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Automakers switch to new engine oil for more efficiency, better protection

Automakers are going to great lengths to get more miles per gallon from their vehicles and everything is being looked at--even the engine oil. Every 2011 General Motors car rolls off the assembly line with the engine filled with a new generation of oil. Other automakers, such as Ford Motor Co.

Chuck Jordan memorial: A car life well-lived

Family and friends gathered at the GM Heritage Center in Warren, Mich., to celebrate the life of the late Chuck Jordan, who retired as General Motors vice president of design in 1992 and died on Dec. 9, 2010. While many of the 200 or so present remembered working with Jordan during his career that began at GM in 1949, the ceremony also made clear that he'd lived a rich and active life in retirement.

Aston Martin Vanquish Centenary Edition (2013) first pictures

Aston Martin turns one hundred years old today. Inevitably, there's to be a series of special edition Astons to mark then occasion, and here's the first one: the Vanquish Centenary Edition. As well as bespoke paint and interior colours, buyers get a few curious free gifts thrown in...read on for the full story.