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Dollar dazzlers
GM’s CFO admits the company won’t make its June 1 repayment deadline, and will take its chances with its debtors instead, while Ford is offering dealerships for a dollar.
Gunman kills speed camera operator
Is this the ultimate protest again revenue raising?
Podium for Webber in Red Bull 1 – 2
Aussie Mark Webber shakes off the gremlins and lands a podium in the Chinese Grand Prix behind team mate Sebastien Vettel, as the diffuser debate is finally put to bed.
The fuel economy of the new Toyota Prius is bloody good …
… though not quite as good as the Japanese figures initially suggest.
Marcos Ambrose bags a Top 15 at Phoenix
No engine problems for Aussie Ambrose as he snaffles a boot-full of points.
Brabham robbed of Long Beach victory
Bizarre penalty costs Aussie a blue-ribbon American Le Mans sports car triumph.
Gold Star champ dies
Respected race engineer and team boss Graham Watson succumbs to cancer.
Ambrose waves the Aussie flag at Daytona
Marcos Ambrose will be the first Aussie to grid up at the Daytona 500 in Florida this weekend.
Q & A with Marcos Ambrose on Daytona
Ambrose on his historic appearance at NASCAR’s opening round in Florida.
Motoring TV pioneer Peter Wherrett dies
Well before Top Gear there was Torque, and under that famous cap, Wherrett was the opinionated host who told it like it was.
GT-R takes off with a 7:27
Nissan has done it again, this time clocking a 7:27:56 around the Nurburgring Nordschleife …
Karmann gone
Long-time coachbuilder Karmann files for insolvency.
Spiders in downtown Tokyo
Alfa Romeo’s gorgeous 8C Spider has landed in Tokyo and already the order book is starting to fill up.
BUZZ: GM in ‘intense’ preparations for bankruptcy
A source close to GM says the carmaker is preparing to file for the big B.
Holden EcoLine gets the green light
Social, environmental and ethical acceptance at the flash of a badge.
More good news from Ford: debt down by US$9.9 Billion
There’s still a long way to go for the Blue Oval, but restructuring initiatives will reduce its overall debt by 28 percent.
Less pay, but jobs stay at Holden Oz
Holden has decreased its production to a single shift, but says it has done so to protect its Elizabeth plant and retain its employees.
New design chief at Mazda…
Laurens van den Acker, the man who brought a smile to Mazda’s latest generation, is rumoured to be returning to Europe as new design head Ikuo Maeda takes to the drawing board.
Button down the hatches!
GP Wrap: Brawn, Williams and Toyota bring home a monsoonal Malaysian GP in Sepang.
Brabham wins ALMS race on the streets of St Petersburg
Acura posts its first LMP1 victory with an Aussie behind the wheel …
Keeping up with the Raymonds
ARC Wrap: Brothers Glen and Matt Raymond take their first stage, Heat, and round win in a tough ARC Quit Forest Rally in Western Australia.
Sube kicks on with big March
What downturn? Rex and Forester cut fine figures in latest sales results.
Aussie Brabham drives toward Sebring victory
Sebring reeks of history, but the books may be rewritten this year if David Brabham and Acura continue their current course.
US MAIL: Detroit’s dramas continue …
Days of our Lives – eat your heart out. Wheels US correspondent John Lamm is on the edge of his seat as the drama unfolds in front of a damning global audience.
