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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - It's been more than six months since Ryan Hunter-Reay became the first American driver in six years to win the IndyCar championship. Finally, with a new season set to begin, he may finally get some attention for his achievement. As IndyCar heads back to the race …

The horsepower arms race between Cadillac and its German competitors heated up this week with the announcement that the next-generation Cadillac CTS - set to debut in just seven days time at the 2013 New York International Auto Show - will feature a twin-turbocharged engine option that will push out …

BRISTOL, Tenn. - It was a simple question asked the day before the Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway that started a debate: "Who won the last race here?" The answer: "I don't know, but Tony Stewart threw his helmet at Matt Kenseth." The fact that Denny Hamlin's victory …

DETROIT - Chrysler is recalling 2,500 Dodge Challengers, including 50 in Canada, due to a potential short circuit in the wiring of the muscle cars can set them on fire. The affected cars are from the 2013 model year, and have V-6 engines. The vehicles were produced during the eight-week …

MELBOURNE, Australia - Kimi Raikkonen won Formula One's season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, jumpstarting Lotus' bid to challenge the series' bigger teams for the 2013 championship. Raikkonen took the lead for good on lap 43 of 58 in a race that had seven different leaders, and had the luxury …

The Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class won't be getting it's own AMG variant any time soon, at least not according to CarAdvice.com. The website recently posted an interview with the director of AMG vehicle development, Tobias Moers, in which he ruled out the idea of a high horsepower version of the compact crossover …

SEBRING, Fla. - The unified Grand-Am Road Racing Series and American Le Mans Series will be called United SportsCar Racing when the two series merge in 2014. Ed Bennett, president and CEO of Grand-Am, and ALMS president and CEO Scott Atherton unveiled the organization's new name and logo at Sebring …

Canadian autoworkers were given a bit of a holiday this week - but not the fun-in-the-sun kind. Instead, Chrysler cut the hours worked at its three-shift minivan plant in half, dropping each one to four hours in a bid to reduce inventory of the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town …

MELBOURNE, Australia - Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel and his chief rival Fernando Alonso head into this weekend's season opener with opposing views about recent history. One is trying hard to ignore it, while the other is using it as a spur. Red Bull's Vettel enters this season with …

The Fisker electric car drama has reached new heights with the announcement that company founder Henrik Fisker has elected to resign from automaker. Fisker's namesake has been beset by funding problems and technological issues that have kept the upscale hybrids from reaching the market in large numbers. Henrik Fisker was …