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Phil Remington 1921-2013

Phil Remington, fabricator, designer, engineer, known popularly as “Mr. Fix It” throughout a racing career that spanned almost every generation and genre of American motorsports, died Feb. 8 at age 92.

Now the Germans say no to Volvo

As we’ve reported in the last few weeks, Ford has been trying its best to offload Volvo, the last of its ‘Prestige’ Euro marques. The Chinese looked to be the best bet, but it seems that that is going nowhere at the moment (the Chinese are probably waiting for Ford to get in to an even deeper mess with the hope of picking up Volvo for peanuts) and now its seems that Ford’s fire-sale has drawn more blanks. Now the Germans turn down the chance to own Volvo Der Spiegel reports that Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) boss Dieter Zetsche has revealed that Daimler has turned down the chance to buy Volvo, and has also revealed that BMW has had a good look, and reached the same decision.

Lincoln offers free maintenance for three years on new cars

If you buy or lease a new Lincoln, forget about paying for routine maintenance for awhile. Lincoln announced a promotion starting Friday that offers free scheduled maintenance for three years or 45,000 miles. The incentive runs through Sept.