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Mazda to make 1,000 more copies of final RX-8

Wankel wankers, rejoice: The Mazda rotary engine has received a short stay of execution. Mazda is building 1,000 more RX-8 Spirit R models, and then the car is gone forever. Well, maybe not forever.

SEAT Ibiza ST (Sport Tourer) at Geneva

The SEAT Ibiza Sport Tourer will launch at the Geneva Motor Show Once upon a time it was all about getting the biggest estate car you could. That was what estate cars were for. But these days style and compact dimensions appeal to estate car buyers as much as anything, so the reveal of the SEAT Ibiza Sport Tourer should mean a few more sales heading SEAT’s way.

The scramble for scarce tires

North American automakers are struggling with a nagging shortage of tires, caused in part by tire plant closings and rising demand for low-volume specialty tires. Automakers are paying much higher prices -- double-digit percentage increases from a year ago -- as tire makers gain pricing power. "We have been bombarded from every side for additional tires, and we can't keep up," said David O'Donnell, Continental Tire's vice president of original equipment in the Americas.