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Swiss ‘Faster One’ claims to hit 248.5 mph:

Bugatti Veyron owners, get ready to check your rearview mirrors.

AUDIO: Downshift–the weekly AutoWeek podcast:

In this week's podcast, AutoWeek editors Dutch Mandel, Wes Raynal, Bob Gritzinger and Dale Jewett discuss the Beijing motor show, General Motors' cutback in truck production and drug testing in NASCAR.

Careful driving, maintenance can cut gas costs

With the price of gas hitting record levels, consumers would be well-advised to listen to Consumer Reports’ David Champion and other experts on ways to save fuel and cut costs.

GM lost $3.3 billion in the first quarter

General Motors Corp. struggled to a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss, due in part to a weak U.S. market, a strike at a major supplier and plummeting sales of sport utility vehicles and pickups.

Honda, Acura Partner with Carfax

Carfax announced Tuesday that Honda and Acura have joined the company's Service Link program, which is designed to help dealerships increase their number of service and maintenance customers by building a solid ...

2008 Chevrolet Malibu stealing sales from foreign makes

If GM has any hope of regaining its title of world's biggest carmaker from Toyota its vehicles must not only sell well but they should also regain market share lost to rivals.

Video: Porsche Boxster RS60

I hooked up my accelerator to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone.

Mosley says he won’t continue as FIA president past 2009:

Max Mosley, the long-serving but now embattled president of the FIA, said he will not stand for a fifth time if and when his current term of office ends in October 2009.

Castroneves says Patrick won on merit:

Helio Castroneves said that Danica Patrick won IndyCar's Japan race "fair and square." Penske Racing president Tim Cindric said that no fuel came out of the fuel hose on Castroneves' car when it was disconnected from the 22-gallon cell.

Grand Prix Masters series set for revival:

The defunct Grand Prix Masters series that pitted Formula One stars of the past against each other is set for a revival.