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Fuel magazine films Ford designer Craig Metros in his Melbourne workshop

Australian auto culture magazine, Fuel, has created this beautiful short film, Factory 6, featuring an interview with Melbourne-based, Detroit-raised Ford Chief Designer, Craig Metros. The film explores the shared Melbourne workshop space in which Metros and five other designers work on a number of automotive and art projects in their spare time. It offers a great insight into his inspirations, his feelings on making the jump from Detroit to Melbourne and how it feels to have fulfilled a childhood dream.

Cadillac CTS-V Coupé at Detroit motor show 2010

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 11 January 2010 04:02 It had to happen. GM found some spare change rattling around the back of the sofa and decided to put the Cadillac CTS-V Coupé into production. No prizes for guessing this car's format: it wraps the supercharged 556bhp 6.2-litre V8 with the sharpest set of clothes you'll see this side of Edward Scissorhands.That's a terrible joke.

Aston Martin recalls most cars made since 2007

Aston Martin Aston Martin is recalling 17,590 cars - most models built since late 2007 - over a counterfeit component mistakenly used in the accelerator assembly, the firm announced this evening. A Chinese supplier makes the throttle pedal and Aston Martin said it had discovered one part used counterfeit plastic material instead of the correct component from a European supplier. Aston Martin is keen to stress that there have been no instances of the part failing or any accidents as a result of the counterfeit part.