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At the same time that was held the Paris Motor Show at the Porte de Versailles, Auto123.com had the privilege to visit the breathtaking Conservatoire of French car manufacturer Citroën. Read more ...

Ever since the Azera was first launched in 2006, I've been itching to get behind the wheel of one, but you know how things go, there's always something else to do. Of course, I've had opportunities to drive it at various events, but I thought that in order to give it a fair evaluation, I'd wait until I could book one for a whole week! After all, as I see it, the Azera was the model which first heralded in the idea of luxury products from Hyundai. Read more ...

General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC may drag U.S. auto sales for October to their lowest levels since 1992, a forecasting firm said. Overall industry volume will plunge 29 percent to 872,000, Edmunds.com said in a statement today. Read more ...

The great-grandson of Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler is giving the automaker's owner some unsolicited advice on saving the company. Frank Rhodes, the Chrysler family's archivist from Chestertown, Md., sent a letter Oct. Read more ...

JCIM LLC, the owner of former Plastech Engineered Products Inc. interior auto parts plants, is consolidating its Michigan operations at four plants adding 325 jobs and investing $4 million at those sites. Read more ...

Most Ford Motor Co. vehicles now show average or better reliability, Consumer Reports' 2008 car reliability survey said, although Japanese carmakers still hold their lead in the study's rankings. Read more ...

Raw figures rarely relate the whole story. But in the case of the fourth-generation Audi S4, they do provide a reliable guide as to the overall effectiveness of its new 3.0-liter V6. Read more ...

Open-wheel racing veteran Paul Tracy will return to NASCAR when he makes his Craftsman Truck Series debut on Halloween night at Texas Motor Speedway. The former CART champion will drive Germain Racing's No. Read more ...

NASCAR announced on Thursday that Camping World will be the title sponsor for the NASCAR Truck Series beginning in 2009. Read more ...

Magna International Inc. said today its development of an electric hybrid car is on schedule for 2010, and it bolstered its efforts by buying a Michigan-based company that focuses on propulsion and energy management for electric vehicles. Read more ...

Canadian supplier Magna International Inc. today said it has acquired Bluwav Systems LLC. The suburban Detroit company makes electric and energy management systems, which regulate energy in hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid and full-electric vehicles. Read more ...

Ford Motor Co. said today its Cuautitlan, Mexico, assembly plant, near here, will be closed throughout 2009 while it is retooled for production of the Ford Fiesta sedan in 2010. Read more ...

Better Place, the electric car network group, has announced a deal to begin deploying an electric vehicle network in Australia. Read more ...

Better Place, the electric car network group, has announced a deal to begin deploying an electric vehicle network in Australia. Read more ...

Ford sales in China rose 7% year on year to 240,900 vehicles in the first nine months of 2008. Read more ...

The prospects of an alliance between Bridgestone and Continental AG took a hit, following a denial from the Japanese group that it was interested in a deal with its German rival. Read more ...

General Motors has retained Merrill Lynch to assist in exploring a potential sale of ACDelco, its global independent aftermarket parts business and a brand of GM Service & Parts Operations. Read more ...

Johnson Controls has reported net income for its fiscal year 2008 of US$979m and earnings per share from continuing operations of $1.63 on record sales up 10% to $38.1bn. Read more ...

WASHINGTON -- Senior Michigan lawmakers today opened the door to the federal government acquiring rights to ownership stakes in troubled automakers and suppliers. Read more ...

WASHINGTON -- Senior Michigan lawmakers today opened the door to the federal government acquiring rights to ownership stakes in troubled automakers and suppliers. Read more ...