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GM weighs moving next GMC Sierra upscale

General Motors will do more to differentiate the GMC Sierra from the Chevrolet Silverado when redesigned versions of the pickups go on sale in the first half of 2013. Sierra models may get a longer list of standard equipment and a higher sticker price than comparable Silverados, Mark Reuss, GM president of North America, said in an interview at the Detroit auto show. A similar strategy has proved successful in differentiating GMC's Terrain and Yukon models from Chevrolet's Equinox, Tahoe and Suburban.

Bob Bondurant at 80

Last fall, as we waited for our turn to partake in a braking drill at Bob Bondurant's driving school in Arizona, a black Cadillac CTS-V coupe came screaming out of the facility's parking area and onto the tarmac where we sat. The driver hustled the big two-door around a tight autocross course at a startling pace, though he likely would have been faster had he avoided some of the smoky, sideways stuff. Our instructor, Johnny O'Connell, grinned, “I guess it's good to be the boss.” Bondurant -- who turns 80 on Saturday -- started racing an Indian motorcycle as a teenager.

Ford Racing drivers share their Mustang memories

April 17 marks the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang, and recently Ford Racing asked some of its drivers and racing personnel, including Jamie Allison, director of Ford Racing, and Edsel B. Ford II of the Ford board of directors, to talk about their favorite Mustang memory. Here are some of those Mustang memories: Jamie Allison, Director, Ford Racing -- “My Mustang moment story is simple.