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BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team driver Mikko Hirvonen has won his second consecutive WRC event by claiming victory on the brand new Rally Poland, round eight of the World Rally Championship. Full story...

British driver Jamie Green wins a thrilling DTM race at the Norisring for Mercedes-Benz and thus continues the winning streak of the brand in the only race on a street circuit on the 2009 calendar. Full story...

Defending Champions Patrick Richard and Alan Ockwell went home with one more victory this week-end as they won the Baie-des-Chaleurs Rally. Full story...

LOUDON, N.H. -- No one, under any circumstances, would ever mistake me for Clark W. Griswold. Full story...

German ball-bearing maker Schaeffler Group is in talks with Beijing over a stake sale, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported on Saturday. Full story...

MUNICH -- Schaeffler Group is in talks with potential Chinese investors over a stake sale, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported. Full story...

Volkswagen AG and its key shareholder, the state of Lower Saxony, have urged Porsche Automobil Holding SE to accept a tie-up of the two carmakers with VW in charge, German magazine Spiegel reported in its online edition on Saturday. Full story...

Porsche's chairman is furious with Volkswagen AG. Wolfgang Porsche said in a statement Saturday that the sports car maker would not be "blackmailed" into a merger with VW. Full story...

Porsche's chairman is furious with Volkswagen AG. Wolfgang Porsche said in a statement Saturday that the sports car maker would not be "blackmailed" into a merger with VW. Full story...

Porscheand#8217;s chairman is furious with Volkswagen AG. Wolfgang Porsche said in a statement Saturday that the sports car maker would not be and#8220;blackmailedand#8221; into a merger with VW. Full story…

Fiat's existing bid for General Motors' Opel is its best offer, CEO Sergio Marchionne said amid conflicting reports about the status of Magna International Inc.'s deal for the German carmaker. "I don't believe we could improve Fiat's offer. Full story...

Fiat's existing bid for General Motors' Opel is its best offer, CEO Sergio Marchionne said amid conflicting reports about the status of Magna International Inc.'s deal for the German carmaker. "I don't believe we could improve Fiat's offer. Full story...

Fiat's existing bid for General Motors' Opel is its best offer, CEO Sergio Marchionne said amid conflicting reports about the status of Magna International Inc.'s deal for the German carmaker. "I don't believe we could improve Fiat's offer. Full story...

Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world's biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane. Full story...

Akio Toyoda, the new president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world's biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane. Full story...

Akio Toyoda, the new president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world's biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane. Full story...

Fiat S.p.A.'s bid for Opel is its best offer, CEO Sergio Marchionne said, as rival Magna International stayed on track to close a deal with the German carmaker. "I don't believe we could improve Fiat's offer. Full story...

Fiat S.p.A.'s bid for Opel is its best offer, CEO Sergio Marchionne said, as rival Magna International stayed on track to close a deal with the German carmaker. "I don't believe we could improve Fiat's offer. Full story...

The Tiburon was initially launched into a market full of sporty models like the Honda Civic SI-R, Toyota Celica, Ford Probe, Dodge Avenger and Nissan 240sx. Interestingly, its nameplate is about the only dedicated sport compact model to have survived the high insurance rates and fuel prices that killed off the vast majority of its competition. As the axe fell on the Tiburon's original ringmates, the Korean shark thrived. Full story...

Forty-five years ago, Lee Iacocca unveiled the first "pony car" in history during a spectacular press conference held on the site of the 1964 New York World's Fair. And since this sports car was making its debut in the automotive world in the middle of the year, it was registered as a "1964 ½" edition. Full story...