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GM preps for new engines, 8-speed transmission

General Motors is spending $332 million to upgrade powertrain plants in three states to build a new eight-speed automatic transmission, a new V6 and a new family of small-displacement gasoline engines. The plants are in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. GM is also adding $46 million to an earlier $600 million program to upgrade powertrain plants in Saginaw and Romulus, Mich.

Buy an Infiniti FX – win a Red Bull Racing Factory Tour

Infiniti FX - win a Bull Racing Factory Tour To celebrate the Red Bull F1 success in 2011, Infiniti are offering buyers of the Infiniti FX the chance to win a tour of the Red Bull Racing Factory in Milton Keynes. As competitions go, the prize is half decent – a tour of the Red Bull Racing Factory in Milton Keynes. But the entry requirement is quite steep – you have to stump up for a new Infiniti FX.

Mini is 50: a Mini celebration by CAR writers and readers

By Tim Pollard Motoring Issues 13 October 2009 12:45 Mini is 50 this year and we've published a 33-page Mini special in the new November issue of CAR Magazine – packed with memories, drives and analysis of and with the cars and people that made Mini great.  Here we've asked some of CAR's top writers to remember their personal highlights from the past five decades. Gavin Green explains why he recently drove across Australia in a modern Mini, while Anthony ffrench-Constant recalls why crashing a classic Mini caused him to start a lifelong nicotine habit. Click on the links below for our new Mini stories – and don't forget we want YOUR Mini memories too.