(October 9, 2012) LONDON — The all-new Jaguar F-TYPE two-seater sports car was awarded with the 2012 Autoweek Editors' Choice Award for Best in Show at the Paris motor show.

"Sleek, sexy and powerful, the F-TYPE becomes a new halo for Jaguar," Autoweek's Digital Editor Andrew Stoy said. "Put the top down, fire up the engine — especially the supercharged 5.0-liter V8 — and all suddenly becomes right with the world. It's a car to covet for anyone with a love of sports cars."

(October 9, 2012) CREWE, England — Crewe-based manufacturer Bentley Motors today announces a 25% increase in global sales with 5,969 cars delivered to customers at the end of September 2012 (up from 4,759 in 2011).

(October 9, 2012) TORRANCE, Calif. — Customizing a vehicle can often be broken down into a series of tasks that can then be scheduled and executed — at least until the clock runs out. Then all bets are off. And so it goes for the Toyota Racing Dream Build Challenge teams with time to complete their ambitious builds coming to a close in about two weeks, just before voting begins on Oct. 20.

(October 9, 2012) DETROIT — While overall sales were up only 2 percent at General Motors Co. in September, the automaker reported its highest September passenger car sales since 2008: 210,245 vehicles.

New products helped drive a 29 percent increase in passenger car sales. Sales of GM’s mini, small and compact cars alone were up a combined 97 percent, and all GM brands increased their retail sales.

(October 9, 2012) Kia Motors announced today its global sales figures — export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants — for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for September was 246,733 units sold.

This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 13.3%.

(October 9, 2012) SHANGHAI — General Motors and its joint ventures sold a September record 244,266 vehicles in China, up 1.7 percent from September 2011 and 10.5 percent from August. During the first nine months of 2012, sales by GM and its joint ventures in China increased 10 percent on an annual basis to a record 2,081,812 units.

(October 8, 2012) COSTA MESA, Calif. — The all-new 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe achieved the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) highest honor as a 2012 Top Safety Pick this week. Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in moderate overlap frontal, side, rollover and rear impact evaluations.

(October 8, 2012) ROCKLEIGH, N.J. — Taking the first step in its endorsement deal with NBA point guard Jeremy Lin, Volvo will air a national TV ad highlighting the values that drove Lin from anonymity to stardom. His success story draws parallels to the commitment and values that make Volvo a unique luxury brand with an unmatched legacy of safety leadership.

(October 8, 2012) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler has announced that 13 Ram Truck dealers landed contracts with 19 states to supply their fleets with the new Ram 2500 Heavy Duty CNG pickup truck.

The successful Ram Truck dealers were disclosed by Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper who are leading a bipartisan group of 22 states seeking to use compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles in their state automobile fleets.

(October 8, 2012) DETROIT — Look, up in the sky.

General Motors this past weekend added three panels to its rotating LED sign atop its Renaissance Center headquarters to salute Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera’s winning the American League Triple Crown. Cabrera led the league in the batting average, runs batted in and home runs, the first player from either league to do so in 45 years.