In this weeks news we discuss the closure of General Motors' medium-duty truck business and the sale of SAAB. We also talk about Brabham Racing's tuning of BMWs and the testing of the new BMW X1.
Motor sports results are from the famous Le Mans 24 hour race, the British Touring Car Championship and the NASCAR race from Michigan.
The history article is about Innocenti who were the original manufacturer of the Lambretta scooter but made Austin and Morris cars under licence. They were owned for a while by BMC, De Tomaso and FIAT.
The technical article follows on from recent articles about engines - this week it's the turn of the sidevalve engine.