A potentially hostile Congress could get to decide whether General Motors and Chrysler LLC receive the additional immediate federal aid they say they need to stay in business.
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If Ron Bloom gets his way, everyone will sacrifice. Last week, President Barack Obama appointed Bloom to help restructure General Motors and Chrysler LLC.
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Chrysler LLC says it can survive without a proposed product-sharing alliance with Fiat S.p.A. if it gets an additional $5 billion federal loan. But analysts say Chrysler's stand-alone plan relies on extremely optimistic assumptions.
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As General Motors dumps brands and other automakers slash their retail networks, auto dealers are waging a nationwide lobbying blitz for more protection under state franchise laws.
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General Motors is trying to keep Saturn dealers in the fold even as it has pronounced the division's likely death.
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German automaker Volkswagen has just announced that they'll be participating in a project featuring fuel cell vehicles started in Sacramento, California. Volkswagen will be hitting American shores with 16 Passat Lingyu prototypes, designed in China and seen for the first time at the Beijing Summer Olympics.
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German automaker Volkswagen has just announced that they'll be participating in a project featuring fuel cell vehicles started in Sacramento, California. Volkswagen will be hitting American shores with 16 Passat Lingyu prototypes, designed in China and seen for the first time at the Beijing Summer Olympics.
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In these times of yo-yo gas prices and growing environmental concerns in the auto industry, diesel fuel is starting to look more and more appealing. Several automakers have come up with clean diesel engines, like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz with BlueTEC. Gas-oil also seems to have a bright future.
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Formula one drivers have been given advice about how to dismount their cars as the controversial new energy re-use technology KERS is set to be introduced this season.
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German driver Nick Heidfeld of the BMW-Sauber team suspects the sweeping new aerodynamic regulations for 2009 have succeeded in making formula one cars easier to pass.
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The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile is set to fine-tune the new Formula 1 engine rule that specifies when a motor can be changes without being given a penalty.
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Kyle Busch's name was on everyone's lips. He so easily won the two NASCAR races Saturday at the Auto Club Speedway (formerly, the Fontana Speedway), the Camping World truck race in the afternoon and the Nationwide race in the evening, that everyone thought it would be a piece of cake for him to do a historical three-peat Sunday afternoon during the Sprint Cup race, driving his No 18 Toyota Camry.
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German automaker Volkswagen has just announced that they'll be participating in a project featuring fuel cell vehicles started in Sacramento, California. Volkswagen will be hitting American shores with 16 Passat Lingyu prototypes, designed in China and seen for the first time at the Beijing Summer Olympics.
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Honda is yet to find a "serious buyer" for its formula one team, the Japanese carmaker's outgoing chief executive Takeo Fukui told a news conference on Monday.
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An Italian court has closed another chapter of the Formula 1 'spy saga' by fining four engineers of the McLaren team, according to reports emerging from Italy.
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The official 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship entry list, featuring Yvan Muller's No 1 Seat Leon 2.0 litre TDI car.
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Roger Yasukawa will make a comeback, but for only one race, to the IndyCar series as he will join Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the Indy Japan 300.
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Canadian race car driver Jacques Villeneuve could miss the Speedcar Series' upcoming races to be held in Dubai this weekend.
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GM is citing a more 'refined focus' on their core products as the reason for temporarily reassigning their High Performance Vehicle Operations (HPVO) team. The team is made up of about 60 engineers based out of GM's Warren Tech Centre. Vehicles under the HPVO umbrella included the V-Series Cadillacs, and the SS variants of both the Chevrolet Cobalt and Chevrolet HHR.
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Things have been going well for Rolls-Royce since the British cult brand was snapped up by the BMW Group. Putting the brand's rich and nearly infinite tradition to good use, the engineers are gearing up to present yet another new concept at the Geneva Show, the 200EX sedan.
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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