At the Geneva Auto Show three years ago, Spyker unveiled a bizarre SUV concept, the D12 Peking-to-Paris. It's named after the famous 1907 race from which the manufacturer emerged victorious thanks to French driver Goddard. The D12 will be produced by the Dutch company as a very high performance SUV.
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As reported by The Associated Press and nascar.com, a stray bullet wounded a fan in her recreational vehicle at Texas Motor Speedway after someone apparently fired a gun into the air, the police said.
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As we mentioned on October 21, Atlanta-area businessman Ben Johnston has purchased Atlantic Racing Series, LLC from Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald Forsythe. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
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The terms of their arrangement seem to have changed, but McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton still expects team boss Ron Dennis to give him a multi-million dollar McLaren supercar one day.
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As we predicted on October 21, media mogul Ben Johnston, who just purchased the Atlantic series from former Champ Car owners Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald Forsythe, has also bought numerous Reynard and Panoz race cars as he plans to promote a new race series that will be call the Green Prix USA.
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French driver Sebastien Loeb, the newly-crowned five-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb (Citroen C4) is handed a fantastic prize for his title by Red Bell, Citroen Sport's partner: a Formula 1 test.
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25 years and more than 12 million minivans later, Chrysler is celebrating the silver anniversary of their famous family-hauler.
"Chrysler and Dodge minivans have been making automotive history for the past quarter-century" said Mark Bosanac, VP of Marketing at Chrysler Canada. "To commemorate this significant minivan milestone, Chrysler Canada is proud to offer the 25th Anniversary Dodge Grand Caravan as the best-equipped minivan for the best price in Canada."
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New Formula BMW Americas series' champion Alexander Rossi (Eurointernational) took his second win of the weekend, and a record tenth victory of the season in Round 17.
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NASCAR has taken over the AMA Pro Racing series and it has already announced its new class structure and weekend event package for the 2009 motorcycle road racing season. The AMA Superbike series will become the American Superbike series and will showcase the traditional 1,000cc machines.
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Although Felipe Massa lost the 2008 Drivers' World Championship in the last corner of the last lap of the last race of the season, the Scuderia Ferrari has accepted defeat with class and congratulates team McLaren for their victory.
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I find it hard to put the "fuel-efficient" label on a vehicle like the GMC Yukon just because it offers a hybrid powertrain. After all, this American mastodon, which weighs over two tons, does not really compare to a Prius, a Golf TDI or the upcoming 2010 Insight. I'm not opposed to big trucks. On the contrary, I believe they meet the needs of farmers and entrepreneurs more than any other type of vehicles.
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Il m'apparaît difficile de qualifier « d'éconergétique » un véhicule comme le GMC Yukon simplement parce qu'il s'agit d'une version à motorisation hybride. Une Prius, une Golf TDI ou la nouvelle Insight 2010, là oui, le néologisme canadien convient. Mais, pour un mastodonte de plus de deux tonnes, j'ai des réticences... Non pas que je sois réfractaire aux gros camions, au contraire. Ces véhicules comblent des besoins très réels, sur des chantiers et dans les fermes.
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Ford Motor Co. is poised to cut North American production of cars and crossovers during the fourth quarter, sales analyst George Pipas said today.
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Chrysler LLC will begin assembling Europe-bound Chrysler Grand Voyagers in January, Benjamin Winter, Chrysler's chief minivan engineer, said today.
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General Motors today named Kevin Williams vice president and general manager of global service and parts operations for GM North America. Williams, 47, succeeds Doug Herberger, 57, who retired Nov. 1 after 35 years.
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U.S. auto suppliers urged the Bush administration to create a new loan guarantee program for the struggling industry and to accelerate loans under an already approved $25-billion program.
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Metaldyne Corp. raised the stakes today in its bid to buy back $392.2 million worth of debt from bondholders at 30 cents or less on the dollar by threatening to skip the next interest payment on those bonds.
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