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Move over, Buggati. Welcome, Aston Martin to the top of the car pricelist. The soon-to-be released Aston Martin One-77 (A codename) will assume the title as the world’s most expensive car. The handmade coupe will cost $2.3 million.
The 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon was recently debuted on the Monterey Peninsula, showcasing a dramatic design that elevates and updates the classic wagon body style. Not unlike many historic Cadillac designs, the new CTS Sport Wagon is an unmistakable and dynamic presence. The car’s intricately cut rear profile injects fashion-forward design into the formerly utilitarian world of wagons. 
Tata Motors has announced it will expand Land Rover, the manufacturer it surprisingly purchased earlier this year with Jaguar, in India during the next year. And it may also soon expand the Jaguar line’s footprint throughout the country.
In its elaborate plans to appease consumers’ changing buying choices, General Motors Corporation will invest more than half a billion dollars in its Ohio manufacturing plant. It’s where Chevrolet will build the Cruze, its new compact vehicle set to debut in the United States as a 2011 model.
The German automaker BMW AG, concerned front passenger seat airbags may not deploy, has recalled an estimated 200,000 X3 sport compacts in the United States made between 2004-2006. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that small cracks could develop in a seat detection mat and deactivate the front passenger air bags.
Amid overcast skies and cool temperatures, Monterey Auto Week began Monday with the two-day Concours on the Avenue in Carmel with a wondrous selection of varied classic cars — Ferrari to Volkswagen, Ford to Bentley, Fiat to Lamborghini. While soft jazz perfectly set the mood, mellow, daylong crowds gathered along the main artery, Ocean Ave., and its accompanying side streets. It was an ideal outdoor showroom for the second-year event. 
Zero Pollution Motors, a New York-based company could be onto something — a new six-seat car that runs on compressed air. According to media reports, the concept car is based on the technology developed in 1991 by a French inventor and former race car driver for the European-based MDI. Zero Pollution Motors is the first company to obtain a license from MDI to produce the vehicles. 
The spotlight will be on more than a century of automotive design and styling when the Sports & Classics of Monterey return, Aug. 16-17 at Portola Resort & Spa in Monterey. Presented by RM Auctions on Monrovia, Calif., a range of luxurious classics, fast sports cars and exotic customs and street rods for will be available for bid. 
Oprah Winfrey’s vast charitable interests are likely to reap sizable benefits in August when three of her classic automobiles are auctioned at the Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach auctions. As part of Monterey Auto Week, Winfrey has chosen to sell her 1954 Mercedes-Benz Gullwing (originally owned by the DuPont family) 1988 Rolls-Royce Corniche II Convertible (given to Winfrey by her long-time friend and actor, John Travolta) and 1997 Aston Martin DB7 Volante.
