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Production milestone at Porsche in Leipzig, GermanyLeipzig. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has today produced the 250,000th Cayenne at its Leipzig plant. The milestone vehicle is a white, 6-cylinder model with a diesel engine that will be delivered to a customer in Austria. The Cayenne, an sporty SUV, …

Canadian sales of new cars and light trucks plunged 27.7 per cent last month compared with a year ago, as General Motors of Canada saw its deliveries skid by a startling 56.7 per cent. That placed the traditional market leader third in monthly sales, behind the Canadian subsidiaries of Chrysler …

As one of the forerunners of vehicle technology, Mercedes Benz has a longstanding tradition of providing their customers with the most cutting edge vehicles extant. From the S-Class luxury sedan to their AMG performance vehicles, their lineup is hardly lacking for a want of some gizmo and gadget. With the …

One of the last vestiges of road-borne motorsport, our own Targa Newfoundland is an incredibly popular event. Bringing factory teams and some of the world’s most exciting driving, the public road-borne event represents everything that’s right with traditional road rallies, with competition cars rocketing through sleepy Newfoundland streets for the …

Peter Egan once said that “racing makes a heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty,” and he was right. Anyone that’s turned a wheel on a closed course can vouch for its addictiveness, and if there’s any class of person that’s addicted to addictions, its celebrities. But …

The Cayenne S Hybrid will deliver the power of a V8 and the efficiency of a four-cylinder Porsche AG today released more information about its Cayenne S Hybrid, which will debut next year. Using a parallel full hybrid design with the electric motor between the combustion engine and the transmission, …

Even as Chrysler has their hand held out for the over $1 Billion they’ve requested from the federal government in bailout loans, that same government has reassessed their tax situation and hit the massive employer with $500 million in tax penalties. The result of penalties incurred for shipping parts and …

With the recession in full effect, is comes as no surprise that month after month, car sales figures are lower and lower. For months now, not a single car manufacturer (barring Mini, thanks to a delivery hiccup affecting last year’s figures) has posted a year to year increase. However, while …

Officials say automaker Saab filed for bankruptcy protection Friday and has applied to be spun off from its parent company General Motors. spokeswoman Margareta Hogstrom said an application to reorganize the Swedish-based unit was filed at a district court in Vanersborg, in southwestern Sweden. The move comes after the Swedish …

Canadian Black Book has released its fourth annual "Best Retained Value" winners among passenger cars and light-trucks under $70,000. The awards based on data gathered from four-year-old vehicles in this case 2005 models, determines a vehicle's ability to retain value from its original MSRP. Expanded from Black Book's traditional 'top …