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2011 Ford Explorer prototype spied

The Ford Explorer is getting a redesign for 2011 and moving to a unibody platform, a here is the first prototype of the new SUV we've seen, getting a test drive on public roads. The Ford Explorer is the automaker's flagship SUV. The unibody platform for the 2011 model is a version being used for the Ford Flex wagon and the Ford Taurus/Lincoln MKS sedans.

Volkswagen XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle (SEV) spy video

Volkswagen XL1 caught on video The Volkswagen XL1 – a super efficient diesel hybrid – caught on video winter testing and undisguised. The VW XL1 arrived at the Qatar Motor Show in 2011, a two-seater diesel-electric hybrid with a design that looks like it came from a 1920s view of the future, and claims of a gazillion miles to the gallon. At the time VW debuted the XL1 we reckoned there was as much chance of it going in to production as McLaren’s latest Formula One car making it in to a showroom, and that the XL1 was just a test bed for all the future tech that might just find its way in to Volkswagen’s road cars.

Nissan ‘Think Outside the Parking Box’ competition

Nissan, in collaboration with designboom, has launched an international graphic design competition with a theme to design the future of urban parking. Entitled 'Think Outside the Parking Box', registration to the competition is open to professionals, students, and design enthusiasts until September 27th, 2009. Based around Nissan's Qashqai urban crossover - currently marketed as being 'urbanproof' - the brief calls for entries that challenge any element of urban parking, be it underground, exterior, interior, multi-layer or ground level.