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Canadians who require the power and performance of a full-sizeSUV to carry people and haul gear can now enjoy more power and fuel-efficiency with the new 4.6L engine of the 2010 Toyota Sequoia.Moreover, with the addition of standard safety equipment and audio featuressuch as front knee airbags and integrated XM Satellite Radio the Sequoia is a safe, powerful, efficient and comfortable ride for the long road ahead. Full story...

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is planning to increase its manufacturing workforce by 50 per cent. More than 150 new jobs have been created to support the production of the company's new model, the Rolls-Royce Ghost. By the end of 2009 Rolls‑Royce will have created almost 400 new jobs in under two years, bringing the total number of employees based at Goodwood, West Sussex to 900. Full story...

Car manufacturers Audi and Peugeot compete with great success in the Le Mans 24 Hours famed event with stunning turbo diesel race cars. But the next step in green technology would be to enter fully electric cars. Full story...

As one of my journalist friends put it "you can't have a flagship SUV if it doesn't do everything a SUV is supposed to". The LX 570 does everything on a world-class level. Competition is not just the other large SUVs like Land Rover, Mercedes G-Class or Cadillac Escalade among others. These are some of the most capable and luxurious "off-road" vehicles in the world and provide the technology to go everywhere from the Arctic to the Sahara. Full story...

General Motors' former vice chairman and chief product planner, Bob Lutz, paid a 10 percent penalty to sell all of the GM shares he had held in a deferred compensation account, the company said in a U.S. filing. Full story...

Advertising budgets are down across the board, and newspapers are largely off the radar of automakers, a panel of top auto marketing executives said at the Automotive News Marketing Seminar in Los Angeles. Full story...

Advertising budgets are down across the board, and newspapers are largely off the radar of automakers, a panel of top auto marketing executives said at the Automotive News Marketing Seminar in Los Angeles. Full story...

A group of Indiana pension funds asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court to appoint an examiner to investigate Chrysler LLC's business decisions and made a series of other legal challenges to the automaker's plan to sell itself. Full story...

Sometime in the next decade, you might be able to enjoy some of the benefits of a diesel without driving one. Full story...

General Motors of Canada said it will inform its dealerships on Wednesday of which ones it will close as part of a plan to slash its retail network by nearly half, one of the steps necessary to qualify for long-term government aid. Full story...

Robert Kidder, a private-equity investor and former consultant who once worked for Ford Motor Co., will become the chairman of Chrysler Group once the automaker emerges from bankruptcy and completes an alliance with Italy's Fiat S.p.A. Full story...

C. Robert Kidder, former chairman of Borden Chemical Inc. and of Duracell International Inc., will become chairman of Chrysler Group LLC after the bankrupt automaker enters an alliance with Fiat S.p.A. Full story...

As expected, Fiat has confirmed that it has submitted an offer for GM Europe's Opel and Vauxhall operations. Full story...

As expected, Fiat has confirmed that it has submitted an offer for GM Europe's Opel and Vauxhall operations. Full story...

Swedish carmaker Saab could get a bridge loan from the state to smooth the transition to a new owner from current parent General Motors, a spokesman for Enterprise Minister Maud Olofsson said on Wednesday. Full story...

Chrysler dealers scheduled to shut down on June 9 say they are using all available options to get rid of new vehicles -- while they're still allowed to sell the cars to customers. Full story...

Ssangyong has said that unionised workers at its Pyeongtaek plant have stopped work to protest against layoffs. Full story...

AvtoVAZ has said that it is planning to cut production in June as orders continue to fall. Full story...

Chrysler Financial is resuming discounted loan rates for Chrysler LLC vehicles, beginning with a 0 percent offer for some 2008 models. Full story...

Personal-injury and other lawyers are warning that if they can't sue Chrysler LLC in the future, they'll go after the bankrupt automaker's dealers and suppliers. Full story...