Motors purchasing chief Bo Andersson has added the title of president of GAZ Group just a few weeks after being elected chairman of the Russian automaker.
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Used-vehicles prices in July rose for the seventh consecutive month, according to the monthly Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index. The index in July stood at 115.4, up 5.0 percent from the year-ago month.
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Consumers are snapping up new vehicles with cash for clunkers. Here's a roundup of statistics released by the government on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
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The number 230, with an image of an electric plug outlet as the "0," is popping up in a lot of places lately--such as the virtual ad on the backstop of televised baseball games and around the Web. It also has 8-11, for Aug. 11.
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The U.S. Steelworkers union blasted U.S. automakers today for seeking to exempt some Chinese-made tires from proposed import restrictions being considered by President Barack Obama.
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General Motors Co. will announce next week the location of its new Michigan plant that will assemble the battery pack for the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt, GM's top engineer said today.
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Porsche reveals the 911 Turbo that's coming to Frankfurt, Mitsubishi prices the Lancer Sportback, and cash-for-clunkers gets a $2 billion infusion . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Sometimes, surveying the wider world as well as just the autos biz, I wonder if some unions - or their leaders - have a sort of death wish for the companies for whom their members toil.
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General Motors has said that it still has considerable problems with the offer from Magna to sell its European arm Opel. The comments from the US giant seem to have put to an end hopes a deal could be reached in coming days.
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Domestic sales by Russian automotive maker AvtoVAZ were up 12.4% in July over the same month last year, the company said.
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More women being caught for drunk driving than before, glass sizes blamed
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With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up
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