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Audi of America announced today that they will team with the Trek-LIVESTRONG Under-23 (U23) Cycling Team for the 2009 racing season, donating two Audi Q7 TDI clean diesel vehicles to provide support to riders while competing. The Audi Q7 TDI is one of America's first highly efficient, seven passenger SUVs providing a luxury option for U.S. drivers who want fuel economy, cleaner emissions, and less imported oil. The Trek-LIVESTRONG U23 Team was created as a project to help develop the next generation of great American cyclists under the leadership and training guidance of 7-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong. Full story...

KERS - the controversial Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems - may be compulsory for all teams and drivers in formula one next year. Full story...

Stefano Domenicali has admitted he would consider his position as Ferrari principal if he thought it would pull the Italian team out of its crisis. Full story...

Spins, tangles and crashes are part of motor racing. They happen every race weekend, whether it is on a superspeedway, a Grand Prix track or a street circuit in Europe. Full story...

Spins, tangles and crashes are part of motor racing. They happen every race weekend, whether it is on a superspeedway, a Grand Prix track or a street circuit in Europe. Full story...

Looking at the new Lincoln MKT, it's hard to tell that it's largely derived from the Ford Flex. Apart from the dimensions, the MKT shares no part of its body with its cousin. The platform is the same as are the drive trains, but the resemblance ends there. Full story...

TORONTO - Subaru Canada, Inc. (SCI) today announced pricing for the 2010 Forester, including the new PZEV (Partial Zero Emission Vehicle) that joins the award-winning Forester lineup for the new model year. The Forester PZEV joins the Legacy and Outback PZEV models in providing drivers with a way to enjoy the power and confidence of Subaru's Symmetrical full-time All-Wheel Drive vehicles while significantly reducing emissions. Full story...

The weekend at Monza could visibly have ended with a double-header for American rider Ben Spies (Yamaha), but a silly gas shortage in the last corner of the last lap of the first race cost him the perfect score. Full story...

This season is showing all the signs of becoming Noryuki Haga's year. The veteran and ever popular and spectacular rider is enjoying his best start to a season ever, picking up anything left by rookie Ben Spies as well as winning every time the kid screws the pooch, which happens often. Full story...

Ford is launching an aggressive eight-month consumer grassroots test drive tour as part of the Fiesta Movement, the company's social media campaign to build awareness for the new Fiesta launching next year. Full story...

Mazda's compact 3 is currently the bestselling car so far this year. With good clearance deals on remaining 2009s, Canadian car buyers feel that although a brand-new model was about to hit showrooms, the old Mazda3 was still a good car. Full story...

Looking at the new Lincoln MKT, it's hard to tell that it's largely derived from the Ford Flex. Apart from the dimensions, the MKT shares no part of its body with its cousin. The platform is the same as are the drive trains, but the resemblance ends there. Full story...

GMAC LLC may receive a $7.5 billion infusion from the U.S. government as early as this week, the Washington Post reported in its Saturday edition, citing unnamed sources. Full story...

Well, what do you know -- I'm starting to become a true fan of diesel engines. That's right: while I used to criticize their noise and pollution levels just a couple of years ago, I now find them pretty fascinating, especially such pleasant units as the one that powers the 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d, a wonderfully gifted athlete (with a few irritants, though). Full story...

News fluttered around the Barcelona paddock after qualifying that Toyota is threatening to quit formula one over the "budget cap" row with the FIA. Full story...

Veteran Mark Martin (Chevy No 5) won a second Sprint Cup race of the season by grabbing the checkered flag of the Southern 500 at the legendary Darlington Raceway Saturday evening. Full story...

Team Penske's Helio Castroneves has claimed his third Indianapolis 500 pole today during the first round of qualifications on the Indianapolis Speedway finishing on top of the first group of eleven cars to qualify. Full story...

Brawn GP and Red Bull, Jenson Button wins the Spanish grand prix, Rubens Barrichello finishes second, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are 3rd and 4th. Full story...

Rubens Barrichello on Sunday made clear he is no longer willing to play second fiddle to a teammate. Full story...

Red Bull has followed Toyota in declaring that it will not enter next year's world championship under the current regulations. Full story...