ING Renault F1 Team 2009

A mystery Renault F1 employee, described by the World Motor Sport Council as 'witness X' and by the French team as 'the whistle blower', sealed the outcome of the crash-gate scandal.

The person, whose identity was protected in order to encourage the cooperation of whistleblowers in future, told Renault and the FIA that he was present at a meeting in Singapore last year when Pat Symonds and Flavio Briatore mentioned the plan for

June 30, 2009 --- Poor ROBERT PATTINSON. The guy was just your average British boy before fate landed him the role of Edward Cullen in the Twilight movie series. Rocketing to mega stardom overnight, Rob is forced to deal with screaming fans chasing after him at all hours of the day. Unfathomably, he takes it all in stride, smiling at cameras and signing autographs for admirers. His character in Remember Me, a new movie he's filming, was recently snapped climbing out of the back of a TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID - cool choice, we think, as

Cash-for-clunkers has been a hot topic for months, but the legislation's fate on capitol hill has been so uncertain that we haven't talked much about specifics: that is, how the law would affect you. However, now that Representative Betty Sutton's bill has been approved by the House, the industrious folks at Edmunds have put together a list (in PDF form) of vehicles that would qualify if her proposal were to pass as-is. Which isn't entirely likely, but hey, it's Friday and we're feeling

Every now and then, one of our posts sparks a nice online discussion. Typical topics: the fate of General Motors after the government bailout, whether hybrid cars are for conscientious citizens or effete wimps ... and, of course, taxes.

Yesterday, we asked GreenCarReports.com readers to weigh in on a challenge facing the funders of highway and bridge repair all across the country. The problem is that as average gas mileage rises, less gasoline will be bought, so gas tax revenue will

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Chrysler's bankruptcy filing will undoubtedly affect every aspect of the automaker's short- and long-term endeavors, and not surprisingly, product isn't immune. While testifying in court, Chrysler's manufacturing chief, Frank Ewasyshyn, said the current plant shutdowns and the resulting effect on suppliers will delay Chrysler's 2010 product suite, primarily comprised of minor updates to existing models. While that's not a huge loss, any delay is bound to affect sales,