BMW's new Z4 will be the carmaker's first roadster with a folding hardtop roof. The second-generation Z4 will debut at the Detroit auto show in January. The two-seat sports car's two-piece aluminum roof opens and closes in 20 seconds.
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Chrysler LLC has scrapped its plan to buy seats for the 2010 Jeep Wrangler from an Indian seat supplier, Krishna Maruti Ltd.
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2010 Ford Mustang GT
More of the same, only better.Decades of pony car dominance (in the showroom, if not always at the track) have endowed the Ford Mustang with the type of confidence that renders garish demonstrations of machismo unnecessary. The 2010 Mustang is like the sedate old dude in the back of the bar who's kicked so much ass that he has nothing left to prove. It's so comfortable in its success that it feels no need for outlandish spoilers, pathologically oversensitive throttle calibrations, or faux carbon-fiber trim to call attention to itself. In fact, the muscular GT is so docile and easy to drive, you could use it to teach a teenager how to drive a stick.
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Nissan's Nismo division launches upgrades for two-seater. Kit sharpens handling and boosts engine sound
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Automotive seating and electronics supplier Lear Corp. withdrew its full-year earnings guidance today after the Senate refused $14 billion in emergency loans to the automakers late Thursday.
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Mercedes-Benz is bringing a trio of clean-running concept cars to the Detroit auto show next month. The five-seaters give us a preview of the new B class and all carry the BlueZero name.
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Takuma Sato has joined Sébastien Bourdais in admitting that the size of their respective sponsorship portfolios will play a major role in determining which contender will race with the Toro Rosso team in 2009.
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DETROIT (Reuters) -- The UAW is seeking a stake in General Motors and a board seat as the union offers concessions intended to allow the automaker to slash costs and clinch federal aid, a union official said.
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The United Auto Workers union is seeking a stake in General Motors Corp and a board seat as it offers concessions intended to allow the automaker to slash costs and clinch federal aid, a union official said.
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Three of Toyota's largest seat suppliers are dissolving or restructuring their U.S. joint ventures. The reason: Toyota wants more competition among its North American suppliers.
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It's hard to attract more and more buyers in your showroom with a model range of just five vehicles. But that doesn't seem to worry Suzuki. Slowly but surely is the strategy here, and they never seem to make mistakes; that is, if we excuse the X-90, a T-topped 2-seater cute-ute that unsurprisingly flopped.
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It's Chico time at VW! Auto Express has learned that the firm is planning to extend the up! range with a two-seater Smart ForTwo rival.
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Audi has turned its sizzling coupé into a beautiful soft-top - and new supercharged four-seater promises more wind-in-the-hair thrills than A4 Cabriolet it replaces...
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Three of Toyota Motor Corp.'s largest seat suppliers are dissolving or restructuring their U.S.-Japanese joint ventures to fulfill Toyota's desire for more competition among North American suppliers. Toyota Boshoku America Inc.
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Renault Formula 1 Team boss Flavio Briatore says he would not offer MotoGP star rider Valentino Rossi a formula one race seat.
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Renault Formula 1 Team boss Flavio Briatore says he would not offer MotoGP star rider Valentino Rossi a formula one race seat.
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When Mercedes-Benz penned the latest iteration of the SLK, they drew styling cues from the formidable SLR McLaren. The similarities are quite pronounced, and in my view exciting. Unlike the SLR, the SLK resides at the lower end of the Mercedes-Benz hierarchy. Like its prodigious cousin though, the SLK is a two-seat roadster featuring a power-operated retractable hardtop roof.
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When Mercedes-Benz penned the latest iteration of the SLK, they drew styling cues from the formidable SLR McLaren. The similarities are quite pronounced, and in my view exciting. Unlike the SLR, the SLK resides at the lower end of the Mercedes-Benz hierarchy. Like its prodigious cousin though, the SLK is a two-seat roadster featuring a power-operated retractable hardtop roof.
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Could this be the sneakiest convertible on the road? Except for some minor visual cues, Volvo's C70 could pass effortlessly as a big coupe. It's as sleek as Volvo's blocky styling will allow, and the roof integrates so cleanly with the rest of the body that it appears fixed in place. C70 gives owners two cars in one: an open-air four-seater for when it's nice out, and a roomy coupe for when it isn't.
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Could this be the sneakiest convertible on the road? Except for some minor visual cues, Volvo's C70 could pass effortlessly as a big coupe. It's as sleek as Volvo's blocky styling will allow, and the roof integrates so cleanly with the rest of the body that it appears fixed in place. C70 gives owners two cars in one: an open-air four-seater for when it's nice out, and a roomy coupe for when it isn't.
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