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CEO Dauch likely to earn $30 million from American Axle stock sale

American Axle CEO Richard E. Dauch announced today that he’s planning to sell 2.5 million shares of his company stock for about $30 million — less than a year after the supplier won a bailout from General Motors to avoid bankruptcy. Source: Automotive News Breaking NewsAutomaker News Feed

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Crossover SUV Comparison: 2010 Subaru Outback, 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander, and 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara

Crossover SUV Comparison: 2010 Subaru Outback, 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander, and 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara
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Do Mitsubishi and Suzuki have something to learn from Subaru’s success?

Just over a year ago, Subaru was a niche automaker known for quirky vehicles that often lacked direct competitors. Led by the Forester for 2009 and then with the Legacy sedan and Outback wagon for 2010, Subaru’s product offerings have recently fallen in line with mainstream markets. Sales are still small in comparison to Honda, Toyota, and Nissan, but the company’s products have proven to have serious appeal. While the auto industry hemorrhaged sales in 2009, Subaru’s volume and market share increased.inline_mediumwraptextright28401619/reviews/driven/1003_japanese_crossover_suv_comparison1003_01_z+2010_subaru_outback_mitsubishi_outlander_suzuki_grand_vitara+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue

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Collectible Classic: 1959 Pontiac Bonneville

Collectible Classic: 1959 Pontiac Bonneville
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The beginning of Pontiac excitement.

As this issue goes to press, General Motors is busily off-loading its last 450 new Pontiacs, most of them G6s. It’s hardly a fitting final act for a brand that gave us some of the twentieth century’s most memorable cars – the GTO, the Trans Am, and the Grand Prix, to name but a few. But Pontiac could have met a similarly ignoble end six decades ago, and thus never have even lived to see its glory days, if not for the success of one man, Semon E. “Bunkie” Knudsen, and one car, the 1959 Pontiac Bonneville.inline_mediumwraptextright27042746/features/collectible_classic/1004_1959_pontiac_bonneville1003_17_z+1959_pontiac_bonneville+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue

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New Chrysler plant starts making Pentastar V-6

Chrysler Group has begun manufacturing the new Pentastar V-6 engine, which eventually will replace seven V-6 engines at the automaker. Source: Automotive News Breaking NewsAutomaker News Feed

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2010 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Supercharged

2010 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Supercharged
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The exhaust note of the 510-hp, 5.0-liter V-8 and the decidedly firm set of the suspension promise some high-roofed fun when the roads thaw.

When I emerged from my apartment this morning, a few neighbors could be seen grimly scraping their windows and preparing for another slushy, icy commute. Poor peasants. I simply climbed into my Range Rover Sport, flipped on the front-windscreen heater (not to be confused with a lowly defroster), provided a squirt of heated washer fluid, and turned the Terrain Response dial to snow-and-gravel mode. Within minutes, I was bombing toward downtown Ann Arbor at a 50-mph clip, my forward view obstructed only by the faint wires of that very handy heated windshield. This, my friends, is the Michigan-in-February equivalent of cruising the Pacific Coast Highway in a BMW M3 convertible.inline_mediumwraptextright27219686/reviews/editors_notebook/1003_2010_land_rover_range_rover_sport_supercharged1003_01_z+2010_land_rover_range_rover_sport_supercharged+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue

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Eight Vehicles You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Still Buy New

Eight Vehicles You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Still Buy New
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It’s no surprise that automakers are having more trouble than usual moving their more stale products off dealer lots.

With car sales still slow in recovering from their historic lows, it’s no surprise that automakers are having more trouble than usual moving their more stale products off dealer lots. For some of these cars, Intellichoice is likely a better price guide than the Monroney sticker, and yet, they all come with that new-car smell and, presumably, a full warranty. We perused through Automotive News sales reports for the first two months of 2010 and found eight examples of vehicles you probably never thought you could still buy new.inline_mediumwraptextright28469419/features/news/1003_eight_vehicles_you_probably_didnt_know_you_could_still_buy_new1003_11_z+mercury_sable+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue

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N. American vehicle output to rebound sharply, CSM says

Vehicle production is expected to rise over the next six months as automakers bounce back from the steep cuts of early 2009. Source: Automotive News Breaking NewsAutomaker News Feed

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First Look: 2011 McLaren MP4-12C Supercar

First Look: 2011 McLaren MP4-12C Supercar
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The Real Deal: McLaren Unveils Production Version of its MP4-12C Supercar

At a press conference at its ultra-modern facility in Woking, England, McLaren Automotive took the wraps off its MP4-12C supercar — actually, it was Vodafone/Mercedes/McLaren F1 team drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button who did the honors. The two have already test-driven prototypes , and put in orders for their personal cars. Being an F1 driver has its perks.

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