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US MAIL: Cash for Clunkers
Old cars destroyed, old car companies resurrected, and the same old faces re-appearing to run them. Wheelsmag’s US correspondent John Lamm reports on the latest from Detroit.

Wheels World news: Mazda hooks up with Toyota, Aston seeks suitor, F1 driver immortalised on own T-shirt
Aston Martin for sale for $800million, Toyota to share next Mazda2, Raikkonen immortalises own phrase on T-shirt

Toyota’s Total Recall
Three days after announcing it’s quitting local production, Toyota has recalled two million Prius Hybrids

Toyota can’t guarantee staying to 2017
Toyota could leave Australia before its 2017 deadline, with the company refusing to guarantee it won’t shut its factories early

Mitsubishi stacks its hopes in the trayback and hatchback
Lancer and Triton help one-time punching bag to notch a profit.

Toyota plans Mazda killer
This sketch might look harmless, but what you’re looking at could be the death of the mighty Mazda MX-5.

Toyota FT-86 G Sports Concept
THE DRIVING force behind Toyota’s aggressive Salon stable is Akio Toyoda, the company’s new petrolhead CEO

Toyota 86 gets racy
Toyota has built a GT4 racing version of its hugely successful 86 coupe. The stripped-out racer is powered by a 300kW 2.0-litre turbo four, developed especially by Nicholson McLaren Engines.

New Supra to get 300kW hybrid
Details of the eagerly awaited Toyota Supra successor are beginning to leak.

Shinari concept heading to Melbourne
Mazda has confirmed its stylish Shinari concept will headline the Japanese carmaker’s stand fresh from appearances overseas

Size matters in saving on car running costs: RACV
RACV lists the Suzuki Alto and Barina Spark, along with the outgoing Hyundai Getz, as the cheapest cars to own.

Ambrose rebounds from wallbanger at Richmond
Marcos fights back to strong 11th after Indy champ turns him into the wall.

Next-gen RAV4 an ‘SUV with sports-car intentions’
Do buyers of SUVs place much importance on razor-sharp handling, or are there more pressing priorities?

Ambrose nails a strong sixth in Pocono 500 oval race
The Aussie is getting to grips with the peculiar nuances of NASCAR oval racing.

Expensive pile-up: Eight Ferraris in Japanese car crash
A Ferrari driver lost control on a wet road in Japan, causing a chain reaction that wrecked 14 vehicles, including seven other Ferraris, two Mercedes-Benz and a Lamborghini.

Toyota 86 shows soft top
New images have emerged showing the Toyota 86 convertible with its soft-top roof up for the first time.

Ambrose nails a terrific third in bruising Bristol NASCAR race
Marcos rates this his best drive ever – even better than second at Watkins Glen.

February vehicle sales down 21.9 percent
This month’s VFACTS sales figures show more short-term doom and gloom for the local market, but spirits (and sales) should rise by June.

Toyota 86: Pikes Peak edition
Is this the most insane Toyota 86 ever? We think so.

Yaris recall is 45,000-plus cars
Toyota Australia has confirmed that it’s recalling more than 45,000 Yaris sedans and hatchbacks to rectify a potentially dangerous seat belt pretensioner glitch.

Meltdown in Motown
It was once the engine room of America and the car-building capital of the world. Now Detroit is in danger of stalling … permanently. How did it come to this and what will become of the Big Three?

2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in promises 1.8L/100km
Toyota has announced the official EU emissions and economy figures for its new 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid. Prepare to be impressed.

Toyota Oz recalls 300,000
Massive global recall impacts popular HiLux and Yaris models in Australia

Telemetry takes Toyota 86 to the virtual track
Data logger system replays real-world hot laps inside a virtual race circuit