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Faurecia CEO Yann Delabriere thinks there is a good chance that Ford Motor Co. will become one of the French supplier's top three customers. Full story...

GM's Bob Lutz has the guts. He's got the name. And he's got the experience. Full story...

GM's Bob Lutz has the guts. He's got the name. And he's got the experience. Full story...

GM's Bob Lutz has the guts. He's got the name. And he's got the experience. Full story...

Belgian holding company RHJ International is readying an improved offer for Opel that it hopes to submit this week, two sources familiar with its plans said on Sunday. Full story...

Porsche's controlling families were meeting on Sunday to decide the future of the heavily indebted holding company that owns the sports car maker, German newspapers reported. Full story...

Porsche's controlling families were meeting on Sunday to decide the future of the heavily indebted holding company that owns the sports car maker. German newspapers reported. Full story...

Porsche's controlling families were meeting on Sunday to decide the future of the heavily indebted holding company that owns the sports car maker, German newspapers reported. Full story...

Porsche's controlling families met on Sunday to decide the future of the heavily indebted holding company that owns the sports car maker, German newspapers reported. Full story...

Porsche's controlling families met on Sunday to decide the future of the heavily indebted holding company that owns the sports car maker, German newspapers reported. Full story...

Porsche's controlling families met on Sunday to decide the future of the heavily indebted holding company that owns the sports car maker, German newspapers reported. Full story...

Transport Canada recently showcased its ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles (eTV) fleet and I personally had the privilege of driving a 2009 Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion. The goal of this demonstration by the federal government was to display and put to the test various new technologies and alternative powertrains, meaning different from what we're generally used to. Full story...

Print, television and billboards have been mainstays of automotive marketing. Now there is a new marketing platform - called "social media" -- and the automakers are already deep into it. Of course "social media" is the more scholarly term for networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Perhaps you've heard of them? Apparently they're all the rage with all those young web-enabled whippersnappers. Full story...

Veteran Sprint Cup driver Mark Martin (Chevy No 5) won the LifeLock.com 400 Sprint Cup race at the Chicagoland Speedway Saturday evening in a very spectacular way. Full story...

A third customer team could be added to Mercedes-Benz's formula one roster in 2010, Norbert Haug admitted at the Nurburgring on Saturday. Full story...

Nico Rosberg has set a two-month deadline by which time he wants a firm contract for the 2010 season. Full story...

F1's political saga rolls on at the Nurburgring, with rumours Bernie Ecclestone is on the cusp of being ousted as chief executive. Full story...

Started on pole position, Mark Webber wins his first victory in Formula One. Full story...

Nico Hülkenberg has taken his first and second victory in the main series with a dominant performance at his home circuit of Nurburgring this week-end. Full story...

Despite Sir Frank Williams believing Rubens Barrichello's post-race comments were a "red card offence", the Brazilian's own team boss has played down the outburst. Full story...