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Future products: Mercedes-Benz plans B-class coupe, crossover, sedan

Mercedes-Benz is set to launch a wave of small luxury vehicles in the United States. An all-new C-class coupe will debut next year, followed by three derivatives of the front-wheel-drive B class in 2012 and 2013. "Everyone wants to be Mercedes-Benz," said Ernst Lieb, CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA.

Goodwood Festival of Speed video and gallery

By Sarah-Jayne Harrison Motor Shows 07 July 2009 11:00 We've published our main Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009 blogs and galleries here – but we've come back with so many more snapshots and handycam video clips that we've pulled them altogether on this page. So here's a rag-bag mixture of amateur handiwork from our team of roving reporters. It's a rough 'n' ready assortment of photos and videos and will hopefully share some of the high-octane feel and noise at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.Click through our gallery to the right and scroll to the foot of the page for the video clips of cars piling up Lord March's front driveway in front of 130,000 enthusiasts.

Automakers try to stop increase in ethanol limit to 15 percent of gasoline

Automakers are seeking to head off an EPA ruling that would allow gasoline to contain 15 percent ethanol, up from 10 percent now, and they've won some bipartisan congressional support. The two main automaker industry lobbies have argued that the U.S. Department of Energy has done insufficient testing to assure that gasoline containing up to 15 percent ethanol won't harm vehicles.