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Chrysler to build ZF's eight-speed transmission in Indiana

The Chrysler Group plans to spend $300 million to build a new eight-speed automatic transmission licensed from ZF Group, a transmission maker headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The investment will pay for installation of special tooling and equipment at Chrysler's Transmission Plant 1 and Kokomo Casting Plant in Indiana and help retain 1,200 jobs there, Chrysler said Wednesday. Production will start in 2013.

Weekend Racing Preview: Alonso eyes F1 title; NASCAR hits Texas

Formula One Can Fernando Alonso make it three Formula One championships in Brazil on Sunday? After an amazing F1 season that has seen five drivers battling for the title, everything could be resolved at the penultimate race at Interlagos, but only if Alonso stays ahead of his rivals. The Spaniard's recent surge and win two weeks ago in Korea have put him in front at just the right time, and the title is now his to lose.

Porsche 911 Targa (2006): first official pictures

By Phil McNamara First Official Pictures 21 August 2006 10:19 Here's yet another new 911 – the glass roof Targa version. A new development is that the 997 Targa is only available with four-wheel drive, unlike previous models. As a four-wheel drive model, the Targa gets the flared 911 body, to cover its wider track.