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Hirsch Performance partners with Saab to offer peformance upgrades for 9-3 and 9-5 through US dealerships

Saab and Hirsch Performance have teamed up to offer performance upgrades for the 2007-2011 9-3 and 2010-2011 9-5 through select Saab dealerships in the US.

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Colin Chapman’s family voices support for Lotus Renault GP, rejects Team Lotus

While the situation between F1 teams Lotus Renault GP and Team Lotus-Renault is yet to be sorted out, Colin Chapman’s family has endorsed the former team, ran by the Lotus automaker in partnership with Renault.

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The Edsel, or how not to do marketing

This is a 1960 Edsel,  and it doesn’t look anything like the car you associate with that name, right?

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Toyota pays additional $32.4 million in fines to the NHTSA

Toyota has paid an additional $32.425 million in fines to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration due to the poor timeliness of certain recalls.

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General Motors and Ford forced to slow production in Canada due to winter storms

General Motors and Ford have been forced to slow production at seven Canadian assembly plants due to winter storms resulting in road closures.

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Audi to engineer SUV platforms for Volkswagen Group

To make up for the disappointment when Porsche was chosen over Audi to develop sports cars and luxury sedans for VW Group, Audi will be developing SUV platforms for the company.

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Porsche chosen over Audi to develop sports cars and luxury sedans for VW Group

After a long internal struggle, Porsche has been chosen over Audi to oversee development of sports cars and luxury sedans for the Volkswagen Group.

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Lotus and Renault partner for Formula 1 team, Team Lotus-Renault remains seperate, confuses everyone

Formula 1 just got a whole lot more confusing. Lotus and Renault’s F1 team have partnered to create a new team called Lotus Renault GP. They will run alongside Team Lotus-Renault in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship. Confused? Well, … Continue reading

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General Motors repays $1 billion in debt

General Motors has announced that they have repaid $1 billion USD of their debt.

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Ferrari to begin sales in India

Ferrari will be beginning sales in India within the next six months.

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