NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow to Run in Every Race Next Year   01 Jun 2007 12:28 GMT
Despite widespread complaints about the race car from drivers, crew chiefs and fans, NASCAR has bumped up the schedule for phasing in its Car of Tomorrow. It will run in all 36 races, rather than the 26 originally planned. Source:...
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Lessons from a Sales Bomb   01 Jun 2007 12:14 GMT
Saturn's Aura has everything going for it: excellent mechanicals, including a six-speed automatic transmission and a hybrid version of the car, style and plenty of marketing muscle. Yet GM is on track to sell only about 50,000 of the vehicles...
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Know Your Speed Traps   01 Jun 2007 12:12 GMT
As the summer driving season kicks off, you can save yourself anguish and money by visiting www.speedtrap.org. It is a user-generated database of known speed traps....
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Is Corporate Money Killing NASCAR?   01 Jun 2007 12:00 GMT
NASCAR has never wanted for hot heads, though the sport has certainly gotten tamer in recent years. Many believe that corporate sponsorship is putting the gag on drivers on and off the cameras. This lack of controversy and . ....
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Can Alan Mulally Save Ford?   01 Jun 2007 11:39 GMT
There's no question that Ford's corporate culture is dysfunctional. Worse, it gobbles outsiders like cocktail peanuts. But with Chrysler's sale to Cerberus, there's a growing sense that change within the company is not only necessary, but unstoppable. Business Week profiles...
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Will Auto Safety Telematics Be Standard by 2011?   01 Jun 2007 11:39 GMT
According to Thilo Koslowski, vice president of technology research at the Gartner Group, all car manufacturers will install telematics safety functions on their vehicles within four years. Koslowski made this prediction before an industry trade group last week. Telematics, a...
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