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Sport in focus: Drag action
A daily sports photograph from the around the world
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No 'disorderly' US car collapse
President Bush will not allow a "disorderly collapse" of the US car industry, the White House says.
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US city of cars feels global chill
Detroit, the home of the US car industry, has changed too little and too late, and now it is suffering the effect, writes Matthew Price.
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Head-on crash driver badly hurt
A car driver suffers serious injuries in a head-on crash on the A61 between Leeds and Harrogate.
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Detroit hit as car firms beg for bail-out
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are in trouble, and as a consequence many other firms in Detroit suffer as well.
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Driver dies in two-car collision
A 21-year-old man is killed in a car crash in Cambridgeshire.
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Body of Hudson nephew identified
US police say they have identified the body of a child found in a car in Chicago as the missing nephew of actress Jennifer Hudson.
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Body found in Hudson nephew hunt
Police hunting for US actress Jennifer Hudson's missing nephew say they have found the body of a boy.
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Mill fire police hunt silver car
Police try to trace the driver of a silver car which was set alight next to a Bradford mill, causing it to be destroyed.
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Car industry squares up to economic storm
The global car industry prepares to party the night away at the Paris motor show in an effort to suppress the way most ordinary people are focusing more on their next mortgage payment than on their next car.
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Car giants set to get $25bn loan
US carmakers may be on track to get a $25bn (£13bn) government loan to help them build greener cars and save jobs.
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Film trailer voice-over king dies
Don LaFontaine, who voiced more than 5,000 movie trailers in a 33-year career, dies in Los Angeles aged 68.
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Man buys Chevy with small change
An Ohio man who hates paper money slaps down $8,000 in coins to buy a Chevrolet pick-up - then pays the rest by cheque.
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Black backdrop to Model T celebration
Car lovers gather in Indiana to wish the Model T a happy 100th birthday but there is a sense of unease about where the latter-day Ford is heading.
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Carmaker GM unveils 2010 Camaro
US carmaker General Motors announces it will produce a fuel-efficient Camaro from 2009.
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Driver dies as car hits building
Police appeal for witnesses after a man in his 30s is killed on a major road through Slough, Berkshire.
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Fuel costs 'favour smaller cars'
High fuel prices and the threat of extra taxes on big cars are making smaller ones more popular, figures suggest.
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GM axes four SUV and truck plants
General Motors is closing four truck and sports utility vehicle plants in the US, Canada and Mexico.
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Car firms clash over Bond credentials
An argument about whether James Bond prefers Bentleys to Aston Martins raises eyebrows in the car world.
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Toyota outstrips GM in sales race
Toyota pulls ahead of US rival General Motors in the battle to sell more cars, as demand from American drivers falls.
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