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Volkswagen chief: No. 1 in the world by 2018

Volkswagen chairman Martin Winterkorn reaffirmed his company's ambitious and audacious goals on Wednesday night on the eve of the Paris motor show: pass Toyota and General Motors for the title of world's largest automaker in 2018. Winterkorn was the final speaker after an event that featured unveilings from each of the German conglomerate's brands. He said his company wants to record total sales of 10 million in eight years, which would vault it pass the current levels of global leaders Toyota and GM.

2011 Mercedes CL AMG / S-Class Coupe AMG leaks

2011 Mercedes CL AMG We’ve been expecting a facelift to hit the Uber-Coupe that is the Mercedes CL for quite some time. We’re also expecting a change of nomenclature, with the CL becoming the S Class Coupe. But we’ll have to wait a while longer to find out just what Mercedes’ biggest Coupe will be called.

Suzuki delays U.S. launch of the Swift

Suzuki has delayed the relaunch of its Swift small car in the United States until next year while it works on a global product strategy with Volkswagen AG and ponders the growing strength of the yen against the dollar. The rise of Japan's currency already has forced Suzuki to slash its overall U.S. marketing budget.