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Small cars bring higher risk while SUVs are safer, insurance-group study finds

As late as 2007, parents were warned against buying their driving-age teens SUVs because of the rollover risk. Now it seems those are some of the safest rides on the road, according to an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study released on Thursday. The Nissan 350Z sports car and the Titan pickup were on the low end of the list, along with the Chevrolet Aveo and the compact Cobalt sedan.

Lotus Elise Club Racer Launched

The Lotus Elise Club Racer Lotus may have plans to be the next Aston Martin, but for now it’s stuck with an Evora that’s not selling as well as it should and an Elise that is basically the same as the car that launched a decade ago. The plan with the Evora – apart from the rather odd move of getting Mansory to tart up an Evora – is to get the Germans in to give the Evora’s interior some class. As for the Lotus Elise, all there really is to do – because it has a hard-core clientele anyway – is to divvy up the odd special.

Pudsey and Peter André get washed up

PUDSEY the Bear is launching the world’s largest car wash to raise money for Children in Need, with a little help from Peter André and Peugeot. Across 272 Peugeot dealerships, the car wash asks for a donation in return for cleaning your car and Peugeot reckons it should raise £250,000 between 6 and 10 November. Peter André will help launch the world’s largest car wash event on 6 November in Chiswick, London.